Hello Yes check the shipping records in the Sydney Morning Herald .. i found my person had stopped off in New Zealand ( I am glad he did) for a year or 2 and that his surname had been misspelt ... Michelle Herbert Central Coast NSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grahame & Rosslyn Thom" <grthom@bigpond.com> To: "John Bushell" <bush@cbn.net.id>; <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [PJ] Untraceable relatives. > Hi John > > You are right in the period, but dont stop looking, check newspaper > shipping intelligence. Then again he may have been listed as Mr > Reynolds. Also could have arrived in Melbourne or elsewhere and > sailed on a coastal ship to Sydney. > > Here is an example in 1855 > > http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1855/11/053cho.htm > > Grahame > > On 30/01/2009, at 5:43 PM, John Bushell wrote: > >> Hi Grahame, >> >> What period would that be: "early immigration ships"? >> >> I am looking for a RICHARD REYNOLDS who was in England for the 1851 >> census, >> but married in Sydney on 1 Jan 1855. Cannot find any record of how >> he got >> here. I know there was a convict (exile) of the same name arrived on >> Randolph 1849, but I have eliminated him as a possibility. >> >> Best regards, >> John >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT- >> JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >