Hi everyone! My name is Peter and I live in the village of Skelton-in-Cleveland in what used to be the North Riding of Yorkshire in England - right in the middle of Captain Cook country. I've been researching my family history for about four years now and am entirely comfortable digging around in the online sources for the UK. I have recently taken up the "pursuit" of the second husband of one of my great-great grandmothers. His name was James WEDGWOOD or WEDGEWOOD. It has been suggested that he emigrated to Australia. If this is the case it would have happened sometime between Jul 1880, when he married great-great-grandma Emma and Feb 1888 when she married her third husband. The advice I am seeking from this group is as follows: what resources are available online to trace Australian immigrant arrivals in the 1880s? This will be my first foray into "overseas research" and so any other general advice will be most welcome. I realize my search is going to be very much a "needle in haystack" job. One possibility, if he did emigrate, is that he died on the voyage. Looking forward to hearing from some of you. (And if anyone has any questions about my part of the world, feel free to ask them of me) regards, Peter Appleton Researching the following surnames: Yorkshire (North Riding): APPLETON, BOWERS, COCKERILL, EVANS, FAWCETT, LEGG/LEGGE, MASON, WEDGWOOD/WEDGEWOOD Norfolk: BOWERS, BRUNDLE, CALVER/CARVER, MULLENGER/MULLINGER, WOODS Cornwall: ANNEAR Lincolnshire: HOWSAM Suffolk: MATTHEWS Westmorland: MASON My Family Tree website: http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/pappleton3