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 >