Hi Lenore, Thank you for your information. I have seen the passenger list entries for the Broadhurst family and learned that Peter had been born in Cheshire - a great leap forward. I'm most interested in your web page and also in Nick Vine's book. The idea of being systematic about family research is one of those common sense ideas that completely passed me by. (I'm glad you can't see my study!) I visit the family history section of the NSW State Library regularly and often stand there thinking 'so much information, wish I had a clue what I was doing'. I actually once found an ancestor literally because the fellow sitting next to me got up and left the book he was reading open on the table. It was called 'Exiles to Port Phillip' and I noticed a familiar name on the open page. I traced my 'Exile' back to York and found his father was also a convict! I figured my neighbour in the library must have been the genealogist's equivalent to the tooth fairy. Once again, thank you for your ideas and assistance. Cheers Maureen ---- Lenore Frost <lenore10@hotmail.com> wrote: > <snip> > >I know his diary made reference to another family on board who lost a child > >and he was very >distressed by it. He and his wife must have befriended > >another family on board by the name of >Hull. Their son James was born in > >Port Phillip and he married Amelia Broadhurst - hence my >presence! > > > >Such small snippets of info and such big holes! I was just hoping to find > >some 'lists' of arrivals. > > >I have been trying via the lists and other avenues to contact family in > >Melbourne but have turned >up nothing of interest. > > > >The info I read in 'The Somerset Years' made me wonder if there was a > >source of 'arrivals' history >that I was unaware of. > > Hi Maureen, > > I presume you are aware that there are passenger lists for most ships > arriving in Australian ports, kept by the Archives Office for each state, > and in Victoria that is the Public Record Office Victoria. Some indexes are > already online on their website. The passenger lists themselves are on > microfilm at PROV, and you would need to visit or pay a researcher to look > at them for you, and photocopy those lists. The information on the lists > varies, but the can sometimes tell you where the immigrant went after > leaving the ship, so worth looking at. > > To see if there are any accounts of the voyages in which you are interested, > you need to consult "Log of Logs". I have a description of this on my > webpage http://members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/shipslog.html > > I'd also recommend a visit to a library to borrow a book on the basics of > family history research in Australia. Nick Vine Hall's book describes what > sort of records are available and where to find them. It is much better to > be systematic about family history than trying to pick up information ad hoc > on the net. > > Best wishes, > > Lenore Frost > Essendon, Vic > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >