Hi Gail Great to see your name pop up and to hear like a lot of us oldies you
are safely bunkering down for the long haul. Thanks for the links to these
sites. It is Amazing how genealogy has now come to us. If this social
distancing had happened 20 years ago we would be climbing the walls because we
couldnt get up to the Battye, WAGS or the local LDS. Now we dont even have to
sit at our desktop computer to find fascinating information we never could
before. We can use our laptop, iPad or phone in a comfortable armchair or even
relaxing in bed. 😁Stay safeSharonSent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 edge on the
Telstra Mobile Network
-------- Original message --------From: gaildodd@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 28/3/20
6:26 am (GMT+08:00) To: dps-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [dps-chat] Making
lemonade out of lemons! Hello DPSersI saw a WAGS newsletter that said we can
be making lemons out of lemonade with all the time now available for family
history. And I'm in to it! I decided to write essays for my granddaughter on
each of the First Families that emigrated to Australia. I had done that before
20 years ago but in doing the new essays and searching online, so much more is
now available. I also did a free online refresher course, called 'Branching
Out' with the State Library of Victoria. All going well, that should be running
again in July. Here are a couple of Mount Barker online sources I've found
extra good - though you probably know all about them!Local Government
Association of South Australia Cemetery Search:
http://mountbarker.dcw.lga.sa.gov.au/cemetery-searchI found William Dodd on ;
this list! He arrived in South Australia in 1839 and we knew from other family
members that he was buried at the Mount Barker Cemetery. In past years we had
visited twice and contacted a lot of people (including the Local History
Librarians) but his location was not to be found. All the online cemetery
lists didn't list him either, but the above had a remark that he appears on a
cemetery plan: Bingo! [I've since let some online site managers know about
this resource and I have a plan of Mount Barker Cemetery I can send anyone, if
interested].Another great website that is new to me is LocalWiki - this one
showing Mount Barker landholders
-https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Mount_Barker_-_North_AllotmentsAllotment ;
13 - (20405; 474/29)Facing Druids AveApplication 2040511/9/1854 - To Edward
Tear Primitive Methodist Minister Mt Barker; Thomas Neate plasterer; John
Renfrey farmer; Richard Champion yeoman; William Hannaford farmer all of Mt
Barker; Henry Appleton farmer of Do the Boys Hall near Mt Barker; John Hill
farmer the Meadows, as trustees for the Primitive Methodist Church in Mt Barker
£15.I'm not sure how dodgy Henry Appleton of Do the Boys Hall was! But Richard
Champion, trustee for the Primitive Methodist Church church was an ancestor and
using the website above give his other land-dealings, and that he went
bankrupt.Of course all the convict sites for Tasmania are fantastic and
searching is so much easier these days. And in old age, you can zoom to look
at the screen for better reading. I'm driving my husband up the wall again
talking constantly about his ancestors, but it's fun for me! I hope that
you're having finds with your research too!Gail Dodd
