greeneyedgirl ... your Reply # 22
An explanation :
The links I gave about your previous posts re: WATSON family were intended to be helpful.
The Australia Board thread : Yes I can see you have done some follow up on advice given. There was also mention that "to advance your search, you may need to purchase (WATSON / GRAYHAM) death records". Perhaps that's a "next step" ?
In the AUS and SCO threads, details were given (link was provided) to Robert WATSON's emigration application of 1949 in which he had stated he had
three sisters (Mrs GRAYHAM was named as one), and a brother, already living in Australia.
Q : Is it probable then that the other two sisters in AUS at that date, (1948-1950) were Annie and Isabella ??
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I found every bit in Scotland, received info about Australia & then NZ and tried both those boards, as I thought maybe someone who has much more experience than myself in those countries' records may find a lead I wouldn't know about. I didn't realise it would cause a problem. My understanding was we all help each other in areas where maybe we may know records better.
^ I'm not sure what you mean by "problem" ?
Re : The New Zealand Board :
Please understand that because in a sense you are searching forward - into fairly recent history (from c1924 in this case), some records are not always available to us > and particularly so, working as we do in an
online forum.
Generally our "expertise" and/or knowledge of our local records, serves us very well when searching into the past (which is bascially the 'theme" of RootsChat).
And I can tell you that the helpers on the New Zealand board work especially hard to try and deliver results, suggestions, advice, etc.
Sure, helping "each other" -
when we are able to do so, (and remember it's all done on a voluntary basis), is what we endeavour to achieve.
But those seeking help, should not have unrealistic expectations about what information can be provided.
Your request here hasn't been ignored ... a number of RootsChatters have looked at the thread ... and some have contributed. I can assure you that if there were immediately identifiable records in the New Zealand system for these WATSON sisters, then that information would have been posted to your thread.
~ Lu
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