Hi List Linda wrote: < Helene, who a short time ago offered lookups from her Rosedale index, has kindly allowed the whole index to be uploaded to the AVG home page. > I have had correspondence with Helene re my wife's Smith ancestors mentioned in the book and for the benefit of others researching the index I advise that 1. below is the son of 2. below. These two have no connection with any of the other Smiths listed in the index. 1. Charles Smith was born at Port Albert in 1859, and moved to Rosedale in 1864. His father secured, by ballot, a 70 acre selection on Blind Joe's Creek. "Four of his brothers, Alf, Jack, Jim, and Dave Smith still live (1930) in Rosedale." The Cemetery Register shows the deaths of a Jim Smith in 1936, a David Smith in 1937, a Jack Smith in 1938, and an Alf Smith in 1953 (82 years). 2. Charles Smith was born in England in 1826, and arrived in Gippsland in 1856. He bought 314 acres of land at Rosedale,- "Woodland Farm. A Charles Smith, aged 88. died at Rosedale in 1915, an age and date that agrees with the date of birth given (1826). Charles junior (1.) was one of 14 children born to Charles senior (2.) and his wife Maria, nee GALLAGHER - all but two surviving to adulthood. Charles the elder was born at Faversham, Kent, and went to sea at an early age (about 14) and served with both Royal and Merchant navies, finally 'coming ashore' at Port Albert in 1856. Peter, (the older of the tworobbos) at Bairnsdale, capital of the Victorian Riviera.