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From: Carol Booth <>
Subject: Re: [GEELONG] seamen who had deserted
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:44:22 +1000
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Thanks Pam

At 03:25 PM 14/11/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Carol - there are various Deserter Seaman files at Geelong Heritage
>Centre - not sure if all are indexed or what years they cover. I will have a
>look next week for yoy with dates etc. Kind regards, Pam Jennings
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Carol Booth" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:17 PM
>Subject: [GEELONG] seamen who had deserted
>
>
> >
> >>Regarding Ada's tribute to Eve
> >
> > I wonder if there is an index of seamen who deserted at Geelong at
> > the GHRC. If that was how my gr grandfather came to be in Geelong it
> > would probably have before 1871 when he is not found in an English
> > census. In 1861 he was working as a rope maker, but by December 1875,
> > when he married he was a carpenter . Either occupation would have
> > been useful on a ship, I would think.
> >
> > Carol
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>I first met Ev and "her team from Geelong" at the Laverton repository
> >>where
> >>I had come across a film specifically listing seamen who had deserted at
> >>Geelong with, wonder of wonders, their registration numbers, which allowed
> >>research to continue into British seamen's registration records; and a
> >>petition (I've forgotten the subject!).
> >>
> >>Eve pounced, and within the hour transcription was discussed and written
> >>into the Geelong team's future plans! I was amazed, because my research
> >>and
> >>indexing had been a singularly lonely activity until then... but no more!
> >>It was like meeting old friends when Geelong team "invaded" at Laverton!
> >>
> >>Also, as a guest speaker at Geelong, Eve gave me overnight hospitality,
> >>and
> >>two research heads went very late to bed!
> >>
> >>Vale Ev. A very productive life. Though future family history enquirers
> >>may
> >>not realize how much they owe to Ev and the Geelong team, those of us in
> >>her time frame certainly do.
> >>
> >>Regards Ada Ackerly
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