Hello Jane, I'm sorry that I can't help you at all with any immigration vessels that the Rev. John Dunmore Lang may have organised before his bounty system was established. I just happened to come across the site for which I posted the URL while I was looking at shipping sites for other vessels and I thought it would probably be of interest to some people on this list. Perhaps you will be able to find information about the 'James' from one of the many shipping sites available. Sorry to say that, in the course of a system rebuild, I've lost all my collection of URLs - including those for shipping. I've taken a look in some books which I have containing biographical records for early Australians for your Rev. Lachlan Macgillivray but couldn't find a mention of him. Lots of luck, Lyndall Canberra, Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Macgillivray" <jane@providence2000.freeserve.co.uk> I would be very interested in information about the immigration vessels that Lang organised before 1837 when you show the first Bounty vessel to have started. I have reference to a vessel, the 'James' which seems to have taken emigrants from Inverness before 1837 (perhaps 1834-5) Letter dated May 1836 sent by Lang to a committee in Australia about the seeking of skilled emigrants from Scotland. He refers to a REv Lachlan Macgillivray as a suitable agent to assist. <SNIP>