Here you go Doug. No names of parents but it does say Cork for birth place. But then again a death is only as good as the person who gives the info as to how well he knows the person. Cheers Angie At 26/02/201202:11 AM, Doug Laidlaw wrote: >Michael Donovan (Perhaps Samuel Michael) apparently died in December 1857 in >Pyalong or perhaps Kilmore, Vic, but death was registered in 1858. >Ancestry.com's records say he died in "Victoria" (great help) and his >father's name is unknown. That may be all that is recorded. He is supposed >to have been born in Tipperary, but my contact says N.Z. Can SKS tell me >what the index _really_ says? The rego number is 8480 of 1858. The >Victorian BMD indexes won't look at my credit card tonight. > Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Query ----- Surname : Donovan (892 matches) Year : 1858 ( matches) Reg Number : 8480 (68 matches) Total matching records: 1 -------------------- Surname: DONOVAN Given Names: Michael Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: U Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Age: 31 Sex: Birth Place: CORK Death Place: Year: 1858 Reg Number: 8480 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of nuts. Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking. ~Author Unknown Andrea Roberts....in Melbourne, Australia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching for Pyke/Millsom/Goodman/McCann/Rorke/Presnell/ Moorhouse/Millard/Taylor/Toppin http://www.1stopmedia.org/angieroberts/index.html