Dear Lynne, Not sure if this helps, but there's a book called "There's Gold" by Constance Sullivan. It desribes many families from Adelong around your time period. I think copies are held by libraries such as Mitchell and Adelong. Regards, Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Thompson" <netty@picknowl.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-SE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: [NSW-SE] HAIR/RIDLEY Adelong > This is a long shot but I am wondering if anyone has RIDLEY or HAIR from > Adelong in their tree. The two Mrs's Hair & Ridley were present in 1883 > when my GGrandmother gave birth to an Illegitimate child. > > This 13 year old girl was sent from Carcoar to Adelong to give birth and > as > her mother came from the Tumut area I thought she may have been sent to > relatives. > > Her mother's family have disappeared and I was hoping the names Ridley or > Hair may give me a link. > > The baby only lived for 7 months and a William SMITH from Adelong was one > of > the witnesses on the death certificate. . > > If anyone recognises these names I would love you to contact me. > > TIA > Lynne