HI Pat Are the Parkers listed in the book? If they are I will definitely get a copy Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Curry" <patcurry@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:09 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] New resource book > Hi listers, > > > > Do you have an interest in the early Castlereagh area? Do you have > ancestors connected with the early Castlereagh area? > > > > Here's a great new resource - a book by the Nepean District Archaeology > Group - "In Search of the Early Nepean Pioneers - A Post Settlement > History Celebrating the Bicentenary of the 1803 Land Grants." > > > > This book provides an outline of the life and times of the first 23 > grantees of land along the Lower Nepean, and provides pointers for > further research. It has a Flowchart of Ownership for each portion of > land from 1803 until its eventual sale to the gravel mining companies > and/or the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. It has 7 pages of > photographs of some of the old homes on the various sites, plus 2 full > page aerial photographs of the Bird's Eye Corner and Farrell's Lane > areas of Castlereagh in 1985 > > > > If you would like a copy, it costs $23 + $4 P & P from P.O Box 874, > Penrith, NSW, 2750. Or you will find a copy in the Local Studies > section of Penrith City Library. > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >