For a one stop genealogy group for people researching within Australia, check out the following group at yahoo: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Gene_Aus/ This group has been in existence for over 2 months and has over 140 members. The group is for ANYTHING genealogy related in Australia. The group offers: - a no-mail option (read emails to the group online at the above home page), mail in digest mode or list mode - online chat - an online database of surnames that members are researching (from the home page)which currently has over 120 entries. - access previous emails to the group online at the above home page. - an online list of web links that members have logged as being of benefit to other members (from the above home page). There are over 30 links to websites that are of interest to researches. You will need to a member of the group to access the above features. To subscribe, access the above home page and follow the instructions for joining. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com