Dear Henry, What do the two initials stand for in yhr RH box in the NSW BDMs marriage responses? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Lebovic" <hlebovic@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:02 PM Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Re: AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-D Digest V02 #24 > At 04:00 pm 28/02/02 -0700, you wrote: > >From: Wendy Thorne [mailto:wendy.royans@bigpond.com] > >Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 3:58 PM > >To: aus-immigration-ships-l-request@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Booty > > > > > >I am searching for my great grandfather Thomas BOOTY, married Mary SMITH in > >Sydney in 1885 I think. I do not even know where he was born, Australia or > >another country. Maybe someone has even something small I can find useful. > >Wendy Thorne > > Dear Wendy, > I checked the NSW BDM index, and it does indeed say "Sydney" > Which would tend to indicate they lived near the CBD area. > > Have you perhaps got the marriage certificate? If so it should indicate his > place of birth at least, and perhapss how long in the colony. This would be > a good firs step. > > Regards > Henry Lebovic > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >