Greetings to All, 1st posting to the List, so hoping for a little advice/suggestions. This is the "Family Story". George SHEPHARD (b. abt 1829, Yorkshire to a James and Sarah) married on 17 Apr, 1854, Derbyshire a Charlotte SHEPHARD (b. abt 1832, Derbyshire.) [I have had a researcher try to find this marriage and it doesn't exist!] George and Charlotte sold everything in England and bought a ship/boat and sailed to Australia with 2 little daughters, Sarh and Hannah. Baby Mary Jane was born abt 1860 at sea. They sold the boat/ship and bought a bullock and dray and travelled across the Blue Mountains to the Rockley/Bathurst area, where they (? bought) a farm called "Summerhill" at Rockley and proceeded to have another 7 children between 1862 and 1874. Fact: George died in 1879. (I have sent for his DC.) In 1885, Charlotte was listed in the Bathurst Landholders as having over 1,300 acres at "Summerhill", Rockley + stock. Son James was also a Landholder in 1885 at O'Brien's Creek, as was an F. SHEPHERD at Box Ridge Common, Box Ridge. Fact: Charlotte died in 1916 at Rockley, aged 83. Do any kind listers have any ideas as to where I can go from here? Best wishes, Carolyn. AUS.

From: "Carolyn and Darryl" <dazwilson@bigpond.com> wrote > Greetings to All, > > 1st posting to the List, so hoping for a little advice/suggestions. > > This is the "Family Story". > > George SHEPHARD (b. abt 1829, Yorkshire to a James and Sarah) married on > 17 Apr, 1854, Derbyshire a Charlotte SHEPHARD (b. abt 1832, Derbyshire.) <<snipped>> > Do any kind listers have any ideas as to where I can go from here? > > Best wishes, > > Carolyn. AUS. Hi Carolyn, Welcome to the ENG-YORKSHIRE list. My advice would be (if you haven't already done so) to subscribe to the SHEPHARD surname list as you seem to have very little Yorkshire related information. Yorkshire's a big place and you really need to be able tp pinpoint more acurately where in Yorkshire George was born. Cheers, Dave Jassie - List Administrator

Hi, David, Yes, I have done that, but there seem to be no messages at all since I subscribed. Thank you so much for answering. Carolyn. AUS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <dave.jassie@ntlworld.com> To: <eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] NEW LISTER RE: SHEPHARD.