On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:04:48 +0800, Brian Scott <scottbw@optusnet.com.au> wrote: Brian, This is the only birth record I could find in the Second Edition of the British Isles Vital Records Index that gets close to your dates. SCOTT, William James Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 15 Jul 1832 Recorded in: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Collection: St James Father: John SCOTT Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1596535 Dates: 1830 - 1844 >William James Scott, born about 1836 Plymouth England my (Brian Scott) >great grandfather. >Thomas Henry Scott, born about 1849 Portland Bay, Vic. Australia - >William James' brother > >I say 'about' because these years are calculated from various BDM printouts. >I so far haven't found their precise birth day/month dates yet. > >Their parents: father, Thomas Scott - shipwright. Their mother >Elizabeth nee Ford. >They are on Thomas H's death printout of 1905 and William's in 1888. > >William James & Thomas Henry moved from Aus. to NZ. >At their deaths Thomas H had been in NZ 41 years, William J 24 years. >Making it 1864 when they got to NZ. > >Thomas was witness at William's marriage in Nelson NZ 9 Dec. 1871 to >Helen Spittal. >William is down as a widower when married. > >Some time between 1836 - 1849 William and his parents moved from Eng. to Aus. >If any, others of the same family probably went with them. >Assisted or unassisted, I don't know. > >Free British census 1841 has no Elizabeth Scott married to a Thomas. >Nor is there any Thomas as a shipwright. >Did they leave Eng. between 1836 - 1841? > >They are the basic facts that I have so far and as far back as I can get. > >I would like to track my Scott ancestors back to England as far as I can. > >I need to find William and his parents together in Eng. somehow. >Idealy I'd like to find William's birth. > >I'm in Perth, Western Australia. > >I need some clues on how to procede, so far the info I have gathered is from >off the net or the state library. > >If I need to employ a profesional how/where do I find one. > >Thank you for looking > >Brian

Thanks Monty, but probably not the one I'm after. I read somewhere that Plymouth records are a bit compromised and need re-housing, however it is there I must search for Williams birth somehow. Brian On 2009-12-23 18:08:06 +0800, Monty <monty@home.invalid> said: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:04:48 +0800, Brian Scott > <scottbw@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Brian, > > This is the only birth record I could find in the Second Edition of > the British Isles Vital Records Index that gets close to your dates. > > SCOTT, William James Christening > Gender: Male > Christening Date: 15 Jul 1832 Recorded in: > Bristol, Gloucestershire, England > Collection: St James > Father: John SCOTT > Mother: Elizabeth > Source: FHL Film 1596535 Dates: 1830 - 1844 > > >> William James Scott, born about 1836 Plymouth England my (Brian Scott) >> great grandfather. >> Thomas Henry Scott, born about 1849 Portland Bay, Vic. Australia - >> William James' brother >> >> I say 'about' because these years are calculated from various BDM printouts. >> I so far haven't found their precise birth day/month dates yet. >> >> Their parents: father, Thomas Scott - shipwright. Their mother >> Elizabeth nee Ford. >> They are on Thomas H's death printout of 1905 and William's in 1888. >> >> William James & Thomas Henry moved from Aus. to NZ. >> At their deaths Thomas H had been in NZ 41 years, William J 24 years. >> Making it 1864 when they got to NZ. >> >> Thomas was witness at William's marriage in Nelson NZ 9 Dec. 1871 to >> Helen Spittal. >> William is down as a widower when married. >> >> Some time between 1836 - 1849 William and his parents moved from Eng. to Aus. >> If any, others of the same family probably went with them. >> Assisted or unassisted, I don't know. >> >> Free British census 1841 has no Elizabeth Scott married to a Thomas. >> Nor is there any Thomas as a shipwright. >> Did they leave Eng. between 1836 - 1841? >> >> They are the basic facts that I have so far and as far back as I can get. >> >> I would like to track my Scott ancestors back to England as far as I can. >> >> I need to find William and his parents together in Eng. somehow. >> Idealy I'd like to find William's birth. >> >> I'm in Perth, Western Australia. >> >> I need some clues on how to procede, so far the info I have gathered is from >> off the net or the state library. >> >> If I need to employ a profesional how/where do I find one. >> >> Thank you for looking >> >> Brian