Here is an excerpt from the welcome message subscribers receive upon joining the list. '......The purpose of this list is quite specific. It is a connection point for people researching specific surnames in NSW Australia. Generic genealogy requests should be directed to other relevant mailing lists that exist......' Lately, there seems to be a few of these 'generic' type genealogy requests hitting the mailing list. There are a large number of mailing lists where generic discussions and requests for lookups are encouraged. If this list is to be successful and serve its purpose, the guidelines of the list need to be maintained. If anyway should have any questions about the purpose of this mailing list, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Cheers for now, and I sincerely hope that this mailing list provides its subscribers with many contacts are researching similar lines surnames in NSW. Good luck with your research - Ian.