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I am looking for the correct arrival record for a James Norman who had three children baptised at St Lawrence's church in Sydney in 1846.

I found two of the baptisms on the Joint Copying Project microfilm and the details are as follows:

Mary Norman born October 1846 baptised 31 March 1846 daughter of James & Bridget Norman, Chippendale, father a sawyer.

Frederick Norman born 1841 baptised 5 July 1846 son of James & Bridget Norman, Chippendale, father a sawyer.

James & Bridget do not seem to have been married - an 1846 article from Trove says that Bridget took action against James for failing to support one of their illegitimate children and already had another two with him: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12886253?searchTerm=%22james%20norman%22&searchLimits=exactPhrase|||l-advstate=New+South+Wales|||dateTo=1846-12-31|||notWords|||anyWords|||dateFrom=1820-01-01|||requestHandler|||sortby=dateAsc

I was wondering if anyone can work out how James Norman arrived in Australia. Unfortunately I'm not sure when he died in order to order the right death certificate. Bridget arrived free (according to later gaol records) on the Duchess of Northumberland in 1836 and died in 1853 (I think).

I am looking at a death certificate of a Peter Niclaus Paulsen who died aged 68 in 1902 in Muinganden, Queensland, Australia. His parents are recorded as Hans Paulsen & Elsiebea Dorothea Von Doken.

Peter and his wife arrived in Queensland in 1865 with his "former town" noted as "Barlt, Holstein" on an immigration record, which place I can find and which I understand is now in Germany but was ruled by the King of Denmark prior to the 1860s.

Peter's wife's death certificate says that she and Peter married in "Baldt, Holstein". However, Peter's death certificate says he was born in "Harmoesdance, Germany".

My question is, where is "Harmoesdance"?

I also have a question about the "Von Doken" maiden surname of Peter's mother - is this a German name or can it be Danish too? Am I right to say that it signifies aristocracy (with the "von")? (I understand that it does in Germany.)

A number of online sources mention a will of Anthony Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire dated 1579. I have tried searching for that will in the findmypast "Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860" series and also the Ancestry series containing PCC wills. Neither seems to have it. Does anyone know where else I might find it?

I was wondering if anyone could help date this photo of a lady taken at the Relma Studios at 216 King Street, Newtown, presumably Sydney (as my family are from NSW).

The photo comes via my late grandmother and I suspect it might be of either:

1. her grandmother Alice Evans, born in 1874 in Glebe, died 1961 Kingsford. She lived in Sydney her whole life but not, so far as I'm aware, in Newtown.

2. her other grandmother, Sarah Ann Vigers nee Budden, born 1865 in Denman, died in 1953 in Mosman. She grew up in the Hunter Valley then lived in Dubbo in the 1890s before moving to Burwood in Sydney sometime probably not too long before 1917.

Many thanks if anyone can help.

I believe my partner is descended from Donald McPherson and his wife Margaret/Peggy Campbell who were recorded baptising two children, John & George, in Tongue parish in 1795. That entry contains what seems to be a place name (?Achastel) - see attached image.

I was wondering if anyone knows where this place might be. I am trying to narrow down where Donald and Peggy might be buried to a particular one of the three graveyards in Tongue parish that have been photographed on the wonderful site by Christine Stokes: http://cosuthtongue.blogspot.com.au/

Any help would be greatly appreciated.