Hi Kathy In response to your query re the name "Jas" in my experience it has been a shortened version of James so maybe you could try looking under the name James Kendall. Hope this helps. Nerida Roscoe Coonabarabran NSW Researching: ROSCOE, ERRINGTON, ROLLO, MERRETT >Now I have another question..Can anyone tell me if Jas is a shortened form >of another name?..Could it perhaps mean Joseph?..I'm looking for Joseph >Kendall's arrival in OZ..Another kind researcher was able to find the >arrival his wife Maria and 1 year old infant son Thomas in 1853..I have >found two Joseph's but one is to young and the other arrived to late..I >found a JAS Kendall arriving about 8 months before Maria,I'm assuming that >perhaps Joseph came out first and Maria followed later because of the baby. >TIA >Kathy > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com