Anyone else into seeking their ancestors?

[darksideofthemoon]

I have become adicted to Ancestry.com and am lucky enough that one side of my family can be researched way back into the dim times.

The other side has hit a brick wall and I have to wait until someone else in the world may have more information.

How is everyone else going?

[punch*drunk]

Now I wonder if thats why I cant find him.....did ballarat have a lunatic asylum and a benevolent asylum? Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place?

[punch*drunk]

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@clair.de.lune wrote:

"My great grandfather was named after this uncle, but then shortly after his birth his parents became "displeased" with the uncle and changed their sons name. This was about the time he entered the asylum."

Oh my!

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lol, I know! I found this out from the transcripts of my great grandfathers bigamy trial.

See, I love this family, so many treasures to find....asylums, bigamy, ned kelly.....lol

[clair.de.lune]

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@punch*drunk wrote:

Now I wonder if thats why I cant find him.....did ballarat have a lunatic asylum and a benevolent asylum? Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place?

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Well I just googled I think it did!

[punch*drunk]

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@clair.de.lune wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

Now I wonder if thats why I cant find him.....did ballarat have a lunatic asylum and a benevolent asylum? Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place?

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Well I just googled I think it did!

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Yep, thats what i thought. It wasnt till I copy & pasted that Trove article that i even took notice of the word benevolent on there. Oh well. at least i'm on the right track now 🙂

[punch*drunk]

Records for the Benevolent Asylum are held in Ballarat, not digitised 😞

[clair.de.lune]

Well where's that? Can I help?

[punch*drunk]

I dunno, I think PROV has some kind of office or something there, maybe part of the historical society?

If you're bored one day you can go check it out for me 🙂 I doubt he'd be too hard to find, George Kirkham entered the asylum in December 1903. Must have been discharged at some point because he ended up in Salvation Army home in Pakenham and died in 1910.

I also found a newspaper article of a "vagrant" arrested in the FTG are with that name, I think that was probably him. He cant have been in the asylum for too long.

[punch*drunk]

Now i'm stepping away from the computer, i cant believe I've wasted half the day already!

[clair.de.lune]

I'll have a look into it

[clair.de.lune]

I have joined a war records site for a month is anyone wants any searches