Hello everyone, I'm new to the list and I'm trying to find traces of my g-grandfather, Frederick William CRANE or his family. He was born in Dudley, Worcester in 1859.He came to Australia as a child around 1862. His marriage certificate lists his parents as William Robert CRANE and Mary COTTON. I can find no trace of his parents in Australia. He died in Victoria 1942 and it says he was 80 years in the colony. His marriage certificate indicates by his age that he was born in 1859 or maybe early 1860. I've checked as many shipping indexs as I can find, but infants were not usually listed and there is no William and Mary Crane that I can find. On the English free BDM's I have found a Mary Ann CRANE born in Worcester in 1862 to a William and Mary CRANE. There is also a record of a Henry CRANE, b 1857, Joseph CRANE b. 1860, Sarah CRANE b. 1860. These people may bear no relation to my GG but if the whole family came out to Australia together they may be on shipping lists Any help that might get me past this brick wall I would be very grateful. I possess some of the indexs for Victoria on CD's and am happy to do lookups here in Australia if anyone needs any help in that area. Thanks Claire Taylor