Dear list, I am trying to help a friend in America trace her family and was hoping that some one on this list was able to help me. This is all the information that I have Richard MUSGRAVE/MUSGROVE emigrated with his family to Australia in 1862 on "Annie Wilson" The family was sponsored by the Australian Agricultural Society to work in the coal mines around Newcastle. Can anyone point me in a direction of where to go from here.Are census records or shipping records available or something similar.to show who was with Richard when he arrived here? Is there any records of the AAS. Thank you for reading this Liz Maxwell Melbourne

----- Original Message ----- From: "john maxwell" <lizmax@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:28 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW] Richard Musrave/Musgrove Hi Liz > I am trying to help a friend in America trace her family > and was hoping that some one on this list was able to help > me. > > This is all the information that I have > > Richard MUSGRAVE/MUSGROVE emigrated with his family to > Australia in 1862 on "Annie Wilson" He is recorded as MUSGROVE in NSW State Records assisted migrants indexes . Were over a dozen MUSGROVEs on this ship ..... looks to be more than one family . You would need to checked NSW State Records film number 2139 for more info > The family was sponsored by the Australian Agricultural > Society Pretty sure you mean to AA Co ? see http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/archives/archives/aac/index.html The AA Co is still in existance > > Can anyone point me in a direction of where to go from > here.Are census records The last question in our most recent census asked permission to keep this record for 100 yrs. This was the first time this had ever happened . So, no, there here no census records >or shipping records available or something similar.to show >who was with Richard when he arrived here? see above S R film # 2139 >Is there any records of the AAS. AA Co ..........certainly is . Most are kept at the Noel Butlin Archive , ANU Canberra. There was a book published back in 1986 called 'Pure Merinos & Others' by PA PEMBERTON which has alot of AA Co info , including detail of names of passenger on ships sponsered by the AA Co . Under MUSGROVE per Annie Wilson it lists William Matthew Richard & Robert This film and probably this book should be at the SLV or GSV or both There is a MUSGROVE ref in http://www.huntervalleygenealogy.com/fam_ab.php ? The Maitland Mercury is on line for quite a few years in http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home Never know what a search of that might find ! HTH Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast NSW

Hello Liz, I didn't find a marriage for Richard MUSGROVE in the NSW BDMs. There are two possible deaths recorded - 1882 Richard MUSGROVE, son of Benjamin and Mary, at Newcastle 1937 Richard MUSGROVE, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, at West Maitland There are a number of births with parents Richard Hainsworth and Helen R MUSGROVE at Young, which doesn't seem to be your Richard. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > Richard MUSGRAVE/MUSGROVE emigrated with his family to Australia in 1862 > on "Annie Wilson" The family was sponsored by the Australian Agricultural > Society to work in the coal mines around Newcastle. > Can anyone point me in a direction of where to go from here.Are census > records or shipping records available or something similar.to show who was > with Richard when he arrived here? Is there any records of the AAS. > Liz Maxwell Melbourne