. The colonial government frequently changed the documentation requirements to meet current demand. C1820-30, English emigration agents required a character reference usually from a local church. These images are available from NSW state records. At the Port Jackson end, ships placed newspaper ads giving the number and trade of immigrants , but not their names. Disposals resembled English labour fairs- i.e. no records. In later years, colonial settlers sponsored immigrants with the desired skills so there are no records of individual names. It might be worth taking back-bearings on known descendants. There are library books which give more detail of the Bounty scheme.