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For local history information select from the following search terms and enter in the Surname/Subject search:

Hotel   ~  Australian Agricultural Company   ~   Regiment  ~  Aboriginal ~   Hospital   ~    Mounted Police    ~   Church   ~  Farm    ~    Cottage  ~ Bridge ~ vessel    ~   shipwreck   ~  Industry ~ Gold Discovery ~ Gaol ~ Executed  ~  School  ~   or the name of the property or town you are interested in

For more information about Doctors, Ministers, Soldiers or Police, enter their title in the First Name search, eg. Rev,  Dr,   Constable,   Captain  , Corporal etc.

If you are searching for inquests J.S. Parker was the coroner for many years and references to many inquests can be found by a search under his name.

There are now over 85,000 references to Convicts, Settlers, Soldiers, Townspeople, Aborigines, Doctors, Clergy, Farm workers, Labourers and Absentee landlords who lived or owned property in Newcastle and Hunter Valley and nearby areas of New South Wales prior to 1850.  Some remained in the area all their lives. Others may have left after only a short time, staying just long enough to be mentioned in the records (assigned convicts, soldiers for example).  The database is intended as a guide to help with your family and local history research. In all entries more information may be found by consulting the original source.  It is not a complete record of all inhabitants.

Areas covered include: Maitland, Dungog, Wollombi, Scone, Newcastle, Brisbane Water, Raymond Terrace, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Murrurundi, Merton, Paterson, Lake Macquarie, Lochinvar, Jerry's Plains, Morpeth, Cassilis, Hinton, Clarencetown, Black Creek,  Port Stephens, Hexham, Sugar loaf as well as many more

Try alternative spelling of the name you are searching or enter just part of the name. For example, entering 'Dav' into the search will return Davis, Davies, Davidson, Davey, Davison etc. There may be differences in spelling in the First name field. For example Daniel John, D.J., Daniel, Dan, Danny, D.

Entering the Ship followed by the year it arrived  for example Phoenix 1826 is a better option than Phoenix if you are searching for those who arrived on a ship in a particular year.

It may be better to search only by surname, and then scroll through the entries which are listed alphabetically. If the initial search is too limited some entries may not be retrieved.

 

  • Search by Surname, First name or Ship ( or all three)

 

  • Try alternative spelling of the name you are searching or enter just part of the name. For example, entering 'Dav' into the search will return Davis, Davies, Davidson, Davey, Davison etc.

 

  • To search by ship - enter the name of the ship and the year of arrival. eg Hooghley 1834; Royal Admiral 1835 etc. By just entering Royal Admiral or Hooghley references to all years will be retrieved. For list of ships select here

 

  • If you have found an entry by searching under 'ship', be sure to do another search under 'surname', as more records for your person of interest may be found.

 

  • It may be better to search only by surname, and then scroll through the entries which are listed alphabetically. If the initial search is too limited some entries may not be retrieved.

 

  • The search is not case sensitive. Use either upper or lower case.

 

  • Please note that once you have run a search, the records are not necessarily in date order. You will have to scroll through the pages to locate your ancestor. Some names may have multiple entries.

 

  • Just because your ancestor's name appears in the database doesn't mean it is necessarily him or her. For example there were at least nine John Browns in Newcastle in the early 1820's.

 

  • I am adding to the database constantly, so even if you didn't find a reference to your ancestor this time you may do in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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