Have just had a look and they seem to be just passengers to NSW, not the other states. Maybe they will come later. Delphine in Queensland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liam Martin" <L.Martin@zen.co.uk> To: <irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com>; <nir-antrim@rootsweb.com>; <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > 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. > > See the URL > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4061326.ece > > and the Ancestry.co.uk URL at > http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/intl/au/settlers/default.aspx > > > Liam > > "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CO-DONEGAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1481 - Release Date: 3/06/2008 > 7:31 PM > >