Hi Carl, Thanks for that. Carl, my g.g.grandfather was a george MATTHEWS, I would be interested to know of your MATTHEWS family. Regads from Norman A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Matthews (by way of Linda Barraclough <kapana@netspace.net.au>)" <cjam@hotkey.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Gippsland saw mills > G'day Norman > > Have you tried Settlers and Sawmillers, A History of West Gippsland > Trramways and the Industries they Served 1875-1934. Mike McCARTHY. Light > Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. Melbourne. 1993 > > Carl MATTHEWS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Norman Archibald <nore@one.net.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 1:39 PM > Subject: [AVG] Gippsland saw mills > > > > Hi Listers, > > My grandfather "Harry" ARCHIBALD worked in various saw mills in the > Gippsland area in the late 1800`s and early 1900`s. > > His expertise was the installation and alignment of the saw benches that > they used in the mills in that period. > > Are there any records of people that were employed in the mills of the > period and if so where would i look for same. > > I don`t have the names of any of the mills and i understand that there > were large numbers of them operating, but as i have discovered from family > history research in the past, if you don`t try you don`t win. > > Regards from Norman ARCHIBALD. > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > > This list is dedicated to matters Gippslandish - for non-Gippsland > enquires, consider subscribing to AUS-VIC > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > In general, the more information you post about a family, the more information you will get back - you need at least to say where in Gippsland the family came from, and give an idea of dates. > >