Hi Peter, Thank you so much for your reply. I have Mary and George's Marriage Cert. They were married at the Registry Office Bedford. Which seems unusual. I have Mary's siblings, also checked Reuben and Frances on the IGI No other family came with them on the Six Sisters, George Cox was a gardener and was employed by a Mr Webster from the Colac area. They settled in and around Moolap, a market garden area. Sadly George died a few years after their arrival. I will check the resources you have mentioned. Most helpful. Marianne in Melbourne On 26/07/2008, at 9:20 PM, Peter Booth wrote: > Marianne, > > Are you looking specifically for relatives or just help with > research? > > Reuben Harpur married Frances Cook in Goldington on 4/6/1815. > > Renhold batches show nine children christened there between > 1816-1832. > > Have you looked at 1841 and 1851 census? That should give some > clues to > family origins and survivors. > > Mary Haper married George Cox in Bedford in Dec qtr 1847. So you > should > also be able to find them in 1851 census prior to migration. > > Do you know why they migrated? Quite often they may have had > relatives > in the colony, either as free settlers or convicts. Check who was on > the > ship with them. Also check Bedford gaol database. > > And finally, there is one posting for Reuben Harper b1791 on Family > Trees at www.rootsweb.com. It has the births and deaths of most of the > children but does not continue to present day. You might like to > contact > that submitter. > > Peter in Sydney > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message