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Hi

Just to let our Irish cousins know, DNA testing has confirmed that Francis and Peter Smith were indeed brothers who both came to Australia.  As well as James of course

Steve

Hi

My comment was mainly a reference to lack of a comprehensive index, my apologies if I offended anyone.

I think it's great a non-profit is indexing them and I have no issue with paying a small fee to search.

I too spent hours trawling through the Digger Cd's   

Of course the further back yo go the more holes there are in the registers as well regardless of which state you are searching in, I have people as late as 1893 who were in VIC/NSW and simply disappeared; well it certainly seems that way.

Maybe I have been doing this for too long as well 

Steve

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Given that the image is numbered, it would seem to date from between 1888 and 1901, which narrows things down quite a lot !

Wiggy already dated this at mid-late 1890's which is correct.
This bodice style didn't exist 1887-91.

Hi

So the bodice style and the numbering of the image mean that it cannot be Charlotte Quested, because the 11 Jul 1887 is the arrival date in Sydney.  The R.M.S Potosi left Tilbury on 24 Dec 1886

The woman in the image may well remain a mystery

Steve

HI

I only meant is a bit patchy compared to the other states because they are not all indexed and not all online and as it says they are working on the indexes .

Steve

One last question; Can anyone hazard a guess at the age of the woman in the picture?

We were thinking she looks around 50 years of age

Thanks
Steve