Hello Lorraine, Margaret and Robert Thanks for your tips and advice re the GRAHAM saga of mine especially the reference to the "Kiama Independent" of 1871. I'm reasonably confident I've got my man (William GRAHAM) as the immigration on the ship Mary Pleasants in 1857 fits the family. I'm waiting on confirmation but it looks good. Regards Bob -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1302 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len