Hi Listers, I am still beating my head against a brick wall trying to find the origins of my G grandfather Charles John BROWNING. He is noted in a family bible here in Australia as being born in New York City in 1853. This bible was commenced after he married my G grandmother. He came to OZZ in the 1870's which was after the gold rushes so that was not the reason. He died in Sydney in 1929. I have found on Ancestry an extract from the 1860 US Census which lists a BROWNING family in "New York Ward 7, District 1, New York". They are :- Richd BROWNING, age 26 Hanns BROWNING, age 22 Jno BROWNING, age 6 Chas BROWNING, age 4 (IE born C 1856) Willm BROWNING, age 3 Geo BROWNING, age 1 Jno BROWNING, age 38 Emma BROWNING, age 7 Also 2 others, Eliza Egerton age 19 and Joseph Mernick age 23. Is there anyone out there who may know of this family and could giove me a clue on whether this is my G grandfather and why he came to OZZ? Cheers Peter Melbourne Australia