Just passing this on. It's very informative. Annie Stuart [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice & Jean Bath, Blenheim, NZ" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 14:55 Subject: Fleshing out the bones > For those who are interested in putting some flesh on the bones of your ancestors, the following site (http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14614278.html) has the Colonization Circular - Issued by the Colonial Land & Emigration Commissioners - for each of the years 1843 - 1859. I have looked at 1853 and there is some good background information on most of the then British Colonies, the various emigration schemes, eligibility, application details, costs, equipment/clothing needed, etc. Also costs of land and commodities in the various colonies. > > No names though. > > This is an excellent site containing images of a number of early Australian newspapers and English publications in .pdf format (you need Acrobat Reader - which is freely available). > > Enjoy > > Maurice > > > ==== GENANZ Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GENANZ >