Hi Teresa Yes you do find our more info from the microfiche. Some historical societies keep copies of the microfiche records. Depending on where you live you may save yourself a trip to the State Library. Also you can pay people to look things up for you if you have the details. I live in Mansfield and have considered that option because of th time and cost to get to Melbourne. If you belong to some Genealogical societies, you can get the look-ups done at a special rate. Check the websites and usually they give details of that. You will find some people with the name of their sponsors, tenure of employment, rate of pay, etc. Make sure you check the Nominal roll and the Disposals roll (theoretically passengers are listed on both but I am actually dealing with a person who I found on the Disposals roll only and am yet to find him on the nominal. The Disposals roll gave a lot of good info-sponsors, etc but not the man's age, which was the key thing I was after!! Hope that's a help. If you ever come across a Joseph Hall in your research, please let me know. All the best Liz Seaton [email protected] RMB 1030 Howes Creek Road Mansfield VIC 3722 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Prince" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 11:12 PM Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Immigration Lists Australia ONLINE or IN PERSON > Hi Listers > > Could someone please tell me again whether or not you find more > information > on the ACTUAL records stored in the various States' Public Record Offices > and any microfiche, compared to what you find on the ONLINE passenger > lists...? > > I've located some of my ancestors on both the ASSISTED and UNASSISTED > passenger lists for Victoria ONLINE but wonder whether viewing the 'fiche' > or going to the reading rooms might turn up extra information? > > For instance, I was wondering whether you might find out details of the > SPONSORS who assisted them etc....? > > Some time ago a Lister gave me the answer to my query, but I can't > remember > what they said. > > Sorry to have to ask this again, but I'm still recovering from losing all > my > records due to several computer crashes this year...! > > I also have a friend in the UK who wants to find out more about the ship > BERAR his ancestors came ASSISTED on to South Australia. > > Regards > Teresa Prince > >> > Unassisted immigration to Victoria, Australia from British & Foreign > Ports >> > 1852 -1911 >> > http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23 >> > >> > Assisted British Immigration to Victoria, Australia 1839 - 1871 >> > http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24 >> > >> > Passenger Lists for Southland Ports >> > http://www.geocities.com/nzyester/shipping/passlists/passlists.html >> > >> > Immigrant ships to New Zealand 1835 - 1910 >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/shipstonz.htm >> > >> > Australian shipping arrivals and departures 1788 - 1968 >> > http://www.blaxland.com/ozships >> > >> > Shipping records for ships to Australia but some New Zealand links >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nuttall/links/shipping.htm >> > >> > Emigration/Ship lists & resources >> > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/Emigration.html >> > >> > Ships passenger list surname searches >> > http://surnamesupersearch.com/passenger/index.html >> > >> > Australia & New Zealand passenger lists links >> > http://members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/shipslog.html >> > >> > New Zealand passenger lists & ship information links >> > http://www.nzmaritime.org/passenger_links.htm >> > >> > South Canterbury passenger lists >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant/passenger_lists.htm >> > >> > Passenger arrivals at Port Chalmers March 1848 - January 1851 >> > http://www.ngaiopress.com/drhocken.htm >> > >> > Passenger lists UK to Australia 1910 >> > www.beavis.co.uk/netlist.txt >> > >> > Ships passenger lists to Lanark County, Ontario, Canada >> > http://www.100megsfree3.com/granny1/index.html >> > >> > South African passenger lists >> > http://compudoc.co.za/~darkwing/home.php >> > >> > Search of passenger lists on the internet >> > http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml >> > >> > Passenger lists on the internet >> > http://www.members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html >> > >> > Ships & passenger lists links >> > http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm >> > >> > Passenger lists for New Zealand ports >> > >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/OurPassengerLists.htm >> > >> > Australia & New Zealand passenger lists >> > http://www.list.jaunay.com/ausnzpassengers/ >> > >> > New Zealand passenger list links >> > http://www.angelfire.com/bc/Vincina/NZPassengers.html >> > >> > Internet sources for transcribed passenger records & indexes >> > http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html >> > >> > Ships passenger lists readable online >> > http://www.benet.net.au/~brandis/links/ships.html >> > >> > Canadian passenger & immigration records for the 18th, 19th & early > 20th >> > centuries >> > http://www.ingeneas.com/ingeneas/main.html >> > >> > Passenger arrivals in Auckland area 1838 - 1886 >> > http://www.akcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/passengers/passenger.html >> > >> > Passenger lists >> > http://www.immigrantships.net >> > >> > Ship passenger lists index >> > http://members.allstream.net/~max-com/Ships.html >> > >> > NZ Bound by Olwyn Whitehouse - many links to other sites >> > listed by ship or port so useful! >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/ >> > >> > NZ National Maritime Museum (Auckland), links with lists: >> > http://www.nzmaritime.org/passenger_links.htm >> > >> > Ships to NZ: but links for a particular vessel & voyage so more >> > useful! >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/shipstonz.htm >> > >> > A site with lots of Links: >> > http://www.members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/shipslog.html >> > >> > Auckland Arrivals 1838-1886 from papers, searchable by name >> > (Auckland Public Library): >> > http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/passengers/passenger.html >> > >> > Some Lists for Auckland: >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shamere/shiplist.html >> > >> > Otago (Port Chalmers) Arrivals 1848-1851: >> > http://www.ngaiopress.com/drhocken.htm >> > >> > Helen's Page - some lists (mainly smaller ships, by port, but lists >> > not >> > links) >> > http://www.angelfire.com/az/nzgenweb/index.html >> > >> > NZ Bound page >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/ >> > Ships' logs are held in the Maritime History Archive, Memorial > University >> > of >> > Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7, Canada: >> > www.mun.ca/mha >> > National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, London SE10 9NF: >> > www.nmm.ac.uk >> > Merseyside Maritime Museum at Liverpool: www.nmgm.org.uk >> > click >> > on Merseyside Maritime Museum link >> > This site provides digitised images of original records from TNA and >> other >> > organizations, under licence. Databases already available for viewing > (at >> > 20p per time) include The Ships List 1854 - 1890, the Registry of >> > Emigration >> > Shipping 1847 - 1855 and the Registers of Names of Passport > Applications >> > 1851 - 1903: www.nationalarchivist.ac.uk >> > Ship Lists http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ >> > Accesses surnames, censuses, ship lists, books, links site search etc. >> > http://www.distantcousin.com >> > Ron Maplebeck's. Northeast England (and elsewhere) shipping site. >> Contains >> > a >> > wealth of information on ships and shipping in this area. >> > http://www.teesships.freeuk.com/index.htm >> > NZ Migrant shipping list members. >> > http://iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/mig-nzl.htm >> > Australian and NZ passenger lists >> > www.users.on.net/proformat/auspass.html >> > Passenger lists 1852 - 1889 >> > www.vic.gov.au/prov/UNASSISTED1.asp >> > Passenger lists, Australia's first, second and third Fleets >> > www.peug.org.au/~pdownes >> > Surnames in passenger lists www.obitcentral.com.shipsearch >> > If you are searching International crew and passenger lists arriving >> > Sydney >> > from 1860s onwards, including passengers from New Zealand. The >> > Mariners >> > and >> > Ships in Australian Waters website can be searched by name, ship, >> > birthplace, occupation etc then you can view originals ship's list to >> > obtain >> > all details http://mariners.records.nsw.govt.au/ >> > This site provides digitised images of original records from TNA and >> other >> > organizations, under licence. Databases already available for viewing > (at >> > 20p per time) include The Ships List 1854 - 1890, the Registry of >> > Emigration >> > Shipping 1847 - 1855 and the Registers of Names of Passport > Applications >> > 1851 - 1903. www.nationalarchivist.ac.uk >> > Australian site. >> > http://www.cohsoft.com.au/db/about.html >> > The ships list. (Don't use search box at top of page) >> > =Ancestry.com >> > http://www.theshipslist.com/. >> > >> > Blue Star. Shipping line. >> > http://www.bluestarline.org/. > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. 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