Tanya Sue is correct. I did some more looking and found this. I should have known that the online Times does not always find things (even when they are there). This did not come up when I searched on the name of the ship so I went looking at ads: Times, Friday, April 2, 1852, page 1 At Liverpool.--For Portland Bay, Australia, under contract to H.M. Emigration Commissioners, to be despatched from Birkenhead on the 14th April, the splendid ship FLORA MACDONALD, A1 at Lloyd's, 674 tons register, copper-fastened and newly coppered, sails remarkably fast, and has splendid accommodations for cabin passengers. For freight and passage apply to James Baines, Esq., 6, Cook-street, Liverpool; or to Carter and Bonus, 11, Leadenhall-street. Regards.. Marj At 03:18 PM 9/27/2006, Sue Swiggum wrote: >At 11:41 AM 2006-09-27 +1000, Tanya Orchard wrote: > >Seeking information on William and Catherine Orchard (nee Robertson) who > >journeyed from Liverpool, Endgland to Portland, Victoria, Australia on the > >Flora McDonald in 1852 > >Tanya > >Tanya, > >I can't find the Captain name, but I'm sure this is a different ship than >the one Marj found. > >I found the family on the Index to Registers of Assisted British Immigrants >1839-1871 transcribed as Orchards rather than >Orchard. http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24 > >ORCHARDS WILLIAM 26 AUG 1852 FLORA MCDONALD 8 145 >ORCHARDS CATHERINE 23 AUG 1852 FLORA MCDONALD 8 145 >ORCHARDS ---- INFANT WITH I AUG 1852 FLORA MCDONALD 8 145 > > The Flora McDonald sailed on the 21st Apr 1852 from Liverpool, arrived >18th Aug 1852 at Portland. > >Sue >-- >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message