I have several PATERSON family that went to the Geelong area in the 1850s from Edinburgh. They were Jane/Jean PATERSON (1820-1910) who emigrated with her husband Peter FINNIE (1819-1894), not sure when. Both are buried in Geelong Eastern Cemetery. They had 2 children, Margaret Jane and John Lawson The other Paterson family was Jane's brother John PATERSON (1825-1897) who married Isabella VENTERS (1840-1897) in Geelong in 1869. Both are buried in Geelong Eastern Cemetery. John and Isabella had 6 children, Euphemia Young, Margaret Lawson,John Lawson, Robert Venters, Annie Venters and George James. Yet another PATERSON family member was another brother of Jane & John who was Hugh (1829-1879) supposedly a tinsmith in the Geelong area. Don't think he married. I would like know if there is any way I can find these people in local Geelong directories and also any information I can find to add "flesh to bones " of these families and any available shipping records I can access to find when the PATERSONS emigrated to Australia. Thanks Deb -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 139268 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Hi Deb, The bottom of every message to the mailing list includes links - there are more than 500,000 entries on our Geelong & District web site. Start here ............... http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php/databases Regards .................... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb Beban" <dode.beban@xtra.co.nz> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 8:27 AM Subject: [GEELONG] Finnie/Paterson/Venters >I have several PATERSON family that went to the Geelong area in the 1850s >from Edinburgh. They were Jane/Jean PATERSON (1820-1910) who emigrated >with her husband Peter FINNIE (1819-1894), not sure when. > Both are buried in Geelong Eastern Cemetery. They had 2 children, Margaret > Jane and John Lawson ......... bits snipped > I would like know if there is any way I can find these people in local > Geelong directories and also any information I can find to add "flesh to > bones " of these families and any available shipping records I can access > to find when the PATERSONS emigrated to Australia. > Thanks > Deb