I am trying to find birth information for my gggrandmother, Maria Smith, who, according to her headstone and death certificate, was born in Nova Scotia on 23 September 1826, the daughter of Alexander Smith and Sara Black, emigrants from Edinburgh, Scotland where her older brothers and sister were born. I would be most grateful if anyone with access to birth records could confirm her birth. I would also like to know whether her parents remained in Nova Scotia while the rest of the family eventually came to Geelong, a town about 50 miles south west of Melbourne, Australia. Many thanks Sue Wragg