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Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 0 Send Message	Deborah	Report	31 May 2006 06:59
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 0 Send Message	I am relatively new to Family History and have hit a brick wall. My wall is that i can't get past my gggrandfather due to the fact that every certificate i have obtained of his states a different thing . Example 1st marriage parents unknown born in Monaro NSW Australia;2nd marriage born in Gloucestershire parents Benjamin & Hannah RUSSELL, death cert born in Yorkshire parents Benjamin & Anna Russell. I know that names can be misspelt , but where do I start looking to find out exactly who they were. NSW bdm's have no record of a Benjamin & Hannah/Anna RUSSELL having a child in Monaro. Can anyone suggest anything please!!!! Thanks in advance
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 2,586 Send Message	Richard in Perth	Report	31 May 2006 07:31
	Roughly what year was he born? Since two of those certs put his birthplace in England, have you searched the England BMD indexes (available free on Ancestry)?
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 2,047 Send Message	MaryfromItaly	Report	31 May 2006 10:25
	A couple called Benjamin and Hannah Russell certainly existed in NSW. They had a son William who died in Narrandera in 1922, if that's any help.