Tombi Hi! I got the ships log of the Weymouth, the ship that my 1820 Hobbs family came out on. I found it on the "1820settlers.com" website. Getting the log was wonderful as they recorded not only the sailing details of the route and the weather conditions etc but also any other happenings like deaths and births aboard ship. I knew that my 1820 family had a young child who died aboard and looking through the log I found not only the date but also the ships position on the dayof the burial at sea. I also found out that there was a second child an infant that we knew nothing about that died and the details of the death were also recorded. This has made it possible to include a map of the Atlantic with crosses marking the burial sites among our family history papers. In fact reading the log gives a facinating insight into the journey from the embarkation to the landing. Neville > Hi folks, > I've been bothering a poor chap in the Library of the National Maritime > Museum in Woolwich ....poor bloke was about to go to lunch so used the > excuse that the computer was being slow and unco-operative.... > > I'm sure it's been discussed on the lists before but I wanted confirmation > about the route that the 1820 Setter (and other) ships would have taken to > the Cape. He confirmed what I had heard but hadn't had confirmed that > the ships went to the Azores where they took the 'Westerlies' to Rio where > they picked up the 'Southerlies' and went down to the Cape from > there.....!! As he said it depended on the time of year which route ships > took but in December/Jan/Feb which was when our ancestors sailed this > would have been the most likely route for them to have used. > > I will try another day (and not at lunch time) to see if I can find out > more. > > He mentioned that the National Maritime Museum at Woolwich holds copies of > the Lloyds Lists which recorded much sailing information....I might just > have to save a few pennies and go and spend some time there....I have a > friend who lives in Deptford (you can see the banks of the Thames from the > bedroom window I usually occupy) which is where the dockyards in the > 1820's would have been situated..... > > If I manage to find out more information I will post it to the lists. > > I now have to check out the letter written by a family member to her son > in California where she mentions that my gg grandfather Herbert Howard > BROWNE has been visiting them (they lived in London) en route from his > home Pudding Norton Hall near Fakenham, Norfolk en route to the Cape of > Good Hope to join an uncle who was already living out there. Unfortunately > she doesn't mention which uncle he was planning to join....we don't know > the precise year other than the fact that she mentions he is just > 16.....working out from his date of birth it looks as though he travelled > to the Cape in about 1872....because he was most likely a steerage > passenger so far I haven't been able to identify exactly when and from > where he sailed. I would dearly like to find out the name of the ship > he sailed on! > > I guess we must be satisfied that at least we know when our 1820 Settler > ancestors arrived at the Cape! It also seems less difficult to find the > records for our French Huguenot and Dutch ancestors and their sailings to > the Cape! > Best wishes, > Tombi Peck > > > Best wishes, > Tombi Peck > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message