Hello List. I am new to your list and hope some kind person will be able to sort my problem out. My Australian in-laws were early arrivals , at least the male was , I only know his first name was Michael, he arrived in NSW , and later married a convict lady with a child, according to research by a descendant of theirs. I cannot find the research that was made , I suspect it was lent to a NZ relation and Lost . I do know and have proof that my husband's grandmother , Sarah Ada Haywood born in NSW , died , 1891 , was the widow of Charles Newman Child when she remarried, on Woodford Island ( Clarence River) where my mother-in - law was born , she was Emma Eliza Child, one of six or more children of Ada's as she was known. Charles was born in Uk and came to NSW with his parents, also Charles Newman Child and Emma (Hazelwood) and possibly other family. There were two or three children from the second marriage , and one of these had compiled a list of family names after a lot of research.. The children from the first marriage did not live with Ada after she remarried , my mother-in- law came to NZ when she was young with a sister who also married here, according to family others stayed in Australia , but kept in touch and some visited relations. I know this is very vague but I hope some one may be able to sort it out. , I will be very grateful . Thank you for any leads. Margaret in NZ.