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From: "Bec" <>
Subject: [AUS-CON] The CRAFTS of Mangrove Mountain, EVERINGHAM,RYMES,GREEN or GIEBLER???
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 15:55:57 +1100

Hi everyone!
My name is Rebecca, I'm 25 and from Sydney, NSW. I have recently started tracking down my family ancestry and thought it might be worthwhile to contact this list to help me with my search. Thankfully I have an Auntie who has done a lot of the hard yakka for me but I am really trying to find out as much as I can myself. This is what I know so far..
My Grandmothers ancestry has been traced back to the first fleet of Convicts with Matthew James EVERINGHAM coming out here on the "Scarborough" in 1787. He married Elizabeth RYMES (who was also deported to Oz on the Second or Third fleet) in 1791. I have traced the family from that point all the way to my Nana- Patsy Dorothy CRAFT.
Currently I am seeking any information on the Crafts at Mangrove Mountain which was the home of my Great-Grandfather George Clyde Craft (1896-1990) and his parents Albert Henry Craft and Sarah Jane GREEN. Apparently the house they lived in at Mangrove Mountain now lies at the bottom of a dam and the house (before it went under obviously) featured in an Australian film named either "Inn of the Dam", which I can find no record of, or "Inn of the Damned" which is a more likely choice as I have found record of it (movie was made in 1974) but as the movie was set in Gippsland,Vic I'm not convinced this is the same house. And it was a really tragic horror movie.
If anybody out there recognises any of these names or places or perhaps assist me in the way of the best sites to look at, it would be greatly appreciated.
I am also wondering if there are any comprehensive sites out there that provide more insight as to personal information regarding the first,second and third fleet convicts. After conquering Mangrove Mountain I plan to direct my research towards tracing my English history back from my convict relatives so any hints there would be very much appreciated too.
And to throw one last name in..could anyone provide me with any insight as to where the surname GIEBLER would come from? It is my Grandfathers' mothers surname and no one in my family has been able to trace its origins as yet.

Thankyou for taking the time to read this post.
Kind regards
Rebecca

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