Louisa COMSTIVE died in Launceston on 13 October 1843: register No.1008 refers. Her husband was by then retransported to Norfolk Island (1834), and again to NSW (1842). Louisa had two sons, Thomas and Daniel, who would have both been teenagers when she died. She was in a lot of trouble for drunkeness 1840-41. And was imprisoned for 12 months in 1842. She appears to have died just a few weeks after completing her sentence. I expect she was a pauper, and that she was buried wherever paupers were buried in Launceston in 1842. When she married in 1822, she was CofE, if that may be relevant. My requests of any persons who might be looking at any archives in Launceston: 1. is it recorded which cemetery Louisa would have been buried in ? 2. would the records then show a precise location of a grave - row & plot numbers, perhaps ? 3. is it possible to discover if anyone is buried with her ? And if anyone is looking at Launceston newspapers for October 1843, I'd be grateful if you kept an eye out for any mentions of the COMSTIVE family. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com>