i am sure you have checked out the references given here http://www.familyhistorysa.info/shipping/passengerlists.html It seems they are in a 1841 census return and applied for relief in 1840? Any more info in those sources? Judy On 9 Jan 2009, at 11:31, judy olsen wrote: > >> >> daughter Elizabeth , >> married Charles King in Willunga SA in 1855 (apparently 21 years at >> the >> time); they lived in the area and were buried in the old Willunga >> cemetery. > > Do these marriage and death records not give parents' names at all? > > Was there a newspaper notice for any of these events? > > IS there a possibility of other children either born in Australia or > left behind in Scotland (it did happen) whose records might be found? > >> Do you think it would be worth while hiring a genealogist in >> Edinburgh to find their emigration records and then they could go >> backward >> from there? > > I don't know what there would be to find unless you know the name of > an emigration society that sent them. > > Did you send for the details of the marriage you found. I have one > from a similar date at St Cuthberts and it gives both addresses, > groom's occupation and bride's father's occupation and location. > > > > Judy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-EDINBURGH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message