Further to Sue's comments, for those of us researching assisted immigrants to Australia, the following publication takes a detailed look at the emigration depots where the government emigrants stayed prior to departure: Pescod, K, 2001, Good food, bright fires and civility - British emigrant depots of the nineteenth century, Australian Scholarly Press, Victoria. And for those who ended up in Victoria, he has also written a book which looks at the immigrant depots in that state. Cheers, Jo Mitchell Geelong, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Swiggum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 6:00 AM Subject: [TSL] Emigrants waiting to sail 1851 >I was researching the 1851 England census and came across a Boarding House > on Union Street in Liverpool with interesting notations. > > Many emigrants would arrive at an emigration port, like Liverpool, and > have > to spend a few days waiting to embark on a ship. They would usually stay > at a Boarding House ... often one which usually catered to emigrants from > a > certain country, or region.