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As Cando observed in another thread Rookwood General, Anglican, Independent and Jewish grave search is again available, but sadly, both given and surnames are needed, so we are still unable to search for a family rather than an individual, a facility that enabled me to find many family members in the past.

I hope Rootschatters can help with another of my brick walls.
I am looking for a death notice for William Bradley husband of Ann(e) Pidgeon.
Although there is a funeral notice (see below) for a William Bradley in 1854, and his wife Ann (Pidgeon's) funeral notice in 1856 refers to her as his relict, there is no death notice for a William Bradley in NSW BDM between 1853 and 1857 except for one William Bradley d. 1853, age 40 whose death at Parramatta in December 1853 was the subject of a Coroner's inquest.(found dead from a fall having been intoxicated).
There is a NSW BDM entry for the death of one William Bagly (1705/1854) but Ancestry has it as registered in Brisbane so am reluctant to order it.
William and Ann(e) Bradley’s gravestone was moved from Devonshire Street in 1901 to Rookwood Methodist, the inscription very faded and difficult to read.

SMH 5 June 1854 (Trove)
FUNERAL.—The Friends of the late Mr. William Bradley are respectfully requested to attend his Funeral. The procession to move from his late residence, Little Hunter-street, This Day, at 3 o'clock P.M. precisely. WALTER and REUBEN THOMAS, Undertakers, 28, King-street West.

Various trees on line have his date of death as 1 June 1854 ; no sources given.

Any suggestions most greatly appreciated. Fran

Has anyone had a look at this site? It's a great initiative as people can amend and add to the record, submit stories and photo's in a way not possible with the National Archive. I have searched for family members without success, and hope it is just "user ignorance" that causes my problems, but when I search by surname I get hundreds of hits, which seem to be sorted in alpha within groups, perhaps place of enlistment, and I can't see a way of refining my search to within a particular given name. When I search by service number I get hundreds of hits for a particular number, perhaps service numbers were re-used or the same series was used in the various services. Any ideas? Fran

Annie Elizabeth Leadbetter was born in 1877 to Edward Leadbetter and Mary Hibbert, baptised at Kirkby on 9 December; she married Thomas Samuel Adams (born Southport 1874), in Liverpool in 1897 (or the marriage was registered in Liverpool). In 1898 their daughter Violet Isabel(le) is born on 25 September at Halsall and at the 1901 census they are living at 29 Maple Street Southport (Thomas is butcher's clerk). After that they seem to disappear. Can’t find them in the 1911 census, in deaths, or in shipping records , or a marriage for Violet. No further births on Freebmd or LancsOPC. Can anyone suggest where else I can search? Any help in finding them would be greatly appreciated. Fran

I have had no success finding deceased search on the Anglican and General Site. I have used it successfully some time ago but no luck today. I was hoping than someone with more computer savvy than myself could oblige with advice. Thanks, Fran