----- Original Message ----- From: "Katrina" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 2:18 PM Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Finding ancestor "lost at sea" (NSW) 1852 > > Hello, > > I've found a reference to my ancestor Thomas Gibson, being > lost at sea between Sydney > and Newcastle in Sept 1852. He was listed in various > documents as a sea captain and > master mariner. The vessel was described as his schooner > "Harrieff" which could be > "Harriett" Hi Katrina Have a wonder thru http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403897.html There should be some ref there to any lost ship No' Harriet' in the right year in the National Shipwrecks data base http://eied.deh.gov.au/nsd/public/Search.cfm Bye MargM Beautiful Central Coast of NSW .