Hi Maureen, Is this the information you obtained online? Unassisted Immigrants to Victoria from Foreign Ports Mr. HASSALL, 31yrs, May 1856, Spray of the Ocean, B(ritish Port) fiche 108, Page 004 If you look at fiche B108, page 004, it will be an image of the page from the ship's register that has your Mr. HASSALL on it. As he was unassisted, there is probably no more information on the image than what is indexed online. Looking at the ship's register would give you information about the ship - Captain's name, port of departure, other ports of call, number of voyage days, tonnage, etc. You could also see the names of the other passengers. You could also print the page to add to your family history file. If he had been an 'Assisted Immigrant' there would almost certainly be more to find out from the ship's register. Regards, Maureen ----- Original Message ----- Thankyou Maureen. Excuse my ignorance but does that mean there is more information on their lists than what is shown online from the Vic PRO? Kind regards Maureen ----- Original Message ----- > Hi Maureen, > > I see you are in Sydney. Cape Banks FHS (Sydney eastern > suburbs) has the following shipping indexes and registers/lists > for Victoria: > * ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS from UK TO VICTORIA > 1839-1871 Index > * ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS from UK TO VICTORIA > 1839-1871 Introduction & Registers > * COASTAL PASSENGERS to PORT PHILLIP 1839-1845 > * PORT PHILLIP "HERALD" PASSENGER Index 1840-1846 > * PORT PHILLIP "HERALD" VESSEL Index 1840-1846 > * INWARD SHIPPING to VICTORIA from OVERSEAS & > INTERCOLONIAL PORTS 1846-1852 - Guide, Index & > Registers > * GERMAN IMMIGRANTS to PORT PHILLIP 1849-1850 > Index > * INWARD PASSENGERS from OVERSEAS to PORT > PHILLIP pre 1852 (unassisted) > * INWARD PASSENGER Indexes from BRITISH PORTS to > VICTORIA 1852-1859, 1860-1869, 1870-1879, 1880-1889 > * INWARD PASSENGER Lists from BRITISH PORTS to > VICTORIA 1852-1859, 1860-1869, 1870-1879, 1880-1889, > 1890-1899 > * INWARD PASSENGER Indexes from FOREIGN PORTS to > VICTORIA 1852-1859, 1860-1869, 1870-1879, 1880-1889 > * INWARD PASSENGER Lists from FOREIGN PORTS to > VICTORIA 1852-1859, 1860-1869, 1870-1879, 1880-1889, > 1890-1899 > * VICTORIAN DESERTERS FROM SHIPS Index 1853-1880 > * OUTWARD PASSENGER Lists from VICTORIA to > NEW ZEALAND 1852-1860, 1861-1865, 1866-1870 > > Regards another Maureen > > Cape Banks Family History Society (Sydney eastern suburbs) > http://www.capebanks.org.au/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Hi All, > > I am new to this list and am wondering if anyone knows how I can > get a full transcription from a passenger list. > > I have been trying to trace a passenger on the ship 'Spray of the > Ocean' that arrived in Melbourne in 1856. The passenger is listed > only as 'Mr Hassall'. > > I'm hoping to find out more about him. > > Kind regards Maureen Player Sydney

Hi I have two ancestors Cook William and Cook Charles. William Cook married Louisa Richardson 1856 Penwortham witnesses George Wood Thomas Browning William Cook married Maria Kemp in Kaniva Victoria about 1861 Charles Cook married Isabella Robertson 1861 Upper Wakefield witnesses John Cook and Maria Cook (I believe this Maria Cook is likely to be 2nd wife of William Cook) So who is this John Cook? William possibly? In a newspaper article re death of Charles Cook's son in 1933 it states "Late William James Cook who was the son of Charles and Isabella Cook. His mother migrated on the ship Shakamaxon in 1853 and his father followed later from England" I have the Shakamaxon list. From the SLSA records A Cook John and William arrived aboard Calphurnia April 1849. I have been unable to locate a Cook Charles arriving between 1852 to 1861. Any help greatly appreciated Cheers Kate