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From: "M & M Thomas" <>
Subject: Re: [NORCO] WHITE - PORT MACQUARIE
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:36:04 +1100
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Thank you Ian, that explains the ones I was unsure of.

Maria Thomas
LAKE MUNMORAH, NSW
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From: "Ian Symonds" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [NORCO] WHITE - PORT MACQUARIE


> Maria, No Brimstone recorded in my "Biographical Register of Port
> Macquarie", but bear in mind that I have a few years to go to finish
> entering data.
> The info comes chiefly from
> 1.- my indexing of the Port Macquarie News 1882-1932-(PMN)
>
> 2. "The Winding Sheet" produced by Pt. M. Historical Society, of which I
> was a member(records all burials of convicts in Pt . M '"Pioneer
> Cemetery")-this info was obtained from Bench Books and reports of teh
> Commandants/ Magistraets at Pt M.
>
> 3. Some from files of the Pt M Historical Society-I did keep some info
> from
> these, as part of my History of Pt M for later use. I intended to keep
> info
> on people as part of this.
>
> 4. Later, from the WWW.
>
> 5. Newspapers-Maitland Mercury for 1840s details; Manning River News/Times
> for info in the 1850-1870s.
>
> I have some 7000 pages of A4 info on computer, but still, have much data
> to
> input. Please ask for explanations of abbreviations- I had intended to
> explain these when the project is nearly finished. Please remember that
> all
> the data is copied from various sources, and should be verified by other
> means. The intention for this project was to be part of the Historical
> Society's aim to prodcue a book on the history of Port Macquarie, but I
> left
> the Society some years ago. This info was recorded on some 13, 100 page
> notebooks which I did over a period of some 12 years, and was mainly
> transfered to computer bu another woman member. Today, I make this info
> freely available to researchers.
> Some abbreviations:-
>
> IOGT- Independent order of Grand Templars ( Lodges)
>
> Pt M -Port Macquarie
>
> W/S- "'Winding Sheet"
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
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