The Penrith City Council & Library will be holding their third annual history conference on Saturday 27th March 2004. The conference, titled The Makings of a City: Foundations of a Settlement, will cover such topics as Samuel Marsden and his involvement with the area; the Great Western Road and its impact on Penrith, St Marys and outlying areas; and the growth of Castlereagh as a result of the land grants issued in 1803 and 1804. Other presenters will discuss The Nepean Times and its social influences upon the local community. The cost of the conference is $30 per person which includes your conference pack, coffee and tea on arrival, lunch and morning and afternoon tea. It will be held in the Nepean Room, which is located in the Penrith Civic Centre, 601 High Street Penrith. Registration will be from 8.30am, with the conference starting at 9am and finishing at 5pm. For further information and to register for the conference contact: Alison Spencer Research Officer Penrith City Library Phone: 02 4732 7687 Email: alisons@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au In conjunction with The Makings of a City: Foundations of a Settlement conference, The Nepean Family History Society will be holding a mini fair on Sunday 28th March 2004. it will be held at The Nepean Family History Society's Library, Great Western Highway Emu Plains from 10am till 4pm. Activities will include: · Local and Family History Displays · Library Tours · Book Stalls · Speakers · Sausage Sizzle · Drinks · Devonshire Teas Further enquiries: Phone: Sue Breeze 02 4735 1818 or Judy McLeod 02 4733 1631 Email: jmcleod@austarmetro.com.au

Hello, Ann and John Byrnes wish to invite other family or descendants of Ann Reffin, or anyone else interested, to a remembrance day commemorating Ann's arrival in Sydney in 1804. And we also hope to make or continue contact with others who may have common interests in such things, prior to the get-together at Castlereagh that is planned for Sunday 20th June. The 'Old church hall' at Castlereagh has been booked for that day (This is the former Methodist, now Uniting, church on the eastern side of Castlereagh Road at Upper Castlereagh - you literally can't miss it, so may not need a map). On 20th June we meet at the hall and some refreshments will be available. There will be a visit to Ann's grave or close vicinity (and deduction of it's likely exact position, as it's unmarked) at the old Anglican or General Cemetery above the alluvial plains. Meeting and exchange of information by family historians of different branches or surnames is encouraged for this day. Please bring a display panel or anything you can, showing linkages back to Ann. Moreover, if digital material (fragmentary or coherent information or images, all is welcome) can be supplied well beforehand we would undertake to compile it onto one CD-ROM and have multiple copies available for giving away on the day. Ann Reffin's descendants must be quite numerous by now, and they would be distributed across many different surnames that have connection with the Castlereagh area. Ann was married to David Burns/Byrnes a convict or exile from Ireland, sent here in the wake of the great uprising of 1798 and possibly transported for having taken the United Irishmen oaths. Ann herself was from Walton on the Wolds in the Leicestershire Wolds and when young she committed a crime near Nottingham. We also enjoy to converse with those who have museum-like interests or inclinations and would like to see preserved more of the history or heritage of the Castlereagh alluvial plains ~ that are of course fast vanishing as Sydney's sand supply. Kind Regards, John Byrnes Contact: john.mail@ozemail.com.au or a.byrnes@student.unsw.edu.au or ann.mail@ozemail.com.au

Hello Danielle I wonder if you can help. On the varios documents eg, BDM certificates, Musters, Census etc. for the Robert Bolton and his family there are many place names. Could you kindly confirm that they would be in the same area, and refer to the same land holdings. DC Maria Bolton born 1805 PENRITH Isaac Bolton born 1807 PROSPECT Register of Pardons 1810 Robert Bolton - Residing District of TOONGABBIE DC of Jane Bolton b 1811 TOONGABBIE DC of Ann Bolton, born 1814 AGNES BANKS Muster 1814 (Bolton Family) WINDSOR DISTRICT Muster DC of Sarah Bolton, born 1816 AGNES BANKS What I am trying to find out was from about 1805 to 1816 would the family have been in the one spot. Can you throw any light on the matter. Thanking you. Kind regards 'Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danielle" <robndani@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:52 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] Penrith City History Conference The Penrith City Council & Library will be holding their third annual history conference on Saturday 27th March 2004. The conference, titled The Makings of a City: Foundations of a Settlement, will cover such topics as Samuel Marsden and his involvement with the area; the Great Western Road and its impact on Penrith, St Marys and outlying areas; and the growth of Castlereagh as a result of the land grants issued in 1803 and 1804. Other presenters will discuss The Nepean Times and its social influences upon the local community. The cost of the conference is $30 per person which includes your conference pack, coffee and tea on arrival, lunch and morning and afternoon tea. It will be held in the Nepean Room, which is located in the Penrith Civic Centre, 601 High Street Penrith. Registration will be from 8.30am, with the conference starting at 9am and finishing at 5pm. For further information and to register for the conference contact: Alison Spencer Research Officer Penrith City Library Phone: 02 4732 7687 Email: alisons@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au In conjunction with The Makings of a City: Foundations of a Settlement conference, The Nepean Family History Society will be holding a mini fair on Sunday 28th March 2004. it will be held at The Nepean Family History Society's Library, Great Western Highway Emu Plains from 10am till 4pm. Activities will include: · Local and Family History Displays · Library Tours · Book Stalls · Speakers · Sausage Sizzle · Drinks · Devonshire Teas Further enquiries: Phone: Sue Breeze 02 4735 1818 or Judy McLeod 02 4733 1631 Email: jmcleod@austarmetro.com.au ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237