----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Bell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:54 PM Subject: [TSL] JOHN II SHEERNESS > SYDNEY 1836/1837 > Seeking information on this ship which brought my convict ancestor > to > Australia. Have very basic information about the particular voyage > (tonnage, master etc) but interested to find out more about the > voyage > in particular and the ship generally. Convicts were > probably/possibly > transferred to this ship from the hulks at Sheerness. A nudge in > the > right direction would be very gratefully received. The ship is > referred > to as the JOHN 4 in several places but seems to be the same ship. Hi Jennifer Alas there are quite a few ships with the same name . With convict transports there was the John 1 ( 1) meaning its first voyage in 1827 . Then comes John 1 (2) ,2nd voyage of same ship . Pretty sure John 4 would be a different ship Maybe some info in http://www.convictcentral.com/ The National Library has started digitising old newspapers. They have the Sydney Gazette 1803- 1844 on line http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home Aus-convicts would probably be a better mailing list for convict ship info Have you checked http://users,bigpond.net.au/convicts ? Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast NSW