Hi Colin I'm also a new member and am researching my wife's convict ancestors. I live in Coffs harbour which isn't far from Dorrigo. If you need any help doing local research just let me know. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin McGuire" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] William Henry McGuire (1836 Lady Kennaway) > Hi > > I am a new member continuing my search for information about my ancestors. > > I have been researching and writing a book on William Henry McGuire, > convict, arriving in the Colony on October 12, 1836, sentence- 14 years, > for punching a sergeant. He married Isabella Duncan Aitken in October > 1845. They had six children, and the family lived in the Duval area in New > England, NSW, moving to Hillgrove and later Dorrigo. > > I have put together some of the pieces and stories about their descendants > through to my family- there are still glaring gaps- hoping to complete the > book by the end of the year- but would be delighted to receive any help > from any quarter! > > > Colin.S > > > > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks Brian for your kind offer. We live in Toowoomba but I was born in Bellingen and we visit the area occasionally, our last visit (including Armidale and Hillgrove) was about a month ago and we plan to have another visit shortly. If I come across anything in the meantime I will let you know. Again, thanks. Your offer is most appreciated. Cheer Colin On 11/10/2011, at 9:06 AM, Brian & Beverley wrote: > Hi Colin > > I'm also a new member and am researching my wife's convict ancestors. I live > in Coffs harbour which isn't far from Dorrigo. If you need any help doing > local research just let me know. > > Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colin McGuire" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:15 AM > Subject: Re: [PJ] William Henry McGuire (1836 Lady Kennaway) > > >> Hi >> >> I am a new member continuing my search for information about my ancestors. >> >> I have been researching and writing a book on William Henry McGuire, >> convict, arriving in the Colony on October 12, 1836, sentence- 14 years, >> for punching a sergeant. He married Isabella Duncan Aitken in October >> 1845. They had six children, and the family lived in the Duval area in New >> England, NSW, moving to Hillgrove and later Dorrigo. >> >> I have put together some of the pieces and stories about their descendants >> through to my family- there are still glaring gaps- hoping to complete the >> book by the end of the year- but would be delighted to receive any help >> from any quarter! >> >> >> Colin.S >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------- >> To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to >> [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Colin McGuire