>We are interested in information on Christian Emke... We have only >been able to find reference to one other Emke in Qld up to 1914... >We have looked under different variants of the surname. In case this helps, I found these: * EHMKE Christian, address: Toowoomba, Dec 1866. [Qld Unclaimed Letters Index 1860-1874] * EMBKE Christian, 1870. [Qld Police Gazette Index 1864-1874] * EHMKE Auguste Marie & EHMKE Gustav, arrived Qld 1908 [Immigration index, Qld State Archives] There are loads of EHRKE references, including: * EHRKE Christian Friederich. [Naturalisation index, Qld State Archives] Answers to many questions about Qld research are on my Web site, www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html. It has about 100 pages of information/advice; over 40,000 names from Archives sources, cemeteries etc.; and customised Google boxes to search my entire site. If you need to contact me personally, use whatever address is on www.judywebster.gil.com.au/about.html at that time, NOT the address from which I sent this message. To reduce spam, please do NOT mention my address in mailing list or newsgroup messages. Judy ********************************************************* Judy Webster, PO Box 5043, Algester, QLD 4115, Australia. Accredited researcher (Qld State Archives sources). Indexes & advice: www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html My family tree: www.judywebster.gil.com.au/surnames.html *********************************************************