Hi Neale, There was a series of Colonization Circulars issued by Her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners from 1843 to 1873. One of these Colonization Circulars, published in 1854, is available as a reprint published by Macbeth Genealogical Books, Hampton, Victoria, Australia in 1990. ISBN 0947158170. The title is "Information for people leaving Great Britain 1854". For me, the reason this little booklet is of interest is because it would have been the type of information that our ancestors used to decide where they would emigrate during those years. As an example, on page 3, the table entitled "Cost of passage in private Ships from some of the principal Ports of the United Kingdom to the British Colonies and the United States" lists: Quebec, New Brunswick, Halifax, New York, West Indies, Falkland Islands, Cape of Good Hope and Natal, Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Sydney, Victoria, Van Diemen's Land, Western Australia, South Australia, New Zealand and California. A recent book you may also find useful is by Simon Schama entitled A History of Britain, vol. 3, The Fate of Empire 1776-2000. There was also a BBC series produced covering the 3 volumes of Simon Schama's A History of Britain from 3000BCE - 2000. The episode / chapters that cover the Victorian age of Britain may be of particular interest to you. Happy reading! Donna Happy reading! [email protected] wrote: AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 113 #1 DOUGLAS/BLOOMFIELD/BRYANT/HUDD To: [email protected] Subject: DOUGLAS/BLOOMFIELD/BRYANT/HUDD - update Thanks to help from members on this list (most notably Werona) I've had considerable success in tracing these names from Brisbane back to Chesire, Kent, and Middlesex. What interests me is that the several of the Douglas/Bloomfield clan decided to up and leave England somewhere between 1886 and 1891 to head to Brisbane. I don't know what ship(s) they came out on nor the reason for the move. Was there an economic downturn in England at this time? --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.