There is no record of contraception being enforced on visitors to Australia or children being banned from being carried on boats so it entirely possible the children were born in Australia and came back to England. Not all people came to Australia as convicts or free settlers, quite a few were for specific tasks. The children's ages give a good bracket to search the quite extensive shipping records to and from Australia and if you think this is a family branch, you should be able to track down their Australian sojourn with perseverance. Alan

Alan, Any leads on how to look up the passenger lists please? Joan ( from France ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "alan potter" <goodhopes@bigpond.com> To: <ENG-LANCS-PRESTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:02 AM Subject: Smiths > There is no record of contraception being enforced on visitors to > Australia > or children being banned from being carried on boats so it entirely > possible > the children were born in Australia and came back to England. Not all > people > came to Australia as convicts or free settlers, quite a few were for > specific tasks. The children's ages give a good bracket to search the > quite > extensive shipping records to and from Australia and if you think this is > a > family branch, you should be able to track down their Australian sojourn > with perseverance. > > Alan > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >