In memory of my wonderful Dad, Dave ROSE (a victim of James HARDY Industries).

What began as curiosity about relatives often spoken about by my parents, 
grandparents and parent's-in-law, has expanded into the research that has grown to 
what it is today. So, in the bi-centennial year 1988 was when I began my family 
history research. 

My paternal research should really be of the BARNETT family, not the ROSE'S. My great 
great grandfather Henry BARNETT died in March 1854, when his wife Johanna (nee 
GOGGINS) was 3 months pregnant with her son Henry (my great grandfather). She married 
Thomas Nelson ROSE in May the same year and young Henry was subsequently raised as 
the son of Thomas & Johanna, and named Henry Barnett ROSE. At this stage, we know 
nothing at all of where Henry BARNETT originated from. 

The Family History of my maternal grandparents Herbert Leslie BALL & Florence Melba 
WARD, has also been researched, as well as the families of both of my parent's-in-
law, George & Betty DERN (nee PHILLIPS).

My family history research has expanded over the years, and has included the 
publication of two CD's of cemetery indexes, one for Queensland and the other for New 
South Wales, as well as a Pioneeer Register on the Outback of New South Wales, and I 
am in the process of compiling another Register covering South West Queensland, as 
well as helping other researchers with their family history.

With both my children well and truely grown and living their own lives, my family 
history research is my sanity. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any queries, 
add any new information or advise me of any errors in my research. And, please do 
feel free to sign my guest book.

NOTE: All Countries, Counties & States on my site, are abbreviated, according to the 
universal CHAPMAN Code. If anyone I have given invitations to, wish to edit or add 
any individuals, would they mind putting all surnames in capital letters. Thanks.