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Matilda

(6,384 posts)
Wed Sep 11, 2013, 03:16 AM Sep 2013

Would love help from someone with Worldwide Ancestry membership.

I have Premium, because I don't need access to U.S. records, and most Australian records are available from government sites, so I've got what I need from them.

But now I've hit a snag; a coroner's report for the death of my gr-gr-grandfather's brother. An inquest is only held in the case of accident, suicide, or maybe even murder. But Ancestry has the record locked, and I can't find it on any Australian official site. He's not in my direct line, but I'm curious to know what happened to him.

So if someone wouldn't mind looking it up for me, I'd be very grateful. I have all the info needed, and I just need someone who can open the report. If you PM me, I'll give you the relevant details.

Thanks,
Matilda

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Would love help from someone with Worldwide Ancestry membership. (Original Post) Matilda Sep 2013 OP
Send me the info via PM csziggy Sep 2013 #1
Many, many thanks to csziggy, Matilda Sep 2013 #2
Glad to help! csziggy Sep 2013 #3

csziggy

(34,189 posts)
1. Send me the info via PM
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:23 AM
Sep 2013

I might be able to help, though I haven't done much work with Australian records. I have a ?# great uncle who went to Australia for the gold rush in the 1850s and found a small amount of info on him, but not much. He returned to North America in 1889, died in Victoria, and is buried on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Could your relative have been involved in the miner's revolt aka Eureka Rebellion? That could have been a reason to seal the records. My relative wrote a little about it (in letters he sent home that the family still has) and I read up on it some, but don't have the details at my finger tips.

Here is a little info on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Rebellion

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