Maureen What year are we talking of here. The Argus 1870 -1879 index is on line but nothing there on Peter Broadhurs. Also have you got certificates. They will tell you things like occupations etc. Where did your people live etc. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "player6" <player6@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:07 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Assisted Immigrants > Hi All, > > Today I came across a wonderful book called 'The Somerset Years'. I have > heard of it before but had not previously found it anywhere. I was so > delighted to read about many of the ships that arrived in Port Phillip as > a lot of my ancestors arrived on them. Names include BRUTON - on the > 'Constance' , BROADHURST & HULL 'Bombay' , ABBEY 'Mohammed Shah' , BISSET > 'Australia'. > > The book includes notes about certain passengers aboard each ship. > (presumably those from Somerset). Would anyone know where these details > could be found? None of mine were from Somerset and I have almost no > details of what they did after they arrived in Victoria (except for info > found in the BDMs). > > I have heard from other family members that Peter BROADHURST who arrived > on the Bombay actually kept a diary that was published in a Melbourne > Newspaper. As I live in Sydney, I would welcome any ideas on how to go > about finding information. > > Kind regards > Maureen > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >