John Cocking aka Roberts aka Robert Jenkins came from England and initially settled in Australia. It appears that he may have come out to Australia before or after his wife and family who arrived in Sydney in 1835 on the "Margaret". They settled...

I'm at a point in my research where I have a lot of not so distant cousins (my grandparents or great grandparents first cousins) who are marked living on my family tree but statistically are probably deceased or will be soon. (1930-40s births) but...

My uncle Alex went to Australia in 1925. He corresponded with his mother until 1926 (I believe) and indicated he was going into the outback. I understand from then on there was no further contact. My grandmother hoped that even during the last...