Forwarded by Admin Meg G -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Forster [mailto:sjforster@bigpond.com] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 5:50 PM To: aus-immigration-ships-l-request@rootsweb.com Subject: refugee ships My Family name is Midolo. I believe a ship carrying people by that name and other Italian families rescued from Fiji by a New Zealand ship around the 1850's and were off loaded in Melbourne are there records of this occurring Michelle and Stephen Forster sjforster@bigpond.com --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.371 / Virus Database: 206 - Release Date: 6/13/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.371 / Virus Database: 206 - Release Date: 6/13/02

----- Original Message ----- From sjforster@bigpond.com To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: refugee ships > > > My Family name is Midolo. I believe a ship carrying people by that > name and other Italian families rescued from Fiji by a New Zealand > ship around the 1850's and were off loaded in Melbourne are there > records of this occurring Hi Michelle Only 28 x MIDOLOs with phones. nearly half of them live in VIC . Should think someone with that surname would know ?????. Have you checked the naturalisation indexes for VIC ?? The late Marion BUTTON did alot of indexing from the (Melbourne) Argus newspaper 1850/60s . Perhaps the VIC PRO have specific info ?? Have you asked ???? Perhaps a www.google.com search might find something .... type in MIDOLO and see what happens :-) Bye Marg Morters Member of Central Coast Family History Society GOSFORD NSW Australia