Liverpool Hospital NSW/ Liverpool Cemeteries

[Dorliz]

Thanks for that link Susie,
They certainly don't miss you with the charges.   Bit steep for maybe only one record.
The hospital records are not what I want,   I need really to find out if he was buried in Liverpool or Queanbeyan.  Will watch your progress  though.
Good luck    Doliz

[Siouxsie]

Have spoken with the Department of Health who informed me that the Medical records are held at the State Archives in Kingswood, and if they are over 110 years old (which my relatives are), these records are available to view. A dear friend is going to the Archives this week and will research these medical records for me.

I have also spoken with the Archivist of the Benevolent Society who tells me that their records are available for viewing at the Mitchell Library. To view them I need to send $25 to the Benevolent Society who will give me permission to view these records at the Mitchell for a 10 year period. Their records show lists of admissions, exits (death euphimism) and discharges, along with Minutes of thier committees which discuss patients. He also said that the Hospital/Asylum wasn't necessarily for paupers, and that many patients were moved to Liverpool when the Sydney Hospital became overcrowded......not sure where my ggg grandfather fits in, but I will find out.

Dorliz,
You can contact Liverpool genealogical Society at researchatlgs.org.au (substitute @ for at) and ask if they have his burial records listed. I contacted them about my relative and they were very helpful and very prompt. There is also a publication on CD that lists Queenbeyan Burials (maybe a fellow Rootschatter has access and could do a lookup for you) http://www.gould.com.au/Historical-Indexes-of-the-Canberra-Queanbeyan-V4-p/can104.htm

Cheers
Susie

[Dorliz]

Thank you Susie,
I was interested to see what results you had.
It seems like the State Arvchives is the answer for you.
I have the buriel Records for Queanbeyan Cemeteries they are available on the internet and it shows him in an unmarked grave.   My mother lives in Queanbeyan and she did not know of his buriel there until I discovered it quite by accident. 
My problem is that his death cert. states he was buried at Liverpool Cemetery.    Which Cemetery is it,  I shall probably need to contact the Liverpool Council the see what records they have or where I might find the records.  thanks again   Dorliz

[Siouxsie]

Dear Dorliz,
Try the Liverpool Genealogical Society.....they were fabulous in responding to my query regarding where my ggg grandfather was buried.
Contact them through  researchatlgs.org.au (substitute @ for at)

Cheers
Susie

[Dorliz]

Thank you very much Susie,
I will contact them tomorrow,   I may finally solve the mystery.
Since you had a positive result from them I may also.   
Regards Dorliz

[Siouxsie]

Good luck.........let us know how you go!!

Susie

[Dorliz]

Susie,
Thanks for the excellent  tip with the Liverpool Genealogical Society.
I now have more information to add to the puzzle though I am still not wiser as to which cemetery my ancestor is buried in.   As both both cemeteries have  records of of burial.    As you said they were very helpful and prompt.
Dorliz 

[Siouxsie]

Dear Dorliz,
Glad that the Liverpool genie Society proved helpful. Maybe, just maybe, your ancestor was moved to Queanbeyan........does the Q'beyan cemetery records state when he was interred?

As the old Liverpool Cemetery has now been turned into a Pioneers Memorial Park, some of the old burials may have been moved.

Just a thought!!!!!!!!

Cheers
Susie

[Dorliz]

I have emailed Queanbeyan Council to try and get a lead on who has the guardianship of the records for that time.   The undertaker in Qbn.  would be the most desired source of info.      I can hardly believe that a plot was purchased in either cemetery without a burial and I think the answer lies with the undertakers.   The Qbn. site is a more informative post but who knows.  There were other factors in play I suspect at the time.    Your lead was the most helpful I have received.  Dorliz