Caroline, Mine was a master mariner, he took his family to sea with him & two of his sons were born off the China coast, but they were on the lists. Have you tried googling <shephard site:mariners.records.nsw.gov.au> ?? I think I gave you that one already eh....mmmmm. Some of mine must've swum too. Cheers. Anne from chilly sunny <cheering> Cairns, Aus. We just walked down to Edmonton to get the mail & investigate the secondhand shop. Lovely walk in the sun!! > Carolyn and Darryl <dazwilson@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi, Steve and All, > > I envy you in that you have been able to find someone listed on a > Shipping > List. My SHEPHARDs must have been stowaways, I think, because I can find > > them nowhere and they couldn't have swum, because there were 2 little > girls > with them and a baby "born at sea". > > Any clues as to how I could find them? > > Best wishes, > > Carolyn in sunny (thank Heavens this morning), Bathurst. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Osborne" <sposborne@gmail.com> > To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 6:58 AM > Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Voorwart - Hoffman > > > > Good morning all, > > Does anyone have any information about the Voorwart (Hamburg - > Melbourne > > 1859/60)? I am researching Martin Hoffman arriving on this ship. > > I have the record from blaxland.com/ozships with the passenger list > but > > can find no other reference to this ship. Trip records, news reports, > > sketches, photos, anything? > > If not information then possible places to look? > > > > Regards > > Steve O > > in sunny Brisbane > > > ------------------------------- > 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