Hello everybody, You've all been very helpful in the past so I'm trying my luck once again. My great grandfather's brother and his family appear to have vanished without trace from England c.1870 - to date no death certs found, etc. We suspect that they may have emigrated to Australia. The family I am trying to chase are: JOSIAH EDWARDS born c. 1829 Lancashire Ann born c. 1833 - Lancashire Frederick born 1851 - Lancashire Josiah b. 1857 - lancashire Mildred born c. 1860 - Cheshire Alfred born c. 1867 - Cheshire Sarah born c. 1869 - Cheshire The main reason for this hunch is that Josiah's nephew emigrated to Australia {Victoria} 1925 by himself at the age of 19. We suspect that he may have had relatives to go to. I realise it's a shot in the dark but if anybody can point me in the right direction as to where I should begin this search I'd be grateful. Thanks, Gillian in rainy Guildford, England The last time we have any trace of Josiah and his family are in 1861. At that time they were living in Church Lane, Tarporley, Cheshire. In that census Josiah is aged 32, Ann is aged 28, Frederic is aged 10 and Josiah is aged 4. If they did emigrate then I think it likely that those four may have gone. There were three other children - Mildred (born about 1860) Alfred (my Great Grandfather born in July 1867) and Sarah (born about 1869). These three were also born in Tarporley so it would indicate that Josiah and his family were probably still in Tarporley until about 1870. As yet we have been unable to trace any of the family in the 1871 census. They were certainly not in Tarporley as a family unit at that time. The next sighting I have of any of them is in 1881 when Alfred is in domestic service on a farm in Whitchurch, Shropshire, Sarah is an inmate of the Workhouse in Whitchurch, Shropshire and Mildred is married to a Welsh Tin Plate Worker some 33 years her senior !! Her marriage took place in Tarporley in March 1878 and she was still living there in 1881. The marriage certificate does not show that her father, Josiah, is deceased.