Dear Margaret and Ray, If you try www.records.nsw.gov.au which is the site for State Records and do a name check in the alphabetical section you may well come up with a match. The ARK, like everything else it seems, now has a new name, whiich I can't think of an my printed document from 2003 calls it the Archives Resources Kit. It is held by several big libraries around the State, and interstate. Scotland might be stretching it a bit far though. There is an Archives in Brief on most subjects, about 130 of them, and shipping is one of the first. Ship or Shipping, maybe passengers in the index should refer you to them. The records will give you two reel numbers, firstly the shipping list, and secondly the immigration list. In the main, if supplied and recorded correctly, the second one will give a lot of family details, parents etc, and whether alive, relatives in the colony etc. Another resource is the Australasian Genealogical Computer Index which is produced by the Society of Australian Genealogists and an index of anything that has come across the desk in 19 different societies in Australia and New Zealand. Regards,Bill > > I'd also suggest searching in the Immigration Deposit Journal INDEXES > issued > by Pastkeys on microfiche -- held in many oz public libraries; which then > direct you to the relevant Deposit Journals themselves -- also held by > many > oz public libraries as part of the NSW ARK from NSW State Records. That > may > indicate other relations in the colony etc. > E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.13300 http://www.pctools.com/en/internet-security/