I endorse what Jean has said about your information. Thank you. Out of curiosity I have checked the archives and found these http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SCT-ISLEOFMULL/2010-01/1264542200 and there are others that might contain information; it is always worth searching there There are also lists here: http://surnamesupersearch.com/passenger/index.html http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/ships-passengers.htm There's a search engine on this page and its not only Aberdeen https://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/user-guide.html I think this site might be worth having a look around http://www.theshipslist.com/ but your search will have to start Scotland and hope there's something that includes Mull travellers. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk> To: <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Immigration to Australia (via Liverpool) EliZabeth asked "I too have wondered how they would have travelled from Mull to Liverpool. Also, my McDONALD family from Skye was also on that ship, so they had travelled even further." There were regular sailings between the Clyde and the west coast ports. Originally by David Hutcheson then his son-in-law David MacBrayne. Whilst the Caledonian Steam Packet Co ran the steamers in the Clyde and, amongst others, down to England. It's the merger of these two companies which form today's CalMac. The earliest railways in Scotland and England were unconnected. Before the Caledonian Railway, the quickest journey between Glasgow and London would have been Glasgow to Liverpool by sea and then Liverpool to London by train. From March 1841 it was possible to catch the train between Glasgow and Greenock, then travel between Greenock and Liverpool by sea; (and then to London by train) Hope this helps Regards Les Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com