Hi Everyone, Just one further thought on the WICKS family of Merriwa. Some years ago I did form WICKS-AUS as a way for the multitude of descendants of this family to communicate. If we get too talkative for the Hunter-Valley people, you might like to wander over to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/wicks.html#WICKS-AUS Linda http://kapana.customer.netspace.net.au/wicks.html