Hi List Newbie here, so be gentle with me. This is not a side of my research I've explored before, so bare with me. I have a journal for a relative who sailed from London to Brisbane in 1889. It has a lot of information on it, but parts are rather lacking in information. Can anyone suggest a possible site or link where I could find out more about the journey, I'm trying to plot the route they took, using the journal. I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'm giving it a go. Any help or suggestions, would be much appreciated. RegardsSue

Hello Sue,   Hello Sue,   Does this journal give the ship's name and/or master's name (smile)? If we had name(s), it might be possible to find some mentions of places or 'speakings' in the shipping news columns of 19thC newspapers.   Regards, Adi --- On Tue, 6/28/11, Sue Church <sue_church@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: Hi List Newbie here, so be gentle with me. This is not a side of my research I've explored before, so bare with me. I have a journal for a relative who sailed from London to Brisbane in 1889. It has a lot of information on it, but parts are rather lacking in information. Can anyone suggest a possible site or link where I could find out more about the journey, I'm trying to plot the route they took, using the journal. I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'm giving it a go. Any help or suggestions, would be much appreciated. RegardsSue

----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Church" <sue_church@hotmail.co.uk> To: "Mariners RootsWeb" <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:16 AM Subject: [MAR] NEWBIE HERE > > Hi List > Newbie here, so be gentle with me. > This is not a side of my research I've explored before, so bare with me. I > have a journal for a relative who sailed from London to Brisbane in 1889. > It has a lot of information on it, but parts are rather lacking in > information. > Can anyone suggest a possible site or link where I could find out more > about the journey, I'm trying to plot the route they took, using the > journal. I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'm giving it a go. Hi Sue A great many newspapers are on line these days ......... http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper select Advanced search > type in name of ship and 1889 and see what pops out . Can be a story or just notice of arrival I would think the Qld State Archives and probably the National Library could be interested in a transcription Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast Australia