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