Cassel Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 This is a worldwide community and I am taking a chance. I would love to reconnect with an old pen pal I had in my teens and early twenties. Her name was Sharon Philpott and she was from Tasmania. I had a picture of her with a banner as she was Miss Tasmania Junior, maybe around 1973-74 or so. She had three younger brothers and no sister. When searching a while ago, I had stumbled upon an article in a health magazine or something about a lady with that same name and from the photo, she would be around the right age (about 61-62). It was in Australia, but I cannot find that link anymore. I had sent an email to the magazine/newspaper asking for additional information but never received any reply at all so I am not even sure if they received it. Would anyone be able to help me find and connect with her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jannette Nieuwboer Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Nowadays, due to all those privacy measures, it is more difficult than ever to find someone from your youth. Good luck with your search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassel Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 14 minutes ago, Jannette Nieuwboer said: Nowadays, due to all those privacy measures, it is more difficult than ever to find someone from your youth. Good luck with your search. I know. But I HAD found a paper with a photo. If only I could find that again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie-Claire Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I came up with this, it says location Australia Sharon Philpott email address & phone number | Department of Family and Community Services (NSW) caseworker contact information - RocketReach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Ballentine Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I reached out to a friend from MSN Forum days: Hi, Kate. This is Bonnie from PSP forums from long ago. An online friend of mine, Carol Asselin, posted this request on The Scrapbook Campus. She is the founded and instructor there. Her message:This is a worldwide community and I am taking a chance. I would love to reconnect with an old pen pal I had in my teens and early twenties. Her name was Sharon Philpott and she was from Tasmania. I had a picture of her with a banner as she was Miss Tasmania Junior, maybe around 1973-74 or so. She had three younger brothers and no sister. When searching a while ago, I had stumbled upon an article in a health magazine or something about a lady with that same name and from the photo, she would be around the right age (about 61-62). It was in Australia, but I cannot find that link anymore. I had sent an email to the magazine/newspaper asking for additional information but never received any reply at all so I am not even sure if they received it. Would anyone be able to help me find and connect with her? Any suggestions you could offer on how to search Australia would be appreciated. Thank you! Hi Bonnie I don't know if I can help but will try. Does Carol know Sharon's birthday? What town/city in Tasmania did she come from? I might be able to search the Births, Deaths and marriages of the town/city in Tasmania Thank you, Kate. I'll ask her. If successful, it may be a start to find her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassel Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 20 minutes ago, Bonnie Ballentine said: Hi Bonnie I don't know if I can help but will try. Does Carol know Sharon's birthday? What town/city in Tasmania did she come from? I might be able to search the Births, Deaths and marriages of the town/city in Tasmania Unfortunately, I don't remember. I was looking whether I might still have old letters from her, but it might have been discarded when we had water damage in the basement. That is the first thing I would have wanted to find. Same with her picture with the Miss Tasmania Junior banner she was wearing (with her three younger brothers). I assume there should not have been many Miss Tasmania Junior! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Sharon Philpot is probably married with a new last name by now, but in case that isn’t true….try this lady. https://www.facebook.com/sharon.philpot.37 I joined Scrapbook Campus instead of Ancestry.com, or I’d offer to look it up for you. (it being her marriage to get her new last name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassel Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, Suzy said: Sharon Philpot is probably married with a new last name by now, but in case that isn’t true….try this lady. https://www.facebook.com/sharon.philpot.37 I joined Scrapbook Campus instead of Ancestry.com, or I’d offer to look it up for you. (it being her marriage to get her new last name) If this is a picture of her, she might be a bit too young. As for her name, I know that she might have changed it, but she might have done like me, and never changed it even if she married! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) No, those are her kids. You have to log into fb, then click on “photos” to see hers. She looks fun! Lots of freckles as a youth if I had to guess. Edited November 4, 2023 by Suzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Magerka Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Did some searching, came up with this (so far): a profile on Linked In. Still looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Ballentine Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Carole, could you use your computer's history to find that magazine? Or your internet history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassel Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bonnie Ballentine said: Carole, could you use your computer's history to find that magazine? Or your internet history? I tried, but it was a while ago, and I must have deleted the cookies (or eaten them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jannette Nieuwboer Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Might be a local newspaper is willing to search their files about Miss elections. They usually keep their photos for a very long time. A long time ago I took a course and needed some visual material, so I boldly went into the editorial office of a newspaper and they helped me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassel Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 3:15 AM, Jannette Nieuwboer said: Might be a local newspaper is willing to search their files about Miss elections. They usually keep their photos for a very long time. A long time ago I took a course and needed some visual material, so I boldly went into the editorial office of a newspaper and they helped me. Yes, it seemed like something local, but I have no idea where to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene Marker Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Cassel said: Yes, it seemed like something local, but I have no idea where to look. It might be worth it to get a subscription to Newspapers.com (an Ancestry company). I have been using it for genealogy research so I just checked to see if it had Australian newspapers... and it does. You can enter a name and have it search all newspapers or narrow it down to a location. You can even have it search specific decades of year. There is a free trial although I don't know how long it is for, maybe 7 days? Although it may not have papers from the area you want. I do know that the website is constantly adding new papers. There are no papers from my county in there at this time but luckily the names I've been searching are in some papers that are already there... broke down a brick wall with what I found! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassel Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 Oh, I found the article!!! I had sent a request to the magazine, and had kept a copy of the email!!! https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5106101/career-brings-professional-and-personal-fulfillment-for-lgh-nurse/ Unfortunately, I never got any response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 That’s the same girl I found on Facebook, Cassel. The one still in Tasmania. https://www.facebook.com/sharon.philpot.37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassel Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, Suzy said: That’s the same girl I found on Facebook, Cassel. The one still in Tasmania. https://www.facebook.com/sharon.philpot.37 I still didn't get any response to my FB message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jannette Nieuwboer Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Cassel said: Unfortunately, I never got any response. Maybe to ask the reporter for help? should that be an option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassel Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 12 minutes ago, Jannette Nieuwboer said: Maybe to ask the reporter for help? should that be an option? That is how I reached out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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