Janis, Below are some John O'Neill's who arrived in Victoria in 1853. May be worth looking into. Digger - Immigration to Victoria 1852-79 Surname: ONEILL Given Names: JOHN Ship: LOCHLOMOND Month: APR Year: 1853 Age: 30 Code: B Fiche: 035 Page: 001 Surname: ONEILL Given Names: JOHN Ship: HELEN LINDSAY Month: JUL Year: 1853 Age: 29 Code: B Fiche: 044 Page: 005 Surname: ONEIL Given Names: JOHN Ship: BOTHNIA Month: JUN Year: 1853 Age: Code: F Fiche: 010 Page: 004 Surname: ONEIL Given Names: JOHN Ship: NEPAUL Month: OCT Year: 1852 Age: 27 Code: B Fiche: 013 Page: 007 Below is an entry for Charles O'Neill Surname: ONEILL Given Names: CHARLES Ship: QUEEN OF THE EAST [II] Month: FEB Year: 1858 Age: 28 Code: B Fiche: 142 Page: 004 Cheers Anne -----Original Message----- From: Janis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 12:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] O'Neil(l) Am trying to find out how my great Grandfather and uncle came to Australia. On John O'Neil(l)'s (GGFather ) .death certificate in 1883, it says that he was 62 when he died and he was 30 years in Victoria. My ggUncle Charles died in 1873 when he was 40 and it says that he had been 13 years in the colony. They both lived in Ballarat all their lives. They were from Pallasgrean, Cappamore, Limerick, Ireland. Would they have had to have gone to England first and did the boats generally go to Geelong??? TIA Janis ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Thanks Anne. Where can I get more info to check out where they were from etc. to find the right one? I live in the north of WA so I only have the internet and people like yourself. Thanks again for your speedy reply Janis

Janis, I'm hoping some one else can help you more than I can but here goes: Firstly Code B means that the passenger referred to in the O'Neill immigration record I sent you was an inward overseas passenger from a British port. The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) www.prov.vic.gov.au holds passengers lists divided into disposal and nominal lists. The disposal list details what happened to the immigrant after arrival, for example, the name and address of their new employer, their wages, whether rations were included and the period of employment. Whereas the nominal list gives the details of each immigrant's name, age, occupation, religion, native place and literacy. The lists are arranged alphabetically within each section, are further divided into three groups, beginning with families (which include children under 14 years), followed by unmarried males, then unmarried females. So one family with older sons and daughters may be split within the three groups. Births and deaths during the voyage usually appear after the list of passenger names. Now unfortunately staff at the PROV will not undertake research for anyone regardless of where you live but perhaps some one on the list may be going to the PROV and will do a look up for you. So send an e-mail asking for any one who is planning a trip to the PROV to e-mail you off list and hopefully some one will respond. Cheers Anne Hanson -----Original Message----- From: Janis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] O'Neil(l) Thanks Anne. Where can I get more info to check out where they were from etc. to find the right one? I live in the north of WA so I only have the internet and people like yourself. Thanks again for your speedy reply Janis ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx