Hi Brian, There is the following births, can not find birth for Thomas Henry Scott. Given the date of Julia's birth, they probably arrived 1841-1842 Surname: SCOTT Given Names: Julia Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Thomas Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Elizabeth FORD Birth Place: MELBOURNE Year: 1842 Reg Number: 13004 Denomination: Church of England Parish: ST JAMES, MELBOURNE Fiche: 272 Surname: SCOTT Given Names: Mary Ann Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Thomas Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Elizabeth Birth Place: STH YARRA Year: 1844 Reg Number: 13893 Denomination: Church of England Parish: ST JAMES, MELBOURNE Fiche: 277 Have you looked at http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/default.htm Kind regards, Lynne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA "Brian Scott" <scottbw@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:2009122315044816807-scottbw@optusnetcomau... > 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 >