Could someone on this list please help me with my problem? Our ancestor John Albert MITCHELL was born abt 1840 in Sydney. He married Sarah Elizabeth SHAW on 2 Jun 1862 at the Newtown Congregational Church, and together they had a LOT of children. But he was very sparing with the information that he gave at his marriage, not mentioning the names of his parents. Also, I have not been able to find a record of his birth, so I guess that he was not baptised. On the birth of his son Thomas Oswald MITCHELL in Feb 1874, he gives the information that he is 33 years old, (1840/1841) born Sydney and a carpenter. I was hoping to find out more about his parents from his death certificate in 1917, but his family doesn't seem to have known anything except that his father was a butcher. His father was listed as 'unknown' Mitchell, butcher, and his mother simply 'unknown'. So, my question: Is there any way of finding a butcher called MITCHELL, who lived in Sydney around 1840, when John Albert was born? Can anyone please suggest where I go from here, trying to find out more about him? Thank you very much, Sylvia -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2933 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message