Hi to all listers, I want to urge you all, if you are looking for someone who may have already researched one of your family members, or any information at all. Try google. http://www.google.com.au/ I have just had 2 big successes in as many days. Remember to always click the button for search in Australia only. And if you are looking up a name e.g. Joe Bloggs put it in as so "joe bloggs" or, you can click on the advanced search function and you may want to include a place so searching for the exact words joe bloggs and also include the word e.g. windsor that way you can narrow down your searching if you get a lot of hits. Just remember that anything you find, no matter how reliable you think that contact person is, it still needs to be fully checked and backed up with NSW BDM certificates etc. Jo

Don't forget to also look for "bloggs joe" as an Exact Phrase. This will find your name in the many alphabetical lists online. Keep in mind that an .au search will EXCLUDE all Rootsweb postings. Much better to also use www.google.com for a world wide search which also gives a better result for images & books on your search topic. You can also restrict your search just to Rootsweb by putting *rootsweb.com*in the Domain Name field. Sorry Marg this is off topic but valuable info for list members. If anyone would like further help please contact me OFFLIST or MargM might go looking for her "Fly Swatter" again <g>. Happy hunting Helen On 05/04/06, Jo Wenden <jwendens@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi to all listers, > I want to urge you all, if you are looking for someone who may have > already researched one of your family members, > or any information at all. Try google. http://www.google.com.au/ > > I have just had 2 big successes in as many days. > > Remember to always click the button for search in Australia only. > And if you are looking up a name e.g. Joe Bloggs put it in as so > "joe bloggs" > or, you can click on the advanced search function and you may want to > include a place > so searching for the exact words joe bloggs and also include the > word e.g. windsor > that way you can narrow down your searching if you get a lot of hits. > Just remember that anything you find, no matter how reliable you think > that contact person is, > it still needs to be fully checked and backed up with NSW BDM certificates > etc. > Jo > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley Mailing List ==== > Have you sent a short ' Thanks' to who ever helped you ? > >

Thank You Jo and Helen for this lead I just tried it and the first hit came up with information on a sibling of my GGrandfather. > Also in 1888, Henry Denney bought two small blocks, one on each side of the railway line. He had run the shop across the road from the old school and now had a store erected on the western side of the highway, opposite the station master's residence. His other block, on the eastern side of the line, was later to become the site of Mullard's boarding house and coffee palace, for a time leased by Ann Jones. Then, in 1890, John Arnold Beattie bought two blocks together, on the corner of the realigned highway and Station Street, on which the Royal Exchange Hotel was built. < MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia