As well as being a member of this new discussion group to follow my own genealogical interests in the MAJOR'S CREEK / BRAIDWOOD area, I am also Secretary of the BRAIDWOOD & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Christine Wright who contributes to this discussion group is also a Committee Member of the Society. The Society is active in GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH which is conducted by volunteer members of the Braidwood and District Historical Society. Information is drawn from indexes and information collected over many years, as well as cemetery lists transcribed by Society members. Newspapers, Council records, previous correspondence, etc form a foundation for this extensive collection. A research fee of $20 is payable in advance to the Society to cover research into a 'Basic Family Group' or 'Topic' with time expended by volunteers up to 3 hours. To make an enquiry, please forward details of your enquiry and the appropriate fee made payable to:- Braidwood & District Historical Society Inc Post Office Box 145 Braidwood, NSW 2622 email history@braidwood.net.au ___________________________________ BOOKS ALSO AVAILABLE from Braidwood & District Historical Society at the above address are:- BRAIDWOOD, DEAR BRAIDWOOD by Netta Ellis. Definitive history of Braidwood & District 214 pages. Published 1989. $25.00 plus $4.80 p&h BRAIDWOOD HERITAGE by Netta Ellis. Historical photographs with text.72 Pages. Published 1983. Revised 1986. $12.00 plus $3.00 p&h EARLY DAYS - BRAIDWOOD DISTRICT 1822-51. 17 Pages. Published 1982. by Netta Ellis. $2.50 plus $0.80 p&h. MAJOR'S CREEK MEMORIES by Ned Dunshea. 51 Pages. Published 1989. $7.50 plus $1.20 p&h HISTORY OF ARALUEN by Lindsay & Roger Thwaites. 31 pages. Reprinted 1986. $3.00 plus $1.20 p&h MONGARLOWE & THE LITTLE RIVER GOLDFIELDS. 86 pages with photographs. Published 1989. by Bruce Russell. $8.00 plus $1.20 p&h THE BRAIDWOOD/ARALUEN GOLDFIELDS. 3 pages. A concise history of the goldfields. $0.50 plus $0.45 p&h POST OFFICES & PEOPLE - Braidwood & District. by Roslyn Maddrell. 298 pages incl. copies & photographs. Pub 1996. $25.00 plus $6.50 p&h SASSAFRAS - The Parish of 60 Farms. Published 1995. by Robert Sneddon. $19.00 plus $3.00 p&h HIDDEN HISTORY by Christine Wright. A guide to using newspapers as a source of Social, Family and Local History. 34 pages. Pub 1996 $7.00 plus $0.80 p&h BRAIDWOOD GOES TO THE MOVIES by Robert Parkinson. A celebration of 100 years of screening and making motion pictures in the Braidwood District. 40 pages. Pub 1997. $8.00 plus $0.80 p&h BOOM TO BUST and BACK AGAIN - Captains Flat. 102 pages. By Susan Pryke, Janet Van Straaten & Alan Walker. $14.95 plus $3.00 p&h MOTH HUNTERS of the AUST. CAPITAL TERRITORY. 43 pages By Josephine Flood. $12.00 plus $1.20 p&h LOST MINES - REVISITED by Barry McGowan. Historic Mining of the Monaro, Southern tablelands & S.W. Slopes. 235 pages incl Maps & Photographs. Reprint 1996. $29.95 plus $5.40 p&h BUNGONIA TO BRAIDWOOD by Barry McGowan. Historical & Archeological account of the Shoalhaven & Mongarlowe Goldfields. 293 pages incl Maps & Photographs. Pub. 1996. $34.95 plus $4.80 p&h --------------------------------------------------- My own interests can be seen under <http://www.braidwood.net.au/mackenzie> Ray Mackenzie 'Pinehurst' MAJOR'S CREEK