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