Hi people, This intrigued me, as I've had a ship (and other items) elude me before - search engines sometimes just can't "see" a particular piece of data. I found the following only by using wildcards in the NSW search - {s% s%}. 1852 Dec 29 SARAH SANDS STEAMER Page 183 1841_1866 and the url: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?Order=&Page=3&SQL=Select+*+FROM+%5bIndex+to+Vessels+Arrived%2c+1837+-+1925%5d+WHERE+%5bShip+Name%5d+LIKE+'s%25+s%25%25'+AND+%5bShip+Name%5d+LIKE+'%25'&FrmType=1&Hidden=http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24 <http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?Order=&Page=3&SQL=Select+*+FROM+%5bIndex+to+Vessels+Arrived%2c+1837+-+1925%5d+WHERE+%5bShip+Name%5d+LIKE+%27s%25+s%25%25%27+AND+%5bShip+Name%5d+LIKE+%27%25%27&FrmType=1&Hidden=http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24> Hope this is of some help. Wesley. Gladstone. ==================================================================================== Carolyn and Darryl wrote: > Hi, Marg, > > I had to ask the person who sent me the photocopy to transcribe it for me > because the print was so faint. > > This is what she said: > > Name of Seaman: John WILSON. > No. of Register Ticket: 564838 > Capacity: Cook > Date of Entry: 18 or 28 Sept, 1852 > Date of Discharge: 2 June, 1853 > Place of Discharge: Liverpool wriiten as Lpool > > Certificate dated 3 June, 1853 > > This ship left Cork for Melbourne early in 1852. > > John WILSON's Certificate of Character dated at Liverpool 3 Jun, 1853. > > Signed: W Ilsly, Master of the Ship > William (could be SCOTT), Shipping Master. > > I remember being able to read the ship's name and it was "Sarah Sands." > > This relative doubts that it is "our" John WILSON, because he is a Railway > Porter on his marriage certificate, a shop owner in the 1851 Census (Lancs) > and now a cook on a ship. > > He is not listed as crew and is supposed to have travelled to Aus with his > wife Mary and sons William Henry and John. > > Don't tell me this is yet another "family story" or wrong information !!!! > > Best wishes, > > Carolyn. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> > To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:34 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] " SARAH SANDS". -Info ? > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Carolyn and Darryl" <dazwilson@bigpond.com> >> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:46 PM >> Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] " SARAH SANDS". >> >> >> >>> Hoping for a little help here. >>> >>> I have a print out of our ancestor's "Certificate of >>> Character" when he was >>> employed as a Cook on the above ship. >>> >>> His name was John WILSON. >>> >>> It appears from the image (which is a photocopy and very >>> faint) that the >>> ship left Liverpool UK in Sep, 1852 and arrived on 2 >>> Jun, 1853. >>> >> Hi Caroline >> Can you please confirm the name of this ship and its >> arrival date >> No 'Sarah Sands' in State Records the on line index of >> ships arriving ? >> >> >> Bye >> MargM >> Beautiful Wyong Shire >> NSW >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Wesley Walker" <walkerwesleyj@internode.on.net> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] " SARAH SANDS". -Info ? > Hi people, > This intrigued me, as I've had a ship (and other items) > elude me before > - search engines sometimes just can't "see" a particular > piece of data. > I found the following only by using wildcards in the NSW > search - {s% s%}. > > 1852 Dec 29 SARAH SANDS STEAMER Page > 183 1841_1866 > Hi Wesley I thought how ?? as I had checked this index and not found this ship because I had typed it in the search box normally...... Sarah one space Sands nothing found .......... If you type in Sarah and hit the space bar twice Sands up she comes .................. argggggggggggg ! > and the url: > > http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?Order=&Page=3&SQL=Select+*+FROM+%5bIndex+to+Vessels+Arrived%2c+1837+-+1925%5d+WHERE+%5bShip+Name%5d+LIKE+'s%25+s%25%25'+AND+%5bShip+Name%5d+LIKE+'%25'&FrmType=1&Hidden=http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24 > <http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?Order=&Page=3&SQL=Select+*+FROM+%5bIndex+to+Vessels+Arrived%2c+1837+-+1925%5d+WHERE+%5bShip+Name%5d+LIKE+%27s%25+s%25%25%27+AND+%5bShip+Name%5d+LIKE+%27%25%27&FrmType=1&Hidden=http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24> Youre lucky this whole URL is live A useful freebie is www.tinyurl.com the above pasted into that comes out as http://tinyurl.com/2q835e Life with computers isnt easy ! Bye MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW