<ebony.porter@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:74605e68-c33e-4269-adef-acdeed56f47b@googlegroups.com... > Hi > I have been researching and I am a relative. Who are you ? :) > Dear Ebony Porter ' Who are you' ? is a genealogical newsgroup that covers all of Australia and New Zealand ! Would hazard a guess that you have been searching its archives and found a maybe 17 year old message re PORTERs of East Maitland ? Suggest http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley.html Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast