Hi lis dad me too! I'm trying to trace my relos who arrived Sydney - went to Sutton Forest - then to Goulburn. I think the husband may have even originally arrived in Melbourne - but with a (not very) Irish name lof Thompson it's proving hard to find. In fact haven't found too much else yet that puts the pieces of the jigsaw together - always working on it - I guess that's what keeps it interesting. Cheers, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Crighton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:28 PM Subject: [AUS-IRISH] Oh - Why am I so envious? > Below I have pasted portion of a message that showed up on another list. > It concerns an Irish family who left Ireland and went to USA; but though > the working of the list and the writers own research, they have > succeeded in producing maps tracing the paths the ancestors took as they > settled in USA.------- MY WISH? How could we do a similar project in > Australia, by tracing the footsteps our Irish ancestors took as they > moved around our great country...........any starters? > bye for now > your lis dad, > Jim > > This is one of the many reasons I will not, of my own will, leave this > list. > > In addition to the depth of knowlege you bring to this site, you offer > links to other sites > we'd probably never find on our own. > > I'm especially greatful for the map at the following site which you just > listed. > > http://www.geocities.com/gentutor/braddock.html > > The land at the terminus of Braddock's military road, near where he met > his defeat, was > originally owned by John (?) Frazier, one of the first settlers in that > part of the country. > George Washington knew him well and spent time at his cabin. > > My family arrived in the U.S. from Donegal in 1823 and, after a short > stay in Albany, N.Y., > returned to western Pa. and bought up that very land, or most of it. > > This is the first map I've seen of the military road overlaying a map of > the rivers and > streams. Our property was where Turtle Creek enters the Monongahela. We > made a killing on it in > 1871 when the Carnegie brothers wanted it for the Edgar Thomson Steel > Mill (still standing). > Andy C. mentioned my ancestors in his autobiography as being a little > too fond of their land. > He and his group bought the property for what, in today's money, would > be just over $3.1 > million. > > Now, I don't know what happened to the money over the years. Didn't make > it down this far. My > guess is the Scotch in us made the killing and the Irish in us blew it. > end of quote > > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > I knew that I was taking genealogy too seriously when I turned up at a cemetery search with a shovel > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >