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Mike
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Thank you for posting this. I have had a happy few hours checking immigration records and learnt a lesson about reading carefully.
I found what looked like a relative. One of the records had a column titled "Relations in the Colony"
It said "Sister Margaret's child living at ..." My relative did have a sister Margaret so I was confident this was her. I just did a quick check on my tree to see what I had for Margaret.
To my surprise she had married a "Hugh Childs"
I checked the immigration record again. It didn't say "Sister Margaret's child living at ..." it said "Sister Margaret Childs living at ..."
I found what looked like a relative. One of the records had a column titled "Relations in the Colony"
It said "Sister Margaret's child living at ..." My relative did have a sister Margaret so I was confident this was her. I just did a quick check on my tree to see what I had for Margaret.
To my surprise she had married a "Hugh Childs"
I checked the immigration record again. It didn't say "Sister Margaret's child living at ..." it said "Sister Margaret Childs living at ..."