Hi Vija, I have some good news for you. Linda was right, in that NSW was described as being hot :-)) I have checked the New South Wales Federation Series CD and have found the entries you are after. But it appears that William Henry and Mary Henrietta had more children than you thought. Birth Registriation. Surname-Barraclough Given Names- Francis C Index Year 1891 Father-William Mother Henrietta M. Place of Registration - Waverley Registration year 1891 Registration Number 37353 Surname - Barraclough Given Names - William J. Index Year - 1892 Father - William Mother Henrietta M Place of Regisration - Radwick Registration Year - 1892 Registration Number 30322 I have not been able to find a death entry for Francis C. so I presume that he may have returned to England with his family and died there ? I have not been able to find a birth entry for Ada Jane. If you apply for these birth certificates it should give you the following information. Date/ Place of birth/ Sex / Name Parent's names (including mothers maiden name) Father's Occupation Father's age and birthplace Mother's age and birthplace Date/Place of parent's marriage Residence Previous Issue Witnesses to birth The Previous Issue, will tell you how many males and females were born before this child and if any of them were deceased. Unfortunately the NSW birth certificates do not show the names of the previous children, but from telling you the previous children's sex, you will then now if Ada was born before either of these 2 son of if she was born after them. I will find out the cost of the NSW certificates and the address of the Birth's Death and Marriages office for NSW, in fact I think they have a web site on the net, and you might be able to apply over the net for the certificates, but I will find out and send you the information. Vija, to you have a copy of William Henry's birth certificate ? if so can you send the the information from his birth certificates please. I hope the above has been of some help. -- Best Wishes Kim Pasquill Victoria-AUST Email: [email protected] Barraclough Surname Study: http://users.net2000.com.au/~football/index.html ICQ Number: 30110913 Researching: Worldwide - BARRACLOUGH and variant's WRY - TAYLOR-Lightcliffe BATEMAN-Wibsey,Wike POLLARD-Wibsey Linda Barraclough wrote: > Hi Vija, > > Everyone is sending me this one in Australia to ask if I have seen it! :) > > I am happy to try and have a go at finding something, but can you just > confirm for me (and any other Aussies watching on the sidelines) exactly > which Victorian records you have checked. If it was too hot, I owuld be > trying Queensland for a start, as there were a few up there around that > time, and mine on the Darling River in outback NSW. Both could be described > as hot! If they came out to join rellies in, say, Victoria, it might no be > described as hot. > > So, mainly, which records were you able to check, and I might try some others. > > Cheers > > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vija Tate/Bob Stott" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:40 AM > Subject: BARRACLOUGH, Ada Jane and BARRACLOUGH, William John Believed to be > Born in Australia > > > William Henry BARRACLOUGH (born 1861 Westminster, London) and his wife > Mary Henrietta BARRACLOUGH (nee JOHNSON) left England for employment in > Australia at some point after the birth of their first daughter Annie > Snowden BARRACLOUGH born in Lambeth, England in 1886 (William was a > carpenter)...as they found it too hot in Australia, they returned to England > sometime before 1903 before their last daughter Violet Henrietta BARRACLOUGH > was born. > > > > I have checked for births for Ada Jane and William John who are believed > to have been born in Australia and can not find them anywhere...I have > checked the English birth registers for this period and can not locate them > there either (although I have found lots of Franks and Freds which are the > remaining two children)...does anyone have any suggestions on where else to > look? > > > > Vija > > Scarborough, Ontario, Canada > > researching STOTT, ADAMS, MCLEOD and BARRACLOUGH > > > > ==== BARRACLOUGH Mailing List ==== > -