Hi Barry, Have you thought of trying the AUS CHINESE mailing list at Rootsweb? Marianne http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-chi.html#AUS-CHINESE On 10/10/2008, at 12:04 PM, B.Howard wrote: > Hello folks, > > I am seeking information on a particulr ship. I've Googled > searched the ship's name but only get a whole lot of references to > some children's books. I've also looked at LLoyds shipping register > and several shipping and immigration sites on the I/net but got no > result. > > Perhaps someone on the list has heard of it. It was a Chinese ship > called the "WEE SING". > > My g/grandfather AH CUE (1843-1902) was born in Canton, China and > according to his Naturalisation papers of 1873 - " that on or > about 20th January 1862 he arrived in the Colony of Victoria, by the > ship Wee Sing, from the port of Hong Kong in China". (Ah Cue was a > market gardener and settled in Wangaratta, Victoria, where he spent > the rest of his life). > > If anyone knows of this ship of knows how to research Chinese ships > I would appreciate for their help. > > Cheers, > Barry Howard, > Victoria, Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message