Do you care about the future of Archives? The Government is now considering the recommendations of a major new report into the future of archives in the UK. Let the Government know what you think archives should be doing for you in the 21st century. Help the National Council on Archives to show how much you care about using archives offices and record offices, by writing to your MP. For more information on this campaign, please visit http://www.ffhs.org.uk/Societies/Liaison/ArchivesFuture.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ This site has some good records on convicts - including date and place of sentence, physical descriptions of convicts - with contact details of people researching these individuals. See this site at http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/stories.html ------------------------------------------------------------- Another interesting site if you had people migrate to the USA. http://immigrantships.net/v2/surnamesv2/spla_v2.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ --- All of our outgoing mail is checked and certified Virus Free by regularl updates Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 15/10/2004