OK. Thank you. I seem to be researching a lot of places before records were kept. Makes life interesting. Loreen Jan Daly wrote: > Australia did not become a Commonwealth until 1901. Records of immigration > before that ( and possibly later) are held by the various States. The first > state was New South Wales - check out the indexes on www.records.nsw.gov.au. > > For other states just try 'google' for archives or immigration etc and the > state - eg Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania aka Van Diemans > Land. > > Cheers > > Jan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: countycork-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:countycork-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Loreen Wells > Sent: 12 September 2009 15:11 > To: countycork@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CO CORK] Mitchelstown > > I am interested in your information but am also somewhat ignorant. By > state archives, do you mean Australian archives? I have not quite > figured out administrative divisions in Ireland and I know nothing about > Australia. I did get some index information forwarded to me about > Australian passenger lists, with a woman named Norris listed on one. I > am not quite sure what to do with that. If these records are by state, > does a person have to look state by state? I guess I would like to know > more. Thanks. > Loreen > > > Kay Clarke wrote: > >> Hi Loreen >> >> Don't know if you've had any replies to your request....I am a little late >> > > >> in catching up with email. There are Australian Passenger Lists available >> > > >> online through the various state archives. If you would like to know >> further, please contact me. >> >> Regards, >> Kay >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Loreen Wells" <loreenwl@peoplepc.com> >> To: <countycork@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:51 PM >> Subject: [CO CORK] Mitchelstown >> >> >> >> >>> Since we are talking about Mitchelstown, I have another question. Is >>> there a logical place in Australia to look for an emigrant from >>> Mitchelstown? Reason I ask is that my grandmother's sister supposedly >>> emigrated to Australia from there. I have a possible name but no idea >>> how to get started in Australia. My grandmother came to the US from >>> Mitchelstown in 1899. She told us she did that because her sister had >>> already gone to Australia and there was nothing left in Ireland. I'd >>> guess her sister left not too long before 1899, but don't have any date. >>> I think my grandmother came to the US to join a cousin in NYC. That >>> cousin immigrated to the US from Ireland in 1895, if I have the right >>> person for that cousin. >>> >>> My grandmother was Kate (Catherine Norris). Her parents, I believe, were >>> Patrick Norris and Ann Baily. Her cousin in NYC, I believe, was Nellie >>> Condon, b. ca. 1877. The sister most likely to have gone to Australia >>> was Ellen Norris, b. 1871. >>> >>> Loreen Wells >>> >>> >> Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > >> It is a good place to find information related to your family research. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> >> > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > It is a good place to find information related to your family research. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > It is a good place to find information related to your family research. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >