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