Thanks Estelle and Deb, Your input very much appreciated. I love learning history on this List. Thanks everyone DD Bacon was a co-operative, so they are still around. Samuel POLLARD belonged to the 'Friendly Society Hospital', and also to the Qld Co-Operative Cash Stores Limited too. Thanks everybody for your help. Lorrae Glenore Grove Qld 4342 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich -----Original Message----- From: Estelle Daniels [mailto:stelly__57@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 2:12 PM To: aus-qld@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Qld Co-Operative Cash Store - c1915 Hello Lorrae, Co-operatives are/were a form of business organisation, just as sole traders, partnerships, companies, etc are different forms of businesses. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4209 (20090702) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com