G'day Cobbers, Am looking to make contact with descendants from the following BIRCH families: Descendants of Clara Mary CREGOE & John Edward Octravius BIRCH John Edward Octravius BIRCH, b. 03 Oct 1839 in Stoneydale, Cartmel, Lancashire, England, d. Abt 1915 in Armadale, Victoria, Australia. He married Clara Mary GREGOE, married 09 Feb 1864 in St Pauls, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, b. Abt 1842 in England, (daughter of John Garland GREGOE and Cornelia UNKNOWN) d. Abt 1921 in Armadale, Victoria, Australia. I. Guy Frederick BIRCH, b. Abt 1869 in England, d. Abt 1891 in Goornong, Victoria, Australia. II. Arthur George BIRCH, b. Abt 1877 in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia, d. Abt 1949 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. III. Ormonde Winstanley BIRCH, b. Abt 1879 in Victoria, Australia, d. Abt 1969 in Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Descendants of Katherine Florence RYDER & Walter de-Albuquerque BIRCH Walter de-Albuquerque BIRCH, b. 1867 in England, d. Abt 1913 in Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia. He married Katherine Florence RYDER, b. Abt 1869 in St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, (daughter of Christopher RYDER and Kate CARROLL) d. Abt 1942 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. I. Eileen Marjorie De-Gray BIRCH, b. Abt 1902 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, d. Abt 1969 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. II. Johanna Adeline De-gray BIRCH, b. Abt 1904 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, d. Abt 1970 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. She married Uknown MILLER. III. Samuel BIRCH, b. Abt 1906 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, d. Abt 1962 in Parkville, Victoria, Australia. IV. Walter De-Gray BIRCH, b. Abt 1909 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, d. Abt 1967 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. I look forward to responses on this posting. Regards Greg Baldwin - Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia My Homepage: http://member.melbpc.org.au/~kennethb/ All incoming & outgoing files & emails are checked by VET Anti-Virus software. AIGS 9842 A&NESFHS 9933 KFHS 7737 Researching Surnames: ALLEN - Cornwall, Eng. BAILEY - Plymouth, Eng>New Plymouth, Taranaki, NZ BALDWIN - Kent, Eng>New Zealand> Qld, AUS BENTON - Warwick, Eng BIRCH - Yorkshire, Eng> Qld, AUS BRODIE - Parish of Boyndie, Banffshire, SCT BROWN - Wellington, NZ CAMERON - Black Isle, SCT CLARK - Rhynie & Essie, Aberdeen SCT COKER - Rongatai, Wellington, NZ CROALL - Scotland > NZ CROZIER - Banbridge, Down, NIR > NZ DEAN - Elgin, Elgin, Scotland EDWARDS - Cornwall, Eng. FRANCES - AUS GRANT - Parish of Rhynie, Aberdeen, SCT INCH - Cornwall, Eng>New Zealand INGLIS - Banff/Moray, SCT LANGDON - NZ LAURANCE - Banff, SCT. LEYLAND - Warwick, Eng. LUMSDEN - Banff, SCT>New Zealand MacDONALD - Inverness, SCT. MASSEY - Down/Antrim, NIR>Qld, AUS MELVIN - Elgin, Elgin, Scotland McFADDEN -Down, NIR McINTOSH - Inverness, SCT > Qld, AUS McINTOSH - Ross Shire, Scotland>Qld, AUS McKENZIE - Banff/Moray, SCT McLEAN - Garmouth, Moray, SCT>Qld, AUS McLEAVY - Jedburgh, Roxburgh, SCT>Qld, AUS OLIVER - Jedburgh, Roxburgh, SCT>Qld, AUS RAFFAN - Banff, SCT REEVES - Yorkshire (?), Eng. REYNOLDS/RUNNALLS - Cornwall, Eng. ROBERTSON - Ross & Cromarty, SCT RUDD - Westmoreland, Eng>Qld, AUS SIMPSON - Banff/Moray, SCT SMITH - SCT SPRENGER - Qld, AUS STUART - Moray, SCT WAKEFIELD - Stroud, Gloucester, Eng>Qld, AUS WARBURTON - New Plymouth, Taranaki, NZ WHITEHOUSE - Warwick, Eng. WILSON - Ayr, SCT>New Zealand email to: kennethb@melbpc.org.au Australian Genealogy: http://www.ke.com.au/bdmaus/index.html Australian On-Line Surname List: http://www.users.on.net/proformat/ausnames.html Aussie Slang: http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/garden/386/kev.htm Free Virus Cleaner Tool: http://www.avast.com/