Hi All >From a very very hot & sweltering 50+ in Poland!! I am new to the list..................... My relation Walter Lalor born Aston 1843,his parents were Eliza Simmons & Michael Lalor,on Walter's birth cert it states Eliza was married to Michael,but there is no trace of a marriage & Michael's occupation was a policeman...........On the birth cert,the address of where Walter was born is not very clear,it is James's ?????? The informant is not clear either,Mary[unreadable surname] living at James's ???? & who she was is also not clear enough to read,perhaps it was a home for unmarried mothers? Before Walter was born Michael had a son Henry Lalor born in 1842,on Henry's birth cert it shows Henry's mother,Hannah Malin who was not married to Michael but later married Richard Beale in 1850 & Henry Lalor became a Beale. It still shows Michael as a policeman. I have searched the whole of the 1851 census looking for Walter,but as his mother wasn't married to Michael she may of married someone else,changed Walter's surname or just vanished? In 1859 Walter re-appears he joins the Navy,he lied about his age & joins for 10 years. 1861 census.......No Walter,perhaps he was at sea? In 1863 Walter married Elizabeth Perrin in Marylebone,Middlesex & he states on his marriage cert his father was John Lalor & not Michael! >From 1863 till his death in 1920 i have all the details............. Back to Michael Lalor,it says on the 1841 census he was born in Ireland,was born around 1821 & was a policeman,then he vanishes.....We think we may of found Michael in Australia,he married Catherine Mullhall around 1862,had a few children was a publican in a hotel & later died in 1890 at Kew, Victoria Au. We are waiting for the marriage & death certificates to be 100% sure......We also think that Michael could be the brother of Peter Lalor who later became famous for the Eureka Stockade in Australia. Did Michael run away as he was caught having 2 children & would have to pay twice the amount of money for both kids...........Did he have more little Lalor's that are yet to be found? My 2 problems are........... 1) I am stuck with trying to fill the 16 years from Walter's birth in 1843 to his appearance again in 1859 then the 4 years before his marriage in 1863.....Where did he go? 2) If Michael was a policeman,would the police force want his parents details,letter of permission etc etc? Are there any records of Michael held anywhere,if there is,can i view them online? Many thanks for your time. Kaz.