Dear List, Thank you for your help. Thank you Gaylene for the entries for Joseph and Rose. I wondered why Joseph Bonney & Rose Sheerod/Sheridan were allowed to marry seeing as Joseph was already married and had applied to have his wife and family brought out! I see now that they probably didn't have to get permission to marry and maybe others did as Joseph did so they introduced the law to stop it happening. Cheers, Cherilyn in very warm Melbourne