Hi List, Just when we thought we had worked out Dr Alexander Arbuckle, and what family he had in Gippsland, this comes along per courtesy of the Sale Family History Group cards for births, deaths and marriages in the local papers to 1900. (In passing, they are getting quite close to publishing the index to them on microfiche, although the full index was posted to this list about six months or so ago.) This death notice from the Gippsland Times of 1 Oct 1872 reads: McLeod. On the 4th August, Mary Campbell, relict of the late Dr Alexander McLeod, formerly of Inverness, Scotland, niece of Generals John and Charles Mcleod, Knights, & aunt of Dr A. Arbuckle, Sale, aged 75 years. ============== Now, one of the things about death notices then, is people inserted them when people died overseas, especially when it gave them a chance to say who was important that they were related to. This one appears to possibly be of that type - but would a ship have made it from Scotland to Victoria, with all the postal bits at either end, in just under two months. I think it would. The good doctor would hardly have waited two months to put a notice in if she died locally. So, that will be the good thing about the index to these notices when they become available. There are lots of other notices like this. Oh, and a relict??? Old name for a widow. My Mum said if I ever refer to her as a relict (she is a widow) she will come back and haunt me. Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/