----- Original Message ----- From: "Kotuku Media" > Appreciate any advice on sites for appropriate ships lists and anything > else. unfortunately don't know whether they went to Victoria or NSW. > One son was born in Aussie but not recorded on FamilySearch. Hi Sue and Ross, One web site that may help if you know how they emigrated (that is assisted or unassisted) is http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/migrate.htm Unfortunately indexing of passenger lists is progressing very slowly and while there are some lists that have been indexed many many more haven't been. Its much easier if you know the name of the ship and the year which they arrived. I too had a Miller come to Australia (from Germany) in the mid 1850's (1858 to be exact). Fortunately for us he became a naturalised Australian in 1904 (when the officials turned up in the Cobar area post Federation - many people from the area were naturalised then). On the papers for the application for naturalisation they were required to list when and how they arrived in Australia. This is where we got the name of the ship. Once we had the ships name and the year we were able to go to the NSW State Archives (and Melbourne for one relative who got off there) and get a copy of the passenger and crew lists lodged with the harbour master. If there is a possibility that they were naturalised you can search the national archives to get the details. http://www.naa.gov.au/ Unfortunately with the name Miller you are going to have fun!!! There were lots and lots of Millers around. Don't forget when you are searching that many names were abbreviated or misspelt (eg Patrick may be written simply as Ptk; Miller can be spelt Millar, Muller etc). I usually use a wild card when I am searching, takes longer but lets me ensure as best I can that I have done a thorough search. If you do find any naturalisation records, or any other references you can order a digital copy of the naturalisation papers from the National Archives. This is free, but does take them a few weeks to process them and get them on line for you. More recent records (eg WW2) arent available on line but you can request photocopies of them. Our Miller was a George Miller - a lovely common name - so it took us a few tries before we got the right naturalisation papers, but it was a wonderful source of information. "I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity." - Gilda Radner - Keep Looking For Rainbows!! _--_|\ /Karen \ \ _.--._ / v Karen, Mum to Alex (8 years, T-18 Mosaic) http://members.optushome.com.au/karens