Thanks Rhonda, that's a great resource I didn't consider. I know of the web site, but didn't look at it in this way. I also noticed that the newspapers contain ship departures and arrivals notices. I will have to spend some time here. Thank you to everyone else on the list to helped with my question. Kind regards, Marina. On 14/02/2009, at 7:53 PM, Rhonda Flowers wrote: > Hello Marina > > If you go to the following site and search in the 'advanced search' > say for > the years 1803 to 1850 you will find that many ships were heading to > Valparaiso Chile when they left the Colony. Some of these ships may > have > been heading back to England picking up goods for sale on the way. > Goods > were also brought into the Colony from Valparaiso Chile. For example > in one > article > from the Sydney Gazette in 1820s wheat from Valparaiso Chile is > discussed as > being of being of high quality but "never clean". > > http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ > > Happy reading! > > Rhonda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marina Grainger" <mgrainger67@yahoo.com.au> > To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:43 PM > Subject: Re: [PJ] Former Convict Departures > > >> Hi John, >> >> Very well explained thank you! I am very much a newbie at family >> history and this was fascinating reading. Just wondering is some >> ships >> may have stopped in Valparaiso Chile for supplies etc? >> >> Regards, >> Marina. > > > > ------------------------------- > 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