Great news Carol. Regards Ada Carol wrote: > Dear All, > I then tried the Armstrong collection, with a similar lack of success. Finally, as an absolute last resort, I just typed in the single word 'scrimshaw'. Hey presto, the first item to come up was: "The Nathaniel Myers scrimshaw collection"!!!! It/they? was/were purchased by the National Museum of Australia in 2005...what a Eureka moment that was! > >

Heather Coleman I think I've missed some letters re this subject. I have this lot in my family history. Can someone please fill me in on the correspondence? Heather

Just a reminder for everyone, especially newer members, that the list archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND If you have just joined, you can go there and read up on the sort of things we have been discussing. If you have deleted something in error, you can go there and find it. Good little site to bookmark Cheers Linda At 01:20 PM 23/01/2008 +1100, Heather wrote: >I think I've missed some letters re this subject. >I have this lot in my family history. >Can someone please fill me in on the correspondence?