Hi StevenMany thanks for your help. I found that the POWELL family (went on the Tim Whiffler) on the Queensland assisted passage web-site you gave.Can I use the reference nos that was allocated to them to check if they came from the parish of Madely? Thanks again Sylvia----------------------------------------> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:16:42 +1000> From: steven.sims.e@comcen.com.au> To: eng-hereford@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [HEF] POWELL emigration to Australia 1873> > Hi Sylvia,> > By 1873 all the current Australian states were separate colonies, with > separate record-keeping; so where to look depends on what port they went > to - do you have any info on this?> > Also, do you know if they were assisted immigrants, or self funded? > (most likely assisted, unless they were wealthy.) For self-funded, > shipping lists are about the best you can hope for. For assisted > immigrants there is a much better paper trail; the basic arrival records > usually have birthplace, age, religion, read/write, parents names and > residence, etc. Then there are land grant records and so on.> > I had a quick look at the New South Wales indexes which are online at> http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/indexes_online_3357.asp> > However they had no assisted POWELL to Sydney in years 1870-75.> > There are some in the Queensland assisted indexes for 1873:> http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/indexes.asp> > POWELL names in the Qld index include the following who travelled in > 1873 (date is arrival):> "Great Queensland" 2 Sep 1873: Annie 24> "Landsborough" 24 Oct 1873: William H 18> "Gauntlet" 15 Nov 1873: William 44, Frank 22, Catherine 20, Mary Ann 20, > Ann Elizabeth 18, Caroline 18, Emily 16> "Tim Whiffler" 26 Jan 1874: William 43, Caroline 38, William 13, Charles > 9, Emily 7, Agnes 3> > Other state archives may have similar indexes online - for Victoria I > seem to recall there is; Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania > I'm not so sure, but they all will have some sort of info online. There > are also many online shipping records about the place, but I have always > found the immigration records the best starting point.> > Cheers> Steve> > sylvia morgan wrote:> > Hi> > Has anyone any knowledge of the emigration of a POWELL family to Australia in 1873 or can tell me where I could research it?> > Sylvia> > > > ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ----> A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and win on eBay today! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/
Hi Sylvia, Yes, the immigration records should give everyone's birthplace, names of their parents, and lots of other info - but only on the original record, not in the online index (which just gives age). Regards Steve sylvia morgan wrote: > Hi StevenMany thanks for your help. I found that the POWELL family (went on the Tim Whiffler) on the Queensland assisted passage web-site you gave.Can I use the reference nos that was allocated to them to check if they came from the parish of Madely? > Thanks again > Sylvia----------------------------------------> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:16:42 +1000> From: steven.sims.e@comcen.com.au> To: eng-hereford@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [HEF] POWELL emigration to Australia 1873> > Hi Sylvia,> > By 1873 all the current Australian states were separate colonies, with > separate record-keeping; so where to look depends on what port they went > to - do you have any info on this?> > Also, do you know if they were assisted immigrants, or self funded? > (most likely assisted, unless they were wealthy.) For self-funded, > shipping lists are about the best you can hope for. For assisted > immigrants there is a much better paper trail; the basic arrival records > usually have birthplace, age, religion, read/write, parents names and > residence, etc. Then there are land grant records and so on.> > I had a quick look at the New South Wales indexes which are online at> http:! 7;! > /www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/indexes_online_3357.asp> > However they had no assisted POWELL to Sydney in years 1870-75.> > There are some in the Queensland assisted indexes for 1873:> http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/indexes.asp> > POWELL names in the Qld index include the following who travelled in > 1873 (date is arrival):> "Great Queensland" 2 Sep 1873: Annie 24> "Landsborough" 24 Oct 1873: William H 18> "Gauntlet" 15 Nov 1873: William 44, Frank 22, Catherine 20, Mary Ann 20, > Ann Elizabeth 18, Caroline 18, Emily 16> "Tim Whiffler" 26 Jan 1874: William 43, Caroline 38, William 13, Charles > 9, Emily 7, Agnes 3> > Other state archives may have similar indexes online - for Victoria I > seem to recall there is; Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania > I'm not so sure, but they all will have some sort of info online. There > are also many online shippin! g ! > records about the place, but I have always > found the immigration rec > ords the best starting point.> > Cheers> Steve> > sylvia morgan wrote:> > Hi> > Has anyone any knowledge of the emigration of a POWELL family to Australia in 1873 or can tell me where I could research it?> > Sylvia> > > > ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ----> A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _________________________________________________________________ > Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and win on eBay today! > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/ > ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ---- > A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >