i would try for the death certificate saying her husband must be Angus. and giving a rough estimate of the years. i know they do a blanket search for extra money if you have no idea of the time frame. robyn, toowoomba. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin McDonald" <justin@shinethrough.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 5:21 PM Subject: [GEELONG] Death of Mary McDonald, wife of Angus > This could be a needle in a haystack query. I have just received the death > Certificate of one Angus McDonald. He died in 1872 at age 85 in > Sutherland's Creek and was buried in Geelong Cemetery. Now I am trying to > find his wife Mary. Looking at the vic death indexes, there are heaps of > mary's so I don't know which one could be her as I'm not even sure of her > birth year so can't go by age at death. I've been led to believe she was > born between 1798 and 1805, depending on the source. > > I'm hoping someone who has access to records for Geelong Cemetery or local > papers (perhaps Geelong Advertiser) can look for the death of Mary McDonald, > wife of Angus. Susie, you were a great help last time for my other Mary > McDonald (wife of Michael) and i'm hoping there is something similar for > this Mary (my other 3rd Great Grandmother, yes I have two 3rd Great > Grandmother's with the same name). > > All help greatly appreciated. > > Justin Heath McDonald > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong Family History Group : > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gfamhist/index.htm >