Harry, your best place to start is with a copy of the marriage registration. Go to http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/research.htm for information on purchasing a copy. You can download the appropriate form from the site, print it and send along with your payment. I have only had to acquire one certificate from Queensland and was very happy with the service provided. If the marriage certificate contains the same information as that on NSW certificates, it should show the names of parents, the father's occupations, the occupations/ages/usual place of residence. The next step is to get copies of the death certificates. This should show you, in addition to the information on the marriage certificate, "where born and how long in the Australasian Colonies or States". Sounds easy enough. But be warned. The information on these certificates is only as good as that given by the Informant. The minister who married them may have been busy or whatever and not provided all the information on the form he had to lodge with the government office so didn't fill in all the information. In this case, you may need to search out the actual parish registers. The information on the death certificate may be a bit sketchy, depending on how much knowledge the Informant had and, I suppose, how important they thought it was. For example, I have obtained copies of most of the certificates pertaining to gg-grandparents and their large family. The first death registration, that of a daughter, gives the Irish townland in which she was born, most of the others only give the county, and a couple simply state Ireland. I could be very wrong but Matthew Henry Hobbs sounds more English than Irish and an 1890 marriage makes it very possible that he was born in Australia. You really need his death certificate to ascertain his background. Barbara "H.Vullers" <harryvee@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:nLBBe.48761$oJ.14582@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Dear group > one and all is there anyone doing genealogy in Ireland ? > > I am looking for a Theresa Mc Kerr borne 8 May 1870 Lurgan county Armagh > she was married in Australia (Queensland) , on 1 May 1890 in Charters > towers > with Matthew Henry Hobss, > What is her father and mother ? names and birthday and so on' ? > > Maybe Matthew is from the same area ca 1866 ? > > Thank you in advance from > > Harry from down under > >