Hi Warwick listers , I sent this out before and got a very helpful , knowledgible reply from Ken . I did'nt recieve any other reply and think I sent it wrongly , I'm sending it forwarded again because I think it will be a bonus for some STRETTON descendants . Regards John Baylis ----- Original Message ----- From: John Baylis To: WARWICK@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 3:33 PM Hi listers , I'm an old guy , Cheshire born , Lancashire bred , now an Aussie in Darwin , Northern Territory of Australia . My fathers roots were in Aston Warwickshire . I will be asking for help from someone there later , but first I'd like to show my colours and share what can only be a treasure to whomever it relates to . Many years ago , I took my wife and daughter to visit friends in the aboriginal community of Oenpelli . Whilst we were walking through the bush , we stumbled across three graves , two with headstones and obviously important enough to warrant the import of quality headstones and one a simple wooden cross with an aboriginals name and a date . This was of interest to me and I took photos of the three gravesites . Twenty odd years later I started to research my family roots and joined the NT Geneological Society , I gave these gravesite photos to the society , and they thanked me by letter and also gave me the information they had on one of the headstones . As the NT was a frontier even when I took residence there in 1952 , they established their own ' pioneer list ' of notables . One of the headstones referred to a pioneer on the list , and they kindly forwarded me a copy . Idly glancing through it , I was amazed to see he was born in Aston Warwickshire where my grandfather was born . As I said , I will shortly be asking for help to find my roots but for now I will just put this information out on the list . Regards Frederick John Baylis ( grandson of Frederick Alexander Baylis and Amy Emily Sheppard ) The gentleman referred to is : STRETTON William George Age 72 years DOB 1847-02-01 born Aston Warwickshire Eng died 1919-11-29 Monument inscription In memory of ...Our dear father ...William George STRETTON ...Who died at Oenpelli ...Nov 29th 1919...aged 72 years ..A colonist of 50 years . Source , Free BMD Birth Dist Aston / Vol 16 / Page 231 . There are more sources , and extra information on the document . I will be happy to give the attachment off list at jabaarli@bigpond.com . I also have a photo of his headstone . Regards John Baylis