Dear AVGers, Having been 'the Deputy' on this AVG list since its inception, I have finally decided to step out and create my own regional list (although I have maintained four surname lists). So I have created the AUS-VIC-NE list. Although I live in Traralgon, all my ancestors come from Euroa, Benalla Beechworth, and numerous small places in between. The purpose of the list is: "The AUS-VIC-NE is a discussion area for anyone who has an interest in family and local history relating to the North East area of the state of Victoria in Australia. For the purpose of this list, the North East is defined as that area of Victoria, north and east of Melbourne (but not including Melbourne and its surrounds), south of the New South Wales border and north of the Great Dividing Range. The major towns included are Alexandra, Beechworth, Benalla, Bright, Chiltern, Cobram, Corryong, Eskdale, Euroa, Mansfield, Mt Beauty, Myrtleford, Nathalia, Rutherglen, Shepparton, Tallangatta, Violet Town, Wangaratta, Wodonga/Albury and Yarrawonga." So if anybody has connections in that area, please subscribe by sending 'the normal Rootsweb' subscribe message (which is purely the word subscribe in the body of the email) to either AUS-VIC-NE-L-request@rootsweb.com for list mode subscribers or AUS-VIC-NE-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode subscribers I'm willing to do anything to avoid adding Linda's indexes to the AVG, so please subscribe to AVNE, then I'll have a good excuse (although I'm sure it won't work anyway) :) And if anybody is interested in the BAMFORD, BARBER, FIELD, LAKEMAN and MARRS surnames in Victoria, please write to me directly. Peter Lakeman surreal@netspace.net.au