Does anyone know if there is a precise list or CD Rom of every immigrant that came from England to Australia, or where such a list is available. Looking for any COPELIN arrivals Roger Royal Marines www.geocities.com/copelin1939

> Does anyone know if there is a precise list or CD Rom of every immigrant that came from England to Australia < I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Peter, the older of the tworobbos @ Bairnsdale, gateway to the mountains, lakes, streams (and remnant forests) of East Gippsland

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marine" <Rm16460@btinternet.com> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 18 December 2001 01:24 Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Immigrants > Does anyone know if there is a precise list or CD Rom of every immigrant that came from England to Australia, or where such a list is available. > Looking for any COPELIN arrivals Dear Roger No such one list in existence, As no such place as Australia till 1 Jan 1901 . Prior to that there were a loose collection of Colonies who all kept their own records and had customs posts on their borders with other Colonies. Some kept records better than others . There was a concerted effort in the late 1860s to get rid of convict records so as 'to remove the taint' So over all we are lucky to have what records that have survived The Vic PRO has alot of arrival records on line, on fiche and I think I saw ref recently to a CD ?. NSW State Records has indexes to assisted arrivals 1844- 1896 on line and in books format in many libraries bye Marg Morters Member of Central Coast Family History Society GOSFORD NSW Australia