Paul was right - try before 11.15pm and all should be well. and Anne was right - excellent site for several Queensland (and Australian) newspapers. http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home thanks to both of you ... Margaret Paul said: I have noticed the project website seems to go off the air about 11:15pm (QLD Time) each night so perhaps it was down for maintenence when your tried. =====================================- Anne said: The Moreton Bay Courier of 7 April 1860 has a page of names of people on the voter's list for all of the above areas. I found it by doing a search for my great grandfather Darby McGrath. It includes voters and people with "claims allowed".