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Hello JM,
Yes, that is my Thomas....ex 'Hilton' and died on Wallace's property. Menzies was the Coroner; he lived next door to the Wallace property. Thomas survived for only 4 hours after the accident and I suspect he would not have been moved far afterwards. The Kiama FHG has previously informed me they do not have a complete copy of the Jamberoo Cemteries booklet, hence my hopes that a rootschatter has a complete copy. Dr. Menzies' official reports for the period are no longer available, nor have I been able to find any of his personal notes. The local Anglican Church has not been able to assist either.

I have previously checked the cemetery index pages for the area. Only the Catholic cemetery seems to have been in operation at the time of Thomas' death. I do not believe there would have been enough money available to the family for a headstone anyway; they'd only been in the country for 6 weeks or so (arriving under an assistance scheme). The family may not have been with him in the area when he died...they certainly didn't settle there.

I had a 'long shot' hope that the booklet may include him somewhere.

Your comments (as always) appreciated!!
Jeff

Thanks you again everyone for your kind assistance. I very much appreciate your efforts.

regards,
Jeff

Oh I don't know, you managed to remove all the creases and such. Mary looks better. It's a hard one I know. The file is a jpg.

Thanks all for your assistance. I'll 'completed' the post.

Much apprecaited,
Jeff

Dear Rootschatters,

I wonder if anyone can possibly do something with this 'photo' I have recently received of my old Irish ancestor, Mary Burns. The original photo seems lost these days and this is a scan of a photocopy so I'm not sure how well it can be done. I would appreciate any attempt though. Mary died at 85yrs in the mid 1920's.

Thanks in advance.
Jeff

Thank you for your input everyone. Glad to hear this is not as unusual as I thought. I have quite a few Vic birth certs and have never seen it before. Checking this certificate (alone on the page), I note that there were no witnesses present when the mother registered the birth....2 months after the event.

The other details on the certificate are very detailed as well. Possibly, the Registrar, Walter Campbell was just one of those people that dot his i's and cross his t's. It's better than some other certs I have where I sure they must have been about to go to lunch and scribbled indecipherably!!

Cheers.
Jeff