Hi Jane, Thanks for the welcome. I have just joined this list and after years of research I have started on my McCann line - and wonders of wonders I finally have a convict. Andrew McCann b abt 1812 Meath Co. Ireland. was transported to Sydney in 1832 aboard the Captain Cook, after being tried in the Meath Court for assault. He was sentenced to 7 years. He gained his ticket of leave in for the Goulburn Dist in 1836 and his certificate of freedom in1839. Andrew married a Mary PICKEN in 1843 at Yass NSW. They had two children, Andrew McCann b 1846 and Mary McCann b 1848. Andrew married a Bridget Luddy in 1858 but I cannot find a death registration for his first wife Mary. I do know that according to her son's marriage certificate she died whilst he was a young child - possibly in child birth with his sister ? but anything is possible. He also had a brother John McCann who was transported 6 years earlier in 1826 on the Pheonix possibly. Do these names ring any bells with anyone on the McCann list. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers Angie Andrea Roberts.....in Melbourne, Australia ------------------------------------------ [email protected] Searching for Pyke/Millsom/Goodman/McCann/Rorke/Presnell/Taylor/Moorhouse/Millard http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/8556/index.html