Hello Val, >From the information you have given it seems that these family members did not migrate to Australia. So you would have a better chance of finding a link through one of the mailing lists which deal with Austria or Hungary. There are several of these - see http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > We can't trace Jacobus as being born in Austria & > many people have suggested that Gross/Grosz is a German surname. Gross is a German surname but is also found in Austria which is a German-speaking country. Grosz would be the Hungarian version of the name. Vivien [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, > > I've pretty much exhausted my search for ggggparent's Jacob & Barbara > (Bauman) Gross. Jacob born abt. 1846 believed to be in Germany. Married > Barbara May 26, 1868 . He died in 1925 & Barbara died in 1897, both in > Austria, Hungary. snip > We can't trace Jacobus as being born in Austria & > many people have suggested that Gross/Grosz is a German surname. Hopeful I > can get some help. Most of this information was gleaned from helpful > Rootsweb people on the Banat list, but now at a stand still. > > Thanks, > Val