Dear Richard,

Hi. I'm afraid you will have to go through the tried and true process of purchasing all various birth, death and marriage certificates. Check with family members to see who has what first. You need to do this before you can even begin to figure out the how when where and why your ancestors emigrated to Australia.

There's a marriage in 1849 between Peter HAWKINS and Susanna JONES, NSW Australia, Early Church Record Code: JI = Presbyterian Church, Bathurst.

If they are your ancestors, click link below:-

Purchase their Marriage Certificate

Marriage Certificates can be useful to purchase because they may list Groom's occupation, parents names perhaps if you are lucky, witnesses, location of marriage etc.

A perusal of possible children born to the couple could be:-

John HAWKINS born 1849 NSW
George HAWKINS born 1853 NSW
Margery HAWKINS born 1856 Bathurst NSW
Rebecca HAWKINS born 1858 Bathurst NSW
Alice HAWKINS born 1859 NSW
Louisa HAWKINS born 1858 Orange NSW
Christina HAWKINS born 1861 NSW


If your ancestor Peter HAWKINS remained in NSW, here are three possible death records (NB I've only searched up to 1960:-

Peter HAWKINS died in 1874 Cooma, NSW with parents: James & Bridget.
Peter HAWKINS Edward died in 1956 Sydney NSW, with parents: James & Catherine.
Peter Thomas HAWKINS died in 1950 Rockdale, NSW with parents: Michael & Annie.

And there's eight possible records for a Susan HAWKINS up to 1960.

Other useful sites:-

Family History Group of Bathurst, Inc

FamilySearch.org - Free Family History, Family Tree, and Genealogy Records and Resources from Around the World LDS Database

RootsChat register as a new user, free site, then find their 'Australia' board.

Alison
EDITOR (QLD).