Hi everyone, I have not posted to this list for quite awhile, but have been reading everyones messages hoping to find a Relation or two, not yet, but have found some interesting information. I again post my family for anyone out there that may match, or can give me some help with where to look for shipping list that may help. My family were living around the Petersham/ Leichhhardt area of Sydney. my grandmother Rosaline Sarah Stevenson birth cert states her parents were married 11 Oct 1888 Sydney and her mothers name as Elizabeth Magdalen Henkel, father Thomas James Stevenson. I found the marriage cert for Lizzie Henkley marring Thomas James Stevenson 14/8/88, & her birth place as Petersham Syd. She was 25 when married. Parents as John Henkley - Cooper & Magdalene Smyth. Which would put Lizzie's birth around 1863. I then found a birth cert for unnamed female born 20/4/1864 at Balmain, father Johen Henkel, Cooper by trade, aged 40. Mother Magdalena Reuten aged 23. Both were born in Germany, married in Sydney 1863. Found a Marriage cert for 13/7/1863 for John Henkel aged 39, born Hesse - Darmstadt, his father Jacob Henkel - a soldier, Mother Elizabeth Tritach. Bride: Magdalena Reuter aged 23, born Baden -Germany. Her father Heinrich Reuter - a stone mason. Her mother Magdalena Zimmerman. John & Magdalena were married by John Dunmore Lang, & I think they may have come to Australia without ther parents. I have a copy of Naturalisation papers for a Johann Otto Henkell from Hesse - Cassels dated 1853. It has Johann as Twenty five at the time & had occupation as a Mariner. He had been living on Kangaroo Island for 6yrs. I don't think this is my John Henkel as this one would have been born around 1828, & all the other certificates I have point to my John Henkel being born around 1824. I have a death cert for John Henkeul aged 51. Trade was a gardener & cooper. Had date of death as 19/8/1871, but spouse as Madeline Reuter. This one is another 4yrs out, as it would have made his birth around 1820. That is as far as I have been able to go. If anyone can give me some pointers to kick start my research, i would be grateful. Loved the WEB link Julie put on. Thanks. Karen Sunny HOT Qld.