Hi everyone, I have recently subscribed to the lists, and thought I would get straight into it and try my luck (and please excuse my crossposting, just trying to reach a maximum audience, you never know where a fellow researcher may be lurking !). I am trying to revitalise my research once again after a few years out of the regular routine. For many years, and together with some fellow BLAIR family researchers, I have been researching the family of my g-g-g granduncle James BLAIR (b c1817 Liverpool), who married Elizabeth CABLE in 1837 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, and migrated to Australia in 1841. In his years spent in Sydney, James BLAIR was, among other things, a timber merchant, shipowner and publican, and held the license for the Bristol Arms Hotel in Sussex Street during the 1860s and 1870s, as did his sons. James BLAIR died in 1880 in Sydney. In summary, James and Elizabeth's known children were as follows: James Edwin (1) b 1838 (d 1855) Charles b 1843 (d 1859) Francis b 1845 (m Mary Ann HOPGOOD) Emma b 1847 (m Alexander NICHOLSON) Mary Jane b 1850 (m John DONALDSON) Sydney Richard b 1853 (d 1855) James Edwin (2) b 1855 (m Kitty Mary Ann HORWOOD) Sydney John b 1858 (d 1860) Francis and Mary Ann BLAIR (HOPGOOD) had two children who were stillborn - however, Mary Ann's niece inherited their property and money Emma BLAIR married Alexander NICHOLSON, and they had a daughter Elizabeth (married BOWMAN), but by the mid 1870s, Alexander was off the scene, and Emma went on to have a number of children with Frederick WOOD/S. Mary Jane and John DONALDSON (BLAIR) lived in Sydney until the 1880s, and then emigrated to San Francisco - however, whilst some of their children went with them to California, the remaining DONALDSON children continued to live in Sydney. James Edwin (2) and Kitty BLAIR (HORWOOD) had a number of children, and the family lived in Kent Street, then centred around the eastern suburbs and inner west after James Edwin (2) died in 1887 - associated names include LINGARD. If there is anybody on the lists who is researching these families, or knows someone who is researching or descended from these families, I would love to hear from you ! Thanks for taking the time to read my post :) Nick Batley (Sydney)