Claudia, as usual you provided some great information! Usually your comments provide food for thought. I have always assumed I was 'out of luck' for information on my great-great-grandfather, one of the many who arrived in BC at the big 1858 influx. It is written in a few books that he went to the Cariboo, made no money, and so settled on Mayne Island. Mostly I think this is based on family stories. But is there any obvious leads I should be following? (Marie Elliott was sure she found his name on some petition once about a Gold Commissioner, but I have never found that. It was to prove he made it up as far as the Barkerville area.) He died in 1870 on Mayne, so there is little hard information on him. Joanne Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:09:36 -0800 From: "Claudia Cole" <claudialc@telus.net> Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] New to list, help needed-Lawrence RE: OLLIER in Cassiar