Hello Listers I have just joined this list hoping to obtain information on part of my father's family. My gg grandfather, Charles Frederick William BARTLETT was born 12 Sep 1822 in Wollein, Prussia. I can find no trace of him until his marriage in Tasmania in 1854. I have tried various spellings thinking his name may have been anglicised but no go. I now think maybe he was born to British parents. His father may have been a soldier out of a job after the Napoleonic Wars who perhaps became a mercenary in Prussia during their Wars. Charles Frederick had become a Captain himself by the time of his marriage. His wife was Isabella CARMICHAEL born c. 1828 (seems to be unregistered) in Hobart town. In turn, their son James Campbell BARTLETT married Bettina Johanna GOLGERTH who was born Emerald Hill (South Melbourne) in 1858. My grandmother was a daughter of James Campbell BARTLETT and and Bettina Johanna GOLGERTH. Bettina's father was Carl Heinrich Johann GOLGERTH born c. 1826 and died East Brunswick 1911 aged 85 yrs. Her mother was Johanna Louisa Wilhelmina WESTWINK who died in 1899 aged 67 yrs. These two married in 1852 and most of their children had Germanic names - lots of Otto, Hermans, Gottfried, Bismark etc. If anyone has anything about these ancestors I would dearly love to hear from you. Irene Rees - Gold Coast ex Gippsland, Australia. Site Host: Beechworth and Myrtleford Vic., Forbes N.S.W. BDM sites on Tracking Our Family Footsteps through Time in Australia. http://www.angelfire.com/ns/aust Also researching: DUNSTAN - Cornwall 1844+ LEYSHON - Glamorgan, Wales 1800+ McMILLAN - Newtonards, Co. Down, IRL 1800+ PHILPOT - Essex, Eng 1750+ REES - Glamorgan, Wales 1820+ PHILPOT - Essex, Eng 1750+ SCARLETT - Suffolk, Eng 1750+ BARTLETT - Wollein, Prussia 1822+, Tasmania, Aus. 1858+ CARMICHAEL - Moray, Scot. 1790+, Tasmania, Aus, 1820+ DOWSETT - Essex, Eng. 1840+ McHENRY - Dublin, IRL 1800+ NOLAN - Ardfert, Co. Kerry, IRL 1810+ RATH - Clogher, Co. Louth, IRL 1750+ SIMS - Staffs. Eng. 1800+