Hi John, I'd Li,e to add my name to the "yes please" list. I've recently discovered some Wiltshire immigrant ancestors so this should prove to be quite insightful/interesting. Thanks, Leanne On Fri 06/05/16 12:29 PM , John Keynes via aus-sagen@rootsweb.com sent: > Listers, > > In going through some old papers, I came across one by British historian > Mark Baker, edited in 1974. The title was: > "FROM WILTSHIRE TO AUSTRALIA 1851 > > THE STORY OF AN EMIGRATION" > > and the article is some 20 (A4-size) pages long. > > If interested, I can send a copy as an attachment to email; file is 45 > KB. > Adobe reader will be needed as the file is in .pdf format. > > The following is an extract from the article: > > ".....those coming from the Salisbury area, of whom there were quite a > few, must have had to plan well ahead; for A360 was not a turnpike road, > and the going would have been slower. The last party to leave, in June, was > delayed at Exeter for 2 1/2 hours by the large number of excursion trains > taking people from the west country to London and back for the Great > Exhibition. The station-master produced some food, and they were well > looked after; but it seems ironical that agricultural labourers and their > families should have been held up on their way out of the country to escape > poverty and unemployment by crowds of excursionists who could afford to pay > for the return journey to London to see the wonders of Victorian > technology.,,,,," > John Keynes, Salisbury Heights, S.A. > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 13445 (20160505) __________ > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi. I would too like to add my name to this list. Thanks, Lesley -----Original Message----- From: aus-sagen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-sagen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lmdavis via Sent: Friday, May 6, 2016 2:23 PM To: John Keynes via <aus-sagen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [AUS-SAGEN] 1851 Emigration Hi John, I'd Li,e to add my name to the "yes please" list. I've recently discovered some Wiltshire immigrant ancestors so this should prove to be quite insightful/interesting. Thanks, Leanne On Fri 06/05/16 12:29 PM , John Keynes via aus-sagen@rootsweb.com sent: > Listers, > > In going through some old papers, I came across one by British > historian Mark Baker, edited in 1974. The title was: > "FROM WILTSHIRE TO AUSTRALIA 1851 > > THE STORY OF AN EMIGRATION" > > and the article is some 20 (A4-size) pages long. > > If interested, I can send a copy as an attachment to email; file is > 45 KB. > Adobe reader will be needed as the file is in .pdf format. > > The following is an extract from the article: > > ".....those coming from the Salisbury area, of whom there were quite a > few, must have had to plan well ahead; for A360 was not a turnpike > road, and the going would have been slower. The last party to leave, > in June, was delayed at Exeter for 2 1/2 hours by the large number of > excursion trains taking people from the west country to London and > back for the Great Exhibition. The station-master produced some food, > and they were well looked after; but it seems ironical that > agricultural labourers and their families should have been held up on > their way out of the country to escape poverty and unemployment by > crowds of excursionists who could afford to pay for the return journey > to London to see the wonders of Victorian technology.,,,,," > John Keynes, Salisbury Heights, S.A. > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 13445 (20160505) __________ The message was checked > by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ Websites of Interest on our Blog: http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message