TO: AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com, jennyblyth@hotmail.com >At 10:17 AM 4/25/03 +0000, Jenny Blyth wrote: >Some web pages for people to look at: >http://groups.msn.com/JamesHowlettandCatherineHectorandFamily/_whatsnew.msnw >http://groups.msn.com/JAMIESONFAMILY1/ >http://groups.msn.com/JennyBlyth/homepage >http://groups.msn.com/HenryLeeandHarriettMuddle Thanks Jenny, And here two I made (just very basic and not a fraction as pretty as yours): http://www.webspawner.com/users/castlereagh/index.htm - Castlereagh Study Group http://www.webspawner.com/users/thebyrnes/index.html - Byrnes and Irish Study Group General purpose of them is to encourage sharing of information. Either/Both groups are free to join. Any mistakes on them will be quickly rectified if advised of. - How to join? Send an email saying you wish to belong to the group - Send Email to john.mail@ozemail.com.au For example, in more detail, the purpose re the Castlereagh one is to promote, and engage in, the sharing of information on Castlereagh. How to do that? I would suggest that "digital" is the most convenient way to go, compile and share on CD-ROM or floppies and send those via the post; but of course snail mail, talks, meetings .... all are ways to share. Possible interests: * Building a BIBLIOGRAPHY * Aboriginal, European, Natural, Geological History * Finding links to the histories of Castlereagh settler families (How many have web pages? Their URLs?) And as regards the Byrnes group, it is hoped to hold a reunion back to Castlereagh in early 2004. But please, we could do with any help as we are currently VERY small (we currently feel that many/most Byrnes'es who are descendents of the Byrnes'es buried at Castlereagh probably do not even know that they come from Castlereagh .. first of all someone has to tell them. There would presumably be a thousand or more descendents of our ancestors David and Ann who are buried in the hill cemetery, in the corner near Rev. Fulton's crypt at Castlereagh. I'm not sure how to reach as many as possible of the descendants. If you can help. of give tips on how to do a reunion, please contact me and I'd enjoy hearing from you. Kind Regards, John Graham Byrnes (Geologist, NSW govt.) St. Leonards