The Times newspaper reports that a new online archive in Ancestry.co.uk will allow people to trace whether their forebears were among the British and Irish settlers who moved to Australia in the 19th and early 20th centuries in search of a better life. The collection enables the public to search 8.9 million names of passengers and crew, three million of whom were free settlers, who arrived in New South Wales between 1826 and 1922. The Australian Free Settler Collection numbers more than 2.2 million British names. Also included are other travellers and crew who journeyed to Australia over almost a century. See the URL http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4061326.ece and the Ancestry.co.uk URL at http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/intl/au/settlers/default.aspx Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat"