HI Jenny, Have you tried searching the Trove Digitised Newspapers - http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ There seems to be a writeup on Conrads death mentioning he left a wife and daughter. >From the Victorian Pioneers index below, it would appear there were two daughters & a son born but only a death of one child registered so I don't know what happened to the others. Pioneer Index 1836-1888 -------------------- Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Jeanetta Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ther FINEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: BULL Death Place: Year: 1863 Reg Number: 1808 Surname: ZILLAS Given Names: Mary Josephine Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: LINTON Death Place: Year: 1866 Reg Number: 3041 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gasteve George Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Theresa FINNEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: SEBA Death Place: Year: 1870 Reg Number: 26245R Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Constance Ellen Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNIGAN Age: 2 Sex: Birth Place: ROCK Death Place: Year: 1865 Reg Number: 7532 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Event: M Spouse Surname/Father: FINEGAN Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Theresa Age: Sex: M Birth Place: Death Place: Year: 1861 Reg Number: 2661 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary LISK Age: 61 Sex: Birth Place: Death Place: BALLT Year: 1887 Reg Number: 8967 ------------------------------------------ From: Jenny <jennygirl@unwired.com.au> To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS@rootsweb.com; Subject: Birth Marie C ZILLES Hello fellow listers I am new, as of today, to this list and also new to researching in Vic. I understand that gaining free index for BDM does not occur in Vic. I am wondering if sks could advise me as to what I need to do from NSW to trace the ZILLES family from Ballarat Vic. I am looking for the marriage and children of Conrad and Hilda Elsie (SIEMERING) ZILLES...Conrad Zilles may have been a musician. Many thanks for any suggestions Poppy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message