Jan, I got the HIES records from William "Bill" Clarke for the "Allison" and then matched them to the passengers so you could tell which family was which. When I went to the PRO of Victoria there was no way you could tell who was with who. You virtually had to guess. I am going to ask Bill if he could give me the rest of the HIES records.. Peter At 09:51 PM 6/27/00 +1000, Robert Grant wrote: >I would be pleased if someone could tell > >me how to further identify one of the HIES passengers who was simply > >listed as ie. Donald McDonald, 30 of Inverness. This description is so > >broad as to be virtually useless. Are there other records that expand on > >the HIES individuals. > >David > >Port Fairy > > > >Yes David there are. Which ship did Donald come on? In the lists that I >transcribed for Bryan Keddy's site I have only given name age and place they >were from. They are listed in family groups. These are the ship's lists >and the actual information in the manuscript shows Ref. No. Name, Age, >Residence, Estate, Remarks (which is something like £5.8.11 [the amount paid >for the voyage] - very eligible young people). However, to save time, I was >more interested in getting the names up with ships they came on so that >people would have something to start with. Giving the age and place they >were from should help to link in with other information that you have >gathered about the person, perhaps from parish registers, census lists, etc. >However, more importantly, there is the List of Immigrants as inspected by >the Immigration Board. This gives the further information that you would be >looking for such as Name, Age, Calling, Religion, Read or Write, Birth Place >and County, Parents Names and if alive, their residence. I know this is >available for ships into Sydney (Ontario and Bloomer) here at the National >Library but I am not sure about those which went to the other States. >Presumably this would be available at the relevant State Libraries. > >Regards, >Jan, Canberra, Australia