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

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 --

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Orchard" <orchardt@bigpond.net.au> To: <THESHIPSLIST@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [TSL] Flora McDonald 1852 > Seeking information on William and Catherine Orchard > (nee Robertson) who journeyed from Liverpool, Endgland > to Portland, Victoria, Australia on the Flora McDonald > in 1852 Hi Tanya Be worth checking the 3 volumes of ' The Log of Logs' books for any additional info on all 3 ships . These give info on surviving ships logs etc & where to find Can be found in many libraries . You dont give any clue to your location so cant help with name of a possible library Bye MargM Beautiful Central Coast of NSW