Links:
Forbes
Shire Council
Forbes
Advocate
1872 Grevilles
Post Office Directory
Ryerson Deaths
Index
Forbes - from 1992
Parkes - from 2002
Condobolin - from Nov 2002
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Welcome to our Group
Forbes is in the Central West of
New South Wales, Australia with a population of approximately 9,000.
The earliest settlers in the Forbes district were squatters and it was some
of these men who discovered the first gold in the area in June 1861. Over the next few months approximately
30,000 people came to the diggings, with storekeepers, publicans and others,
providing services for them.
By 1863 the rush had died down and many diggers had moved on to other
diggings. The town became a
service centre for the pastoralists, and in 1870 was declared a municipality,
with the first mayor being Thomas Hand.
Forbes Family History Group has gathered many resources to help with research
into the people of Forbes and district, together with the general history of
the area.
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The Ryerson Index not only has the
deaths from the “Forbes Advocate” for the period 1992 to present
time, but now has the deaths from the “Forbes Times”
1912-1917. When 1918 is complete,
hopefully very shortly, all years of the First World War will be
covered.
Remember that Forbes Family History Library have an index of all deaths
mentioned in the “Forbes Advocate” from its commencement in
December 1911; and on this site Deaths of Forbes residents are indexed from
1940.
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