Hi Bill, Thanks very much indeed for those valuable pointers. Do you happen to know whether there are there any online search facilities at those departments or are there any website addresses for any of them. And - are they all Bankstown based? Cheers, Keith Bill Shute <bilshute@westnet.com.au> wrote: Dear Keith, I believe you will find old Electoral Rolls at the State Library in Macquarie Street. The Society of Australian Genealogists in Kent Street have a large collection also. By check in the NSW Probate Index you may find that one or both of them left an estate and those papers will be found at State Records KINGSWOOD. If you check the Genealogical Research Directory you may find someone researching the same family. Sincerely,Bill > Hello list, > Please bear with me, new to the list and newish to searching Australia > for a particular ancestor but not new to searching as I have been looking > for this chap for a very loooong time. BUT - at last I have found him. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Keith Roberts - Colwyn Bay, N. Wales. *~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~* www.tribalpages.com/tribes/kr2877 www.byegones.co.uk