Hello Listers, My father was one of the young men who left England in 1923, bound for a new life in Australia. He was pennyless and had only the clothes he wore. He must have had assistance from one of the organisations such as Big Brother or Barnardos Society or another that organised his passage, someone to greet him on arrival and direct him to his new employer. I have been unable to locate any information as to where he got assistance. The ships passenger list does not indicate him as an assisted migrant so somewhere there is legal paperwork on his movements. I am open to suggestions as to where these documents might be found whether in England or Australia. Thanks in anticipation, Douglas Eldridge

Would this site guide you.... http://www.goldonian.org/barnardo/child_migrationl.htm Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "D Eldridge" <dugbar38@bigpond.com> To: <SUSSEX-PLUS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:44 PM Subject: [SXP] Immigration Records Hello Listers, My father was one of the young men who left England in 1923, bound for a new life in Australia. He was pennyless and had only the clothes he wore. He must have had assistance from one of the organisations such as Big Brother or Barnardos Society or another that organised his passage, someone to greet him on arrival and direct him to his new employer. I have been unable to locate any information as to where he got assistance. The ships passenger list does not indicate him as an assisted migrant so somewhere there is legal paperwork on his movements. I am open to suggestions as to where these documents might be found whether in England or Australia. Thanks in anticipation, Douglas Eldridge ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message