I am looking for a George PARKER who went to Australia abt 1860 raised a second family one of which we have a letter from. They were living in Footscray a suburb of Melbourne in 1889. George would be my ggrandfather. Seldon Parker, Oakwood, ON. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Barraclough To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 4:29 AM Subject: [NSW-W] Introductions Hi Westies This is just to let everyone know that there are now about fourteen of us on the list, so I thought it was time to start introductions. :) My name is Linda Barraclough, and I have been running AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND, a large Victorian regional list, for about a year. Trouble is, my family isn't from there, my father's family has been all along the Darling River since the 1870s, so I thought I would start a list for there. Problem is, the suggestion was no-one overseas would relate to "Darling River", so I should go for "West". It is really hard to know though, where "west" starts. At this stage I have said Nyngan, because I wanted to go as far east as Brewarrina, to stick with the river. However I realise Dubbo is also "west". I am hoping, optimistically, that someone might like to start a "Central West" or "Central" somewhere along the line. From experience, to go from the SA border to meet ORANGEBATHURST will create far too big an area. So if anyone out there has always had a yen to create a list, please feel free to step forward. But, having said that, until someone gets a list up and running for that area, possibly people might like to find a home on the "west" list. Everyone is certainly most welcome - please feel free to introduce yourself, and tell us all where your western interests lie. In a couple of weeks I hope to have a webpage up and running for the list. Problem is you will meet the Deputy on this list soon, who does all that sort of thing. He is creating a new page for his new list, AUS-VIC-NE, and is going to get that up and running before he goes west. Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong, Victoria, Australia e-mail [email protected] Listowner AUS-NSW-WEST Whose great-grandparents are buried in Pooncarie ______________________________