Hi Nicole The National Archives site is a good place to start. Go to http://www.naa.gov.au/ Choose RecordSearch from the home page, then Search now-as a guest - type in the name of the person you are wishing to research, and possibly a date range. I have just done a hypothetical search for - Ah Chee for the years 1890 to 1920 - there were 193 matches. Have a look at some of the digitised records in the list to see what types of records are available. As for mailing lists - go to the following site - which is the home page for mailing lists. http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Good luck with your research. Regards Bev