> > -----Original Message----- > 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 > > Dear Wendy > I am searching for my great grandfather Thomas BOOTY, married Mary SMITH in > Sydney in 1885 I think. There is a marriage record for a Thomas BOOTY to a Mary SMITH in 1885 ref # 1317 >I do not even know where he was born, Australia No he wasnt born here ........ or > another country. In all probability he comes from Winterton , Norfolk UK There is just one Thomas BOOTY in the 1881 census. He was a sailor so more than likely worked his passage here bye Marg Morters Member of Central Coast Family History Society GOSFORD NSW Australia ______________________________