Dear Cathy, Some records have been copied to microfilm and films are available at the State Records Reading Room in Globe Street, THE ROCKS off George Street near CIRCULAR QUAY. All original records are held at State Records, KINGSWOOD which is a little hard to get to by public transport. Train to ST MARYS where there is a bus service which loops around via the University of Western Sydney to PENRITH. Take lunch, as there are no shops nearby. You will need identification to get a free Readers Ticket which lasts for life, if you are going to look at original records. I would see if I could find the name on www.records.nsw.gov.au which may give you a starting point as to where you will find the records. There are records relating to vessels entering and leaving Sydney Harbour in chronological order, and these contain crew names, with sparse details. On the same website you will find Archives in Brief (Help Sheets) which may be worth reading for the subjects of interest before your trip. Sydney Morning Herald is now available on line on the National Library website and there may be reports there relating to the shipping incident. It could well be under Country News, with a sub heading of the nearest town, and ever so brief. Some of the Optical Character Recognition is not the best, as is the print from those times, and if one letter is deformed it makes it difficult to search by word. Certainly a wonderful resource though. Sincerely, Bill > I am coming to Sydney near the end of November and would like to do > some research there. I would be grateful for any advice on where to > find records on the following: > > My great great grandfather was George OSBURNE born 1813 in Sydney, He > was apprenticed to Thomas Day, boat builder (1828 Census) > and spent about 8 years at sea on whaling ships, before marrying Ann > LOVEMORE in Sydney in 1837. In 1840 he sailed south to Melbourne with > his family and George Lily and later to to Portland where he settled > in 1844. >

Many thanks to Bill and Jenny for the very helpful advice. This has given me a good start for my research. Cathy On 1/11/2010, at 10:55 AM, Bill wrote: > Dear Cathy, > > Some records have been copied to microfilm and films are available > at the > State Records Reading Room in Globe Street, THE ROCKS off George > Street near > CIRCULAR QUAY. > > All original records are held at State Records, KINGSWOOD which is > a little > hard to get to by public transport. Train to ST MARYS where there > is a bus > service which loops around via the University of Western Sydney to > PENRITH. > > Take lunch, as there are no shops nearby. You will need > identification to > get a free Readers Ticket which lasts for life, if you are going to > look at > original records. > > I would see if I could find the name on www.records.nsw.gov.au > which may > give you a starting point as to where you will find the records. > > There are records relating to vessels entering and leaving Sydney > Harbour in > chronological order, and these contain crew names, with sparse > details. > > On the same website you will find Archives in Brief (Help Sheets) > which may > be worth reading for the subjects of interest before your trip. > > Sydney Morning Herald is now available on line on the National Library > website and there may be reports there relating to the shipping > incident. It > could well be under Country News, with a sub heading of the nearest > town, > and ever so brief. Some of the Optical Character Recognition is not > the > best, as is the print from those times, and if one letter is > deformed it > makes it difficult to search by word. Certainly a wonderful > resource though. > > Sincerely, Bill > >> I am coming to Sydney near the end of November and would like to do >> some research there. I would be grateful for any advice on where to >> find records on the following: >> >> My great great grandfather was George OSBURNE born 1813 in Sydney, He >> was apprenticed to Thomas Day, boat builder (1828 Census) >> and spent about 8 years at sea on whaling ships, before marrying Ann >> LOVEMORE in Sydney in 1837. In 1840 he sailed south to Melbourne with >> his family and George Lily and later to to Portland where he settled >> in 1844. >> > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post > any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message