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Hi Joan
Thanks for the message. Yes it was that article on Trove that led me to the conclusion that my husband's 3X great grandparents Mary GARRIGAN and William PLUNKETT were both from Sir Montague Chapman's estate at Clonmellon and they probably knew each other before they married in Adelaide July 1849.

I have done a lot more work since the early days and it seems that at least 3 brothers of Mary-- Myles, Peter and Patrick also came out to South Australia. At least Myles worked along with William on Sir Montague's estates at Para Plains and the Dry Creek area.

Regards
Sue

Thank you so much for all the information. Now it's time for me to try and assemble the various pieces of information you have sent me. It's so good of you to have gone to all this trouble. The wills do help one solve some things but often throw up other puzzles.
Sue

I am wondering if anyone  has information about the CHARTER(S) family who seem to have been millers at Chatton Mill from the seventeenth century? My 5X great grandfather was John Charters who married Dorothy Wallace 1721 in Chatton.
I am trying to find out his father or indeed grandfather.

During my searches I have found a will for Thomas Charters 1705 where he leaves "half of the Corn Mill of Chatton purchased by my dearest brother James Charter" to his brother Joseph. Said Thomas leaves property to his sister Margaret Charter, and his sister's daughter Margaret HUTSON and her son John Hutson. He also leaves his brother John Charters 5/- if he returns from Her Majesty's Service.

I have also found the death of Joseph's wife Anne in 1716 in Chatton.

However, without the baptism of John CHARTERS (married to Dorothy) I am unable to work out how these families fit together.

Does anyone have any information about these families, Chatton Mill or suggestions as to where I might pursue my research?

Many thanks in advance.
Sue

That is wonderful. Now I have some names to go on particularly the name of the female cousin who my Aunt visited in the US in 1947!!

You have been so helpful and wwill have made my Aunt's day when I go round to see her this morning!!

Thanks DB

Cheers
Sue

Hello everyone
I am trying to find  family members for my husband's aunt who is 84 and who has lost touch with her first cousins who lived in Norwood Massachusetts. I know their names and the 2 boys I can find are already dead. I have access to the Massachusetts Marriage Index for the years 1950-52 but cannot seem to find a way to discover their spouses and thereby find possible children of these marriages. I also need the spouse to find out if my Aunt's female cousin has died (the same age as her!)

Can anyone please advise me of ways I could find out this information. I live in Australia so obviously rely on Internet access.

Thanking you for any suggestions
Sue