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Help in Finding  Missing Persons
In the April 6, 2000 issue of Rootweb ezine, an article was published re: the work of  Helen Harris.  She has compiled an index to some of the police correspondence files held in the Public Record Office in Victoria, Australia.  The letters were largely written by persons living outside the Land DownUnder  in the attempt to locate a missing person, usually relative. Ms. Harris writes that there are over 2,000 boxes of material dating from 1853 - 1940 and that each box could contain up to 300 files. 
Ms. Harris has indexed correspondence which relates to missing people.  At her website, she lists specific steps to obtain a copy of the correspondence desired.  She lists a 'selection of these cases only.'  Included in her index and listed below are the people identified as from New York.  The letters cover from 1892 - 1920 and are largely written by Irish or Italian inquirers living in Brooklyn or New York City. 
To view her website, go to:  www.ozemail.com.au/~hdharris
Date of
SURNAME Given Name(s) Residence Letter
BARNES Mary, Mrs New York City 1901
CALLAGHAN Winifred M. New York City 1892
COLES Alice, Miss New York  1920
CONNER Margaret, Mrs. New York City 1894
COSTELLO Annie, Miss Brooklyn 1920
DALGETY George H. South Lima 1904
DALY O. Rochester 1907
DEMERS L.H. New York 1898
DERWIN Patrick New York 1894
FLYNN Michael Brooklyn 1893
GIOMAN William H. Watertown 1897
GLOSQUE Alice, Mrs. Brooklyn 1894
GREENE Samuel Buffalo 1907
HARRISON George F. Brooklyn 1892
HEAD Samuel Buffalo 1892
HIGGINBOTHAM Samuel Brooklyn 1894
HOULIHAN James Sparkville 1893
HUNT John Mrs. (Mary) New York City 1896
HUTCHINSON Josiah H. Staten Island 1893
KELLY John Schenectady 1894
KOROALSKY Sandar Brooklyn 1892
LANIGAN Mary C., Mrs. Brooklyn 1893
LEVY Roselle F., Miss New York City 1892
LEWIS George M. Watertown 1897
MARTIN E.S. Yates County 1897
MC MAHON Mary New York City 1896
O'ROURKE William J. Brooklyn 1893
OWEN Ellen, Mrs. Brooklyn 1894
REILLY Alice Mc Grath, Miss New York 1903
RYAN Patrick New York City 1892
RYAN Timothy New York 1894
SCALLAN James New York City 1894
SCHNAKENBERG D. New York City 1892
SINGER Hanna, Mrs. New York City 1912
WALSH P., Mrs. Syracuse 1897
ZIMMERMAN Leonard New York City 1920

 

 

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