List of Seamen that sailed from or to Southwest Ireland - Yates to Young 1851 http://gilchegenes.blogspot.com Have been added to the site if anyone is interested in these surnames Gill

I have a question regarding seaman. My ancestor Roderick KENNEDY married Margaret O'HALLORAN in Melbourne Australia in 1854. The only Roderick KENNEDY that came to Australia did so in 1855. However, checking the microfiches at the Victorian Archives, I found his occupation to be seaman. His death certificate states his birthplace as Ireland, yet the manifest of the "Indian Queen" says he is English. The age fits with his death age. So, I am going to assume he is a sailor and that he travelled to Australia a number of times, and that in 1854 he married. He would then be listed on the immigration records for the trip when he stayed. My problem is now, where are the lists of sailors on the various ships? The ship on which he immigrated belonged to the Black Ball Line. Given that it was unassisted passage, he may have worked for them. How do I find out? Does anyone know? Teresa -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1752 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len