----- Original Message ----- From: "chrissy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 4:53 PM Subject: [TSL] 31 July 1841 Hi Chrissy > My problem is that I have read a chapter relating to the Mcgraths of > Moruya > in the pioeer book.... > It has John McGrath arriving 31st July 1841 > I can only find 2 ships Comet and Lowestoft The ship named 'Comet' did arrive in the port of Sydney 31 Jul 1841carrying mostly Irish bounty migrants > and he is not onboard Thats correct > it actually reads as if he is onboard the *St Vincent* > > but i know that this actually refers to the region that he wa > xtravelling to > Braidwood etc Thats the county name Not familiar with this book . Is it fairly recent publication ? Can you locate its author ? Have you tried posting this query on either the AUS-NSW mailing list or AUS-NSW-SE ??? Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast NSW