Another thought after my digging...my great grandmother raised a grand daughter as her own daughter...tricky... Look under the mother's maiden name too. Cheryle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Cunningham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: [NE] VENESS > Bev, > > I was intrigued by your post so I checked my NSW BDM CD's and still did > not find an entry for George VENESS. It could be possible that Mary had > George before she married Daniel and then he was brought up as Daniel's > child. I have a couple of instances like this in a couple of branches. I > did however find the following entries which may be of interest to you. > > Marriage: > > Mary J CUSH > 1865 > SAMUEL Edward VENEP (say Samuel and Daniel out loud with a strong accent) > Tamworth > 3269 > > Birth: > Name: CUSH Mary J > Year: 1842 > Parents: John/Susanna > Denomination: Roman Catholic > Place of Reg: Newcastle > Reg No: V18422707 162A > > Also the following siblings for the above Mary. > > CUSH Margaret > 1844 > John/Susan > Roman Catholic > East Maitland/Maitland/West Maitland > V18443040(8) 121B > > CUSH John > 1848 > John/Susan > Roman Catholic > Singleton > V18481868 67 > > CUSH Thomas > 1850 > John/Susan > Roman Catholic > Singleton > V18501869 67 > > I also found on the Sate Records site the following entry for assisted > immigrants. > > VENESS George 26 Harbinger 1849 2135,2459 > VENESS Mary S 25 > VENESS John G 1 > Should read across as surname, name, age, ship, year, reel number. > > Cheers, > Kate Cunningham > Wellington NZ > > > ============================== > 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 > > >