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

Hi Tombi As usual I find your mails most interesting and I look forward to any information you may find regarding the route our 1820 ancestors took to the Cape. This is an aspect of the 1820 settlers I've not come across on the list before. (researching 1820 DANIEL (Sampson O'Malia)settlers + Benningfield/Eybers & van Tubbergh) Brian Benningfield Internet Marketing Biz. Low cost of entry - quick $ payouts. No stock purchases; No meetings; Step-by-step Plan. http://www.myxtremeprofits.com/?id=brianben44 Ph: 083-2759857 or E-mail: [email protected] Skype: brianben44 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tombi Peck Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; South Africa British Immigrants Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Maritime Museum, Woolwich, London, England 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