Thank you Michele, I will look for those titles in my local library. I realize there were thousands of men working in the bush mills in Victoria and the chances of finding any references to my grandfather are pretty thin, but I suppose you have to try somewhere and the gippsland list seems to be the obvious one to try for leads. Thanks again for your prompt response. Regards from Norman A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michele Deering" <sdeering@vic.australis.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Gippsland saw mills > > ----- 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. > > > > Hi > > There were several mills around the Warragul area, Trinca's for one. Maybe > the books Path of Progress by > Hugh Copeland and Settlers and Sawmills by Mike McCarthy could be worth a > read. I have obtained both > of these books through my local library previously. > > Regards > Michele > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Have you registered your surnames on the AVG home page??? Go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ and from there to Surnames for further details. > >