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I am trying to find outgoing passenger records for Giuseppe DiFINA. Between the years of 1920 and 1932, he made a number of trips to Australia where he worked for a period of time and then returned to Filicudi, Sicily to his wife and family. I have found a number of incoming records in that period but cannot seem to find outgoing passenger lists. If I could find outgoing lists, I could perhaps eliminate some of the dates I have found for incoming passengers. To my knowledge, he worked in Victoria, probably close to Melbourne, in some sort of activity involving trees - possibly land clearing. As this man was my husband's grandfather, I would really like to add to his knowledge of the man's life. Any assistance or suggestions would be welcomed and greatly appreciated. Giuseppe was born in Sicily on 23 Oct 1892 and died on 15 June 1932.Thanks, Maxene

I am trying to find ANY record of John THORPE who came out to Australia from Northern Ireland as an unnamed child of John (really James) and Jane Thorpe on the Adam Lodge in 1837. He would have been born from 1823 to 1827 so I would estimate that he was 10-13 years old when he arrived. I have managed to find records of the other children (Mary, Anne Jane k.a.Jane, Catherine and Elizabeth). I have also managed to find records for the children born after they arrived in Australia (Alexander, Annie, James and Matilda) but it is as though John did not exist. The father was a stone mason/stone cutter and the family settled at Ravensfield near Maitland. The family was Protestant. The plot thickens because I cannot find a birth record for him neither in Northern Ireland nor Paisley, Renfrewshire in Scotland (where his parents were married in 1823) but the ship's records show 1 male child and 4 female children. I have looked at BDM and Trove and have trawled through various Ancestry family trees but so far I have not been able to find official records for a John THORPE, parents James and Jane. His uncle, John Thorpe, was also a stone mason and he also came to Australia but he was born C1805. Can anyone suggest where else I could look? Thank you, Maxell

I am trying to find a record of the arrival in Australia of Thomas EADY in about 1906-1909. He would have travelled with his wife, Nellie and son Thomas who was a baby - he turned one on the trip. They travelled from the UK. Thomas was born in Yorkshire in 1884. Any assistance would be gratefully appreciated. Maxell 

I am STILL searching for a death record for Dallace (or maybe Dallas) GAINEY who died in December, 1982. I first tried a couple of years ago but the record was probably not accessible till last year - however, I cannot find the record. He probably died in or around Tingha, NSW. I already have his birth and marriage details, but if anyone can find his death record I would be ecstatic! He was known as Dal in the family. His parents were Elizabeth Agnes Jane (nee Gilligan) and his father was Hilton William Ambrose Gainey. His birth record has his first name spelt Dallance. His wife was Bertha nee Darby and they married in 1933 in Tingha. Can anyone help? Maxell