Hello list, Please bear with me, new to the list and newish to searching Australia for a particular ancestor but not new to searching as I have been looking for this chap for a very loooong time. BUT - at last I have found him. George Thomas ROBERTS born 1894 in Dartford, Kent, UK and married to Mary Ann SPAUL born 1890 in Stone in Dartford, Kent. They had a son - Thomas William ROBERTS (named after his grandad) in Dartford in 1923 and then nothing. I searched 1837 online thoroughly but no births and no deaths for at least 10 years. SO - as I was aware (from info received) that some of the SPAUL family had emigrated to Australia, Melbourne in particular and that James SPAUL born 1897 was a Blacksmith (family trade) in Yancannia Marsd. , married Mary Lamb WISE in 1890 at St. John`s C of E Wagga Wagga, and that he died on 10th. November 1944 at Uranquity NSW. A search of the NSW BDM`s revealed that George Thomas ROBERTS died in 1943 in Banks town. Ref: Registration number1016/1943 Last name = ROBERTS Given names = GEORGE THOMAS Fathers name = THOMAS WILLIAM Mothers name = ANNIE NORA District = BANKSTOWN . His wife outlived him slightly!! Registration number = 8147/1975 Last name = ROBERTS Given names = MARY TERESA Fathers name WILLIAM JOHN Mothers name = KATE (but no district given. I have sent for the certificate so hopefully the district will be on that.) Now what advice I will appreciate is this: Is there a means of searching the electoral rolls for the periods 1943 and 1975? How can I find out from Australian/NSW/Bankstown records anything about my ROBERTS family? Most important: Does anyone know or is reasearching this family. -- Please! Kind regards, Keith Roberts Keith Roberts - Colwyn Bay, N. Wales. *~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~* www.tribalpages.com/tribes/kr2877 www.byegones.co.uk