I am searching for any record of Nicholas SCHEIB (also known as Johann Nicholas SCHEIB or William Nicholas SCHEIB) who is lost in the Victoria gold fields from 1855 to 1860. He arrived in Melbourne in early 1855 travelling with a group of 22 Germans from the Wetter valley in Hessen (mostly from the village of Nieder-Weisel). The party set out for Ballarat and I have no further record of Nicholas until a possible record of him in Lamplough in 1860 and a definite record of him in Moonambel near Avoka in 1861. In 1862 he crossed to the Otago gold rush. Any sightings or suggestions welcome. Note the name Scheib is often badly misspelt on records. Brendon Scheib