Ordinarily you can go to NSW State Records, Immigration, and look up all the passengers on a particular ship. The little ones have the notation 'bv'. You would then try searching NSW BDM's which theoretically should have list the birth registration, but state registration was not a requirement until 185?. The records prior to that have been transcribed from church registers and, it would seem, not all registers were accessed. I'm still looking for birth of my g-grandfather in 1846-47. Unfortunately, the earliest listing State Records seem to have on Bussorah Merchant is 1839, but it was a convict ship, and there seems to be a wealth of information in that area. I believe the James Brown arrived Geelong, 5 January, 1853, so that birth registration should be in Victorian records. http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/ www.bdm.nsw.gov.au Cheers Barbara

The Bussorah Merchant did not carry convicts on it's 1839 voyage to Australia - it arrived at Port Jackson on 3rd. December 1839 with 236 assisted immigrants on board. One child was born on board. He was Andrew Charles Bussorah SHIPWAY Kindest Regards ..... Corinne in Melbourne. > Ordinarily you can go to NSW State Records, Immigration, and look > up all the > passengers on a particular ship. The little ones have the notation > 'bv'. > > You would then try searching NSW BDM's which theoretically should > have list > the birth registration, but state registration was not a > requirement until > 185?. The records prior to that have been transcribed from church > registers > and, it would seem, not all registers were accessed. I'm still > looking for > birth of my g-grandfather in 1846-47. > Barbara wrote: > Unfortunately, the earliest listing State Records seem to have on > Bussorah > Merchant is 1839, but it was a convict ship, and there seems to be > a wealth > of information in that area. > > I believe the James Brown arrived Geelong, 5 January, 1853, so that > birth > registration should be in Victorian records. > > http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/ > www.bdm.nsw.gov.au > > Cheers > Barbara >

Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836-1860 by Ronald Parsons: BUSSORAH MERCHANT 530t/659t, 3 mast ship rig, B.1818 Howrah, 117'x31'11"x5'9" tween decks, Duncan Dunbar, London. Engaged as a convict transport 1828-1831. The Somerset Years - Government Assisted Emigrants ...states that the Bussorah Merchant was built entirely from teak at Calcutta in 1818. "An older vessel than most on the emigrant run, she had carried the first group of government-assisted emigrants to Sydney in 1833. > > > The Bussorah Merchant did not carry convicts on it's 1839 voyage to > Australia - it arrived at Port Jackson on 3rd. December 1839 with 236 > assisted immigrants on board. One child was born on board. He was > Andrew Charles Bussorah SHIPWAY > > Kindest Regards ..... Corinne in Melbourne. > > >> Ordinarily you can go to NSW State Records, Immigration, and look >> up all the >> passengers on a particular ship. The little ones have the notation >> 'bv'. >> >> You would then try searching NSW BDM's which theoretically should >> have list >> the birth registration, but state registration was not a >> requirement until >> 185?. The records prior to that have been transcribed from church >> registers >> and, it would seem, not all registers were accessed. I'm still >> looking for >> birth of my g-grandfather in 1846-47. >> > Barbara wrote: >> Unfortunately, the earliest listing State Records seem to have on >> Bussorah >> Merchant is 1839, but it was a convict ship, and there seems to be >> a wealth >> of information in that area. >> >> I believe the James Brown arrived Geelong, 5 January, 1853, so that >> birth >> registration should be in Victorian records. >> >> http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/ >> www.bdm.nsw.gov.au >> >> Cheers >> Barbara >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC- > GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message