Hi Julie, Did your West family mainly stay around the Wilberforce area? Or did they spend some of their time in the Penrith region? If it was mainly Wilberforce, you might like to send an email to the Hawkesbury-Hunter-Hills list to see if anyone else is researching the West family. Kind Regards, Danielle Embleton Penrith City Library -----Original Message----- From: Julie A Muir [mailto:crackersblue@bigpond.com] Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2002 14:11 To: AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] Family History I am researching the West Family who came to Australia in 1821 on board the "Dick" ship. Benjamin was a pensioner on arrival but had served 21 years in the 48th foot regiment. Hi son William was the first postmaster at Wilberforce in NSW. Any assistance would be appreciated. Julie ============================== 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