Reposting my interests. Francis QUILTY was supposedly born Waterford City c1800, and was convicted in Kilkenny County Assizes in March 1817. Then he was transported to Australia in 1818. I have no information on his background in spite of a 20 year search. I have searched the baptism registers for Wat City, but not Ballybricken and other areas outside the inner city. No other searches have turned up anything. The names Francis and thomas keep turning up in the following generations .. a very tenuous clue indeed. I know there had been a very severe famine around 1816-17 and it is possible he was an orphan, or disowned by his family. He could read and write. Would love to hear from other QUILTYs of that era. Anne Maye in Oz. http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time.