Hi Brian, I googled and found the following info Dartmoor District Pioneers & History Pioneers and Local History from the Glenelg & Wannon Region at http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/dartmoor/ They may be able to help y ou. Good luck, Di "brian skehan" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] I have just found my GG Grandmother who I have been research for (for abut 25 years). Ellen Tobin born abour 1933 Cork to Ellen Quin and John Tobin. Ellen married John Ritchie about 1855 and had a daughter Annie (my great grandmother)1856 in Limerick? Ireland. Ellen came to a Australia in 1858 on the Admiral Boxer to meet with her husband John Ritchie on the goldfields near Geelong. Further research has Ellen marrying Henry Blood at Tarraville in 1859. In the Dartmoor Cemetery is a large board with a reference to John Ritchie dying in the battle of Sebastopol 1854/1855. Henry and Ellen resided in Dartmoor at Mumbannar and they had another 5 children . 1.Margaret Bood b 1860. married William Hailes 2.James Henry Blood.b1864 d 1876 3.John James Blood b 1864 married Ellen Ursular Sutton 4.Marie Blood b 1866 d 1878 5. Ellen Blood b 1861 married George Williams. Can any one help with the descendents of Henry and Ellen Blood? TIA Brian ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.888, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18900) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.