Thanks Megan, Will try them regards Geraint ----- Original Message ----- From: "Megan Roberts" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [CAE] William Parry > Another couple of sites to try are: > > http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23 > which is Unassisted Immigration to Victoria Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and Foreign Ports 1852-1923 > > and http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/victoria/vicships.htm > > Megan > > "Geraint L. Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an interesting problem with my William Parry (GGfather) > Not too sure when he was born. He married Ann Davies 9/7/1861 in llandanwg (Merioneth). > He was a Master Mariner from Nefyn. > They had four children I can find: > William James Parry b.1863 > Mary Elizabeth b. 1865 > John Evan b. 1867 > Betsy b. 1869. > Between 1869 and the census in 1871 he either died or disappeared. I though I had found his death certificate in 1870 but on checking the 1861 census, before he was married, I find him listed as a sawyer and not a mariner. > Rumour has it that he left his family and went to Australia - a letter is supposed to have been received sometime later stating that he had died and left some money but no one was able to go and collect it!!! > My question is - if we left his family and went to Australia, what records are available of immigrants or in his case a possible seaman working his way to Australia between 1869 and 1871. > Any suggestions would be most welcome. > regards > Geraint > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Cewch ddanfon negeseuon Cymraeg neu Saesneg i'r rhestr hon > This list covers a bilingual area, in which messages in both Welsh and English are welcome > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > --------------------------------- > Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Rhagorol - online Gwynedd Archive > http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/adrannau/addysg/archifau/Rhagorol/cgi-bin/browse_a rchive.pl > > ============================== > New! OneWorldTree. Building Trees. Connecting Families. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13970/rd.ashx > >