I was ferreting about (technical term
) on the internet one day looking for anything relating to my son-in-law's gt gt grandparents, Samuel Brown and Honora Hanlon, when I came across a family history website that contained references to Samuel and his second wife, Pamela Wyman, and their family. An unsourced note against Samuel provided some interesting information about his children with Honora, and about their daughter Bridget specifically. I also noticed that there were details of baptisms that I not been able to find when reseaching. The website creator credited a "NSW CDROM" as one of his sources, and gave an email address for the person who provided it.
I contacted the website creater via the form on the site to ask if they would be willing to share research relating to the people we shared an interest in common, but got a rather non-committal reply. When I asked a couple of specific questions in return, the answers were no more enlightening. The email message to the CD supplier bounced, and I couldn't find any copies for sale, only for reference in Australia.
So, I turned to that community where there is an abundant supply of amazingly talented, enthusiatic and knowledgable people who I knew would have the answer to my question, hence my original post.
It's quite possible, of course, that the CD has nothing more than the index entries already available online on the NSW website, so a secondary question, is that assumption correct, and would I be wasting my money in trying to get copies of the CD?
Thanks already to a reply to an ealier post of mine, I was pointed to an obituary for Samuel Brown, which, together with a transcription of his death register entry, an image of the marriage register for his oldest daughter with Pamela Wyman, and some interesting middle names for other children, has led me to Samuel's family in the UK.
So, in answer to the original question, I am still looking for any information about Samuel Brown and his family and their life in Oz, and as a result chasing up any source references used by anyone else in their research. You never know what might just turn up ...