Helen, Here is another site to check, it shows mariners and passengers maybe you will get lucky. _http://www.southernx.com.au/lpwh.html_ (http://www.southernx.com.au/lpwh.html) _http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/_ (http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/) Regards, Marjorie in NV In a message dated 8/16/2006 1:17:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, Bromwell13@aol.com writes: Hello, After searching for three years I have found that my ancestors emigrated to Ballarat, Australia 1854/55 They were on the 1851 census As they lived in Liverpool are there any lists of ships which left Liverpool for Australia about that time. Thanks Helen ==== ENG-MERSEYSIDE Mailing List ==== You can search or browse the archives of this list and also change membership - move from digest to normal mail mode, or vice versa and sub and unsub at this link http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ENG-MERSEYSIDE.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx