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I read your posts with interest.

I have been involved with the Ned Kelly skull investigation. I am a related to the Deeming family from Atherstone. My maternal great grandmothers father was Edward Deeming, son of Thomas Deeming. The family Bible has an inscription, "Edward Deeming from his affectionate aunt, I (but may be J or L) Bailey, March 6th 1854.

I am still trying to gather confirmations of my research, as noted here, there are a lot of Deemings from the same area.

My Gran's sister swears blind Frederick is no relation, and that "my" Deemings fled to London to get away from the stigma. My findings so far seem to be leaning to Fred being my Thomas Deeming's (b. circa 1824) brother.

I am seeking confirmation of Edward Deeming's date of birth. I see it listed on Ancestry with 7 Feb 1847, but I haven't found any records to confirm this.

Any information about the Deemings would be so wonderful. I am in Melbourne so I struggle when it comes research that would normally be a trip to the records office.

Please PM me if you can help me untie my family knots and find the truth.

And yes, I have spent some time in Fred's Melbourne Gaol cell staring at his death mask wondering, can he really be a relative??

Thanks