Hello Alan Thanks for the information about Directories. I rarely go to Sydney and am only interested in two names for one locality in the 1840-70 period. I am not confident about finding anything of interest to me on the commercial website, so am reluctant to join. Perhaps I could request a lookup on the Hunter Valley List. Here is my note on convict Dangerfield. James Dangerfield, age 18, was tried for burglary at Warwick in 1823. He was sentenced to transportation for life. He was taken to the hulk York at Portsmouth on 31.5.1823. On 16.10.1824 he was transported to New South Wales on the Asia. He was assigned to J Boughton in the Newcastle area. At the 1828 Census he was at Tillimby, Patterson Plains. He made an application to marry in 1836 and he married Elizabeth Curley in 1837. He received a ticket of leave in 1837. George Wyndham's Diary on 24.4.1837 records "Dangarfield (sic) burning down dead timber in oxen's field". The Kimmorleys must have moved into the Dangerfield house and taken over the farm when the Dangerfields left Dalwood. James Kimmerley (later Kimmorley) was also a convict. He arrived in 1829 and he was given a Certificate of Freedom in 1842. I don't have much information about his life from then until his death in 1885, so I am keen to find any additional information. I didn't have the impression that the Port Jackson List was only interested in convicts while they remained convicts, but anyway I will take your advice and put further posts on the Hunter Valley List. Regards Ken Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:13:50 +1000 From: "Alan Eade" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PJ] Dalwood Hello Ken Henry Dangar, surveyor and explorer of the Hunter, owned many properties in the Hunter (as well as his five brothers). Should Dangerfield Farm be Dangarfield Farm? I am not sure as to the occupations used in documents in Australia in the 1800's, however servant and agricultural labourer were in common use in England. In my records the usage for occupational names were more precise in NSW, such as farm worker, farm hand, farmer, builder, fencer, shepherd, some were recorded as just labourers. In the 1872 Grevilles Post Office directory I found some occupations recorded as servants, and labourers, (but no agricultural labourers). There are many directories for NSW and the country towns that were printed between 1820 to 1933. The 1872 is the only one that is available free online. For the others you would have to go to a large library that has a family history section and view the information on microfiche. There is an Australian website that charges a yearly fee to view the 1871 and 1879 electoral rolls and the 1876 Grevilles PO Directory, if you are unable to get to a large library (such as Blacktown, Hornsby, or the State Library). Further discussion should take place on the Hunter Valley list [email protected] as this enquiry is not about convicts, or Port Jackson. Regards Alan