----- Original Message ----- From: "sylvia kendrick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 4:54 AM Subject: [ANS] Noel Pickering >I am searching for the family of my Uncle Noel Pickering who emigrated to >Australia, arriving in Sidney January 1st 1947 on the Largs Bay ship. He >travelled by free passage as an ex-serviceman in the British forces WW2. I >have been searching for this family member since 1986 and would like to >know where he lived, whether he married and if there are descendants in >Australia Hi Sylvia As Bill suggested its a really good move to give a clue to your location when posting on any foreign mailing list. Can make quite a difference with any reply. Alot of water goes under a bridge in 63 yrs. Appears to be only 1 x Noel PICKERING in the late 1940s in the records with no other middle names This Noel P married a Martha Hilda HOWES 1949 / 13587, Inverell. Thats a fair way NW from Sydney in the New England district of NSW. Seems to be only one Martha Hilda HOWES who fits . She was b 1911 so was 38 yrs old in 1949. Neither died in NSW to 1979 To further my guess work , Martha H had an older sister Jessie, who married an Archie YOUMAN in Armidale 1927 . Are more accessible records for these 2 as deaths of both are in http://www.ryersonindex.org/. Suggest you ask for look upsof both death notices and fingers crossed these will have name of any children bye MargM Sydney List Admin