Hello Julia Thank you very much - could you kindly supply the URL for the PRO Victoria. Regards Trudy -----Original Message----- From: juliag <juliag@froggy.com.au> To: AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 25 May 2002 22:40 Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] WOOD Sidney Glen and Reginald Percival >Trudy, > >You may like to try the Public Records Office of Victoria (on - line ) I >managed to find my gg g'parents arrival records dating to 1889, the Public >Records site allows you to search surnames in the data base and then >provides you with the ship name, date of arrival, names of those in same >family traveling and the fiche no. so that you may retrieve a full >transcript of the passenger list. > >Hope this is of some help - Julia >----- Original Message ----- >From: Trudy Lane <trudylane@netunltd.com.au> >To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 10:47 AM >Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] WOOD Sidney Glen and Reginald Percival > > >> Hello listers >> >> I am someone may be able to advise me - a couple of years ago I discovered >my grandfather and his brothers enlisted in Victoria in WW1 and both went to >France and Gallipoli (1915) - until I found this information I always >presumed my grandfather (Sidney) was with the British army. >> >> What I would like to know how can I find out when they came to Australia. >At the time of enlistment they were farming in a town called Smeaton. Any >advice would be appreciated. >> >> Regards >> Trudy >> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1 237 >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid= 1237