There was gold mining in the Maitland area. We are in the process of indexing the Auriferous Leases (gold bearing lands) for NSW and we have come across some for the Maitland area. Kaye www.bananatv.com/familytreechecklist.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray" <ray15@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:07 AM Subject: Re: [HV] Maitland area > Hello Robyn. > > Here are some > Many, many years ago, when I first started researching, I > was using the Sands