Meryl, Thankyou so much, I really appreciate your help. I will try for the library for the newspapers Cheers now Christine Watson, Chiltern, Victoria. >____ >From: "Meryl Yost" > >Hi Christine, >Apologies for the delay, had to wait to check a friend's CD. >The Archives Office of Tasmania Convict CD lists 4 convicts for the ship >"Mona" >John ALLISTON >William DUNCAN >Cornelius MANNING >Mark McCANN > >Broxam doesn't list the convicts. His book is an index of shipping arrivals >& departures. It does say that the arrival was reported in the Cornwall >Chronicle and the Launceston Advertiser. It would be worthwhile checking >these newspapers for a copy of the arrival to see what it has. You would >need to check with your local library to see if you can access microfilm >copies of the newspapers via inter-library loan. >regards, >Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~