Hi Liam Will this go onto those who arrived in other cities in Aus? Like Adelaide in South Australia? Would love to see more than just Sydney...I have an ancestor who came out to Adelaide but cannot find him on any passenger or crew list...Ah well. Regards Ros (now living in Sydney) > The Times newspaper reports that a new online archive in Ancestry.co.uk > will allow people to trace whether their forebears were among the British > and Irish settlers who moved to Australia in the 19th and early 20th > centuries in search of a better life. > The collection enables the public to search 8.9 million names of > passengers and crew, three million of whom were free settlers, who arrived > in New South Wales between 1826 and 1922. The Australian Free Settler > Collection numbers more than 2.2 million British names. Also included are > other travellers and crew who journeyed to Australia over almost a > century. > >

Re: Will this go onto those who arrived in other cities in Aus? Like Adelaide in South Australia? "South Australian passengers between 1836 and the 1860s" is still expanding http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/Adelaide.htm Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ros & Frank" <gallagher5@optusnet.com.au> To: <irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL] The Australian Free Settler Collection > Hi Liam > > Will this go onto those who arrived in other cities in Aus? Like Adelaide > in > South Australia? > Would love to see more than just Sydney...I have an ancestor who came out > to > Adelaide but cannot find him on any passenger or crew list...Ah well. > > Regards > > Ros (now living in Sydney) > >> The Times newspaper reports that a new online archive in Ancestry.co.uk >> will allow people to trace whether their forebears were among the British >> and Irish settlers who moved to Australia in the 19th and early 20th >> centuries in search of a better life>