Hi Steve Sorry to ask another question but how can I access the immigration records? Sylvia > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:10 +1000 > From: steven.sims.e@comcen.com.au > To: eng-hereford@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HEF] POWELL emigration to Australia 1873 > > 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 >> >> >> > > > ---- 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 _________________________________________________________________ Be a Hero and Win with Iron Man http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000009ukm/direct/01/