INTRODUCTION It was in 1980 that I first became interested in tracing the Bellman family history. Members of the family knew very Little about their forebears, not even the date of their grandfather's death. My mother had kept an article, with photo, about the Salvation Army Eventide Home at Linden Park, in which grand- father, Alfred Henry Bellman, was given some prominence. Ken and I went to see Aunt Evelyn Bellman at Gawler, to see what she could tell us about her father and family. As she lived with her aunt from the age of seven, she could tell us very little, but she had been to see her father; after seeing his photo in the "News", in 1956, shortly before he died. On sending for his death certificate we found that he died on 15 July 1956, and that he was born at Moonta, so we sent for his birth certificate in which it stated his birth date as 15 July 1876, and his parents' names as Charles Henry Bellman and Caroline Hammill. A visit to the Archive-s revealed that Charles and Caroline came from Cornwall, and arrived on the ship, "Melbourne", in South Australia on 6 December 1858. Having found their county of origin, Cornwall, it was simple to look up Bellmans-Cornwall, in the International Genealogical Index at the Genealogy Society Library in Adelaide, and, on taking copies of the records home, it was possible to trace a Bellman family tree back to a John Bellman, born approximately 1650. A researcher in England was engaged to find Charles and Caroline's wedding certificate and he also sent out census copies for 1841 and 1851 of the Bellman and Hammill families, giving them some background. It was a disappointment when sending for the death certificates of Charles and Caroline Bellman to receive "no record" notices, so from this I concluded that they had gone interstate or possibly Caroline had married again. Then an obituary notice for Mrs Caroline Bellman was found, through the Abbott Index in the Archives, stating that she had married a second time, but had resumed her first husband's name, after the death of her second husband. There were nine children by the first husband, Charles Bellman. The newspaper article did not mention the second husband's name, only that she had two surviving children, Alfred Henry Bellman and Mrs Edith Crerar, of Prospect, the latter from whom she had never been separated. Previously an Edith Bellman had been found in the 1905 and 1912 electoral rolls, so to find Caroline's second married name, a search was made in the electoral rolls for 1919, the year she died, looking first in Prospect. Not finding the name Crerar there, I looked in the rolls for North Adelaide and found Edith Hosking. Crerar and her husband, William Bayne Crerar, at 74 Archer Street, North Adelaide. Then I looked for Caroline at the same address, and found Caroline Fountain at 74 Archer Street, North Adelaide. It was then possible to get Caroline's death certificate, marriage certificate and eventually to find her funeral notice and her grave in West Terrace Cemetery. This grave had a headstone on it bearing the names, Charles and Caroline Bellman. The death notice of Caroline's second husband, John James Fountain, and his grave in Payneham Cemetery were also found. Another application for Charles Henry Bellman's death certificate was made but it seemed that his death was not registered. With the name, Fountain, a biography and photo of Caroline on her 83rd birthday, were found in the Abbot Index. Concerning the nine children, a search in the Genealogy Society Library Cemetery Card Index, disclosed a third child, named Charles Henry Bellman. He was buried in the Moonta Cemetery in 1875, aged.l2 years. His death and birth certificates were obtained and it was found he was born at Burra in 1863. The Burra, Moonta, Adelaide sequence was mentioned in Caroline's obituary notice. Ken and I went to Moonta and found, in the cemetery Records at the Moonta Council Office, the burials of two more children. They were James, died 1868 and Eva, died 1872. Birth and death certificates were obtained for them. Being unable to find early cemetery records for Burra it seemed that the search had come to a full stop, as the registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages will not supply certificates unless the correct christian name is supplied. Meanwhile Edith Bellman, who married William Crerar, had been traced to Renmark through the directories in the Archives and the Electoral Rolls. Also a daughter, Marjory Carol, appeared in the Electoral Rolls. Then in February, 1982, I was lucky enough to have a grandson of Edith Bellman (Crerar) find my name in the Genealogy Society Supplement, (a list of names of members' interests) and being interested in family history, he contacted me, and we were able to help each other. A visit to his mother, Marjory, Mrs. Jarrett, revealed more information concerning two other Bellman girls, Annie and Emmie. Annie had married a Mr McKean, and Emmie had died unmarried, aged 38 years. Their birth certificates were sent for and it was found that Annie was born at Burra in 1864, but of Emmie or Emily they found "no record". There were still two children unaccounted for, so it was back to the Archives and a search in Burra Church Records disclosed Methodist Church Baptisms for Kooringa, and the two missing children were found. Another Charles Henry and Caroline and their birth dates, parents' names and their place of abode. Realising they must have died young, I sent for their death certificates and discovered Charles died at Burra in 1862, aged 31/2 years and Caroline died eleven days later, aged nearly two years. On the same day, a search was made in the Adelaide Hospital Records for the admittance of Charles Henry Bellman, the father, having been told by Marjory that he died in the hospital. His name was not in the index, but I was allowed to examine records and found his admission to the RAH twice in early 1880, and followed this up by finding his date of death in hospital on 20 May 1880. Next to find his place of burial, research in the Newspaper Reading Room for a funeral notice was unsuccessful so back to the West Terrace Cemetery, with the date of death. His grave was found, unmarked, in the southwest corner of the cemetery. At this stage, September 1982, birth, death and marriage indexes became available at the public at the Registrar's Office, but as births were only listed from 1878 - 1906, this was no help in finding Emmie's correct name, so Ken and I made another visit to the Moonta area and, at Kadina, found the records had been shifted from the Police Station to the Council Office, which meant we were able to examine the records ourselves. In the birth records Ken found the missing link, Martha Emily Bellman, born 15 February 1873. We obtained her birth certificate at Kadina, and with the correct name sent for her death certificate to the Registrar in Adelaide, but to our disappointment received a "no record" reply. Further inquiries at the Registrars indicated only two Bellman female deaths recorded between 1890 and 1920, and neither of them were Emmie. In spite of further research in newspapers and West Terrace Cemetery Records no trace of Emmie's death has been found. Meanwhile Annie Bellman's story was traced and it was found that she had married twice, had one son, and there were some living McKean descendants. So from then on it was a case of filling in the details of families from the living relations, and with the help of birth, death and marriage certificates. Uncle Bert Bellman, the only surviving child of Alf and Annie Bellman, was particularly helpful in supplying such details as he could remember. Mrs Jean Barnden kindly supplied details about the Duell family. Thanks are also due to Marjory Jarrett (Poppy) and members of the McKean family and all Bellman family members who have supplied information and photos to help in compiling this Bellman story. Elinor (Nell) A Bellman