Hi I have recently found your list and am hoping that someone can point me in the right direct. My Australian line has asked if I could find out any information about people who travelled to Australia in 1852 on board the ship David McIver which arrived in Sydney 19th May 1852. I am in particular looking for Thomas Blandford with wife Emma and William Blandford with his wife Elizabeth. William and Elizabeth had two children Mercy who died on board the ship on the way over and Jane who died in 1852 in the Quarantine Station, North Head,Sydney. From what I have heard from my Australian cousins, the church paid the passage and they had to pay them back. For some reason or other my search engine is playing up and it won't let me access anything on the net at the moment. I have tried accessing different places but it keeps coming up with "no results" I have asked on Family history and our local look-ups and although I have had replies without the use of the web (it brings up the page but won't let me access anything) I cannot get much further. I think this computer is due a visit at the VETS. I would be grateful for any help as to where I can find passenger lists. Eveline

----- Original Message ----- From: "Eveline Clarke" <aclarke22@toucansurf.com> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:26 AM Subject: [TSL] The David McIver Hi Eveline > My Australian line has asked if I could find out any > information about people who travelled to Australia in > 1852 on board the ship David McIver which arrived in > Sydney 19th May 1852. I should have thought it would have been far easier for them as they would have better access to Australian records ................. > > I am in particular looking for Thomas Blandford with > wife Emma and William Blandford with his wife > Elizabeth. William and Elizabeth had two children Mercy > who died on board the ship on the way over and Jane who > died in 1852 in the Quarantine Station, North > Head,Sydney. > >>From what I have heard from my Australian cousins, the >>church paid the passage and they had to pay them back. Could well be. This ship carried assisted migrants . So someone along the line subsidised the cost of their passage > > I have asked on Family history and our local look-ups > and although I have had replies without the use of the > web (it brings up the page but won't let me access > anything) I cannot get much further. The web site you needed would be NSW State Records www.records.nsw.gov.au > on line indexes> assisted passenger arrivals 1844-59 to Newcastle / Sydney . Which gets you to http://tinyurl.com/pxgh7 These films are to be found in many Australian libraries . You can get copy for the price of photocopying .......... Far less than what State Records charge Indexes to NSW BDM records are on line www.bdm.nsw.gov.au > historic docs. You can get transcriptions of many records Hope this helps Bye MargM Beautiful Central Coast of NSW Need Help ? Try: http://raogk.org/faq-requesters.htm