I forgot to mention in my last email that I purchased both of those Ah Cue records from the NAA some time ago. Only the Naturalisation papers one was relevent to my family though. Christene, You wrote - "...family history has it that Hannah ran away to her uncles place to avoid marrying a man that her parents had organised for her..." I don't quite follow how you arrive at that scenario. Sarah was in NZ in June or July 1869 as this newspaper report shows - http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18690701.2.18&srpos=6&e=--1869---1869--10--1----0sarah+hannah-all Then in September 1869 she is marrying Ah Cue at Wangaratta Victoria. So even though I can find no immigration record she must have arrived in Australia between June and September of that year. I don't think she ran away from an arranged marriage and as far as I can determine there are no uncles or aunts in the country that she could have ran away to. Thanks for the Ryerson Index tips, I'll have a look at it. Cheers, Barry Howard, Victoria, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christene" <hartleyc@tpg.com.au> To: <aus-nsw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW] NSW Marriage request > .this makes a 2nd childless marriage unlikely > does it not ?? if children to Ah Chu were bn up to > 1900....but the parents and place of birth of the 2nd Sarah > are very very similar....twould seem to me a case of > more than meets the eye...... > re young marriage...family history has it that Hannah ran away > to her uncles place to avoid marrying a man that her parents had > organised for her....she married a man of 32 when she was 15 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.67/2326 - Release Date: 08/25/09 18:07:00