Dennis, I haven't followed all of your posts on your Smith family and Steiglitz, but noticed that there are two surviving headstones in the Steiglitz Cemetery: SMITH Catherine - without dates would have no idea if there even was a connection And SMITH Sarah Ann, William Stephen - I'm presuming the children of John Edward SMITH and Ann FRIDAY who died 1862 and 1864 respectively If you send an email to Carol to the email address given on this page, she will very kindly send you the photos of the headstones if you are interested. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Steiglitz.htm) Unfortunately it appears that neither John Edward's or Sarah's still survive, that is, if they were buried there. Interesting to note, that there are also a couple of Friday's, so this may give you another lead. Good luck, Amanda -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dale Watts Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:27 PM To: aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Smith Hi Dennis, There are 482 deaths of John Smiths registered in Victoria from 1836 to 1888 - with some work we could eliminate many. However it would be nigh on impossible to determine which - if any - of the John Smith's is yours. As for Sarah Smith nee Tonks - that is a little more easy to work out if her parents names are given - that is her father is Tonk Tunks or Tonks. No such death record in Victoria exists to 1888 You are unfortunately researching a very common name and without further information it would be almost impossible to find them. Dale

Amanda Thanks for that, I am not sure of any connection to Catherine, maybe I will ask someone on the list to check her death and her parents. The two children are definitely connected. Thanks again. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda" <atworthy@netspace.net.au> To: <aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 5:50 AM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Smith > Dennis, > > I haven't followed all of your posts on your Smith family and Steiglitz, > but > noticed that there are two surviving headstones in the Steiglitz Cemetery: > > SMITH Catherine - without dates would have no idea if there even was a > connection > > And > > SMITH Sarah Ann, William Stephen - I'm presuming the children of John > Edward > SMITH and Ann FRIDAY who died 1862 and 1864 respectively > > If you send an email to Carol to the email address given on this page, she > will very kindly send you the photos of the headstones if you are > interested. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Steiglitz.htm) > Unfortunately it appears that neither John Edward's or Sarah's still > survive, that is, if they were buried there. > > Interesting to note, that there are also a couple of Friday's, so this may > give you another lead. > > Good luck, > > Amanda > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dale > Watts > Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:27 PM > To: aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Smith > > Hi Dennis, > > There are 482 deaths of John Smiths registered in Victoria from 1836 to > 1888 - with some work we could eliminate many. However it would be nigh on > impossible to determine which - if any - of the John Smith's is yours. > > As for Sarah Smith nee Tonks - that is a little more easy to work out if > her > > parents names are given - that is her father is Tonk Tunks or Tonks. > No such death record in Victoria exists to 1888 > > You are unfortunately researching a very common name and without further > information it would be almost impossible to find them. > > Dale > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2807 - Release Date: 04/12/10 18:32:00