Friday 27 July 2012

Down to the sea in ships

I am looking forward to spending today in a seminar Shipping Records for Family Historians with staff from the Archives.

It is difficult to over-state the importance of shipping records to Australian family historians when so many of our ancestors came here by sea.

In the case of our family, we have confirmed connections with 15 vessels:

  • 1852 Rajahgopaul
  • 1855 Pacific
  • 1861 Persia
  • 1866 Wandrahm
  • 1866 Southern Ocean
  • 1870 Indus (shown at right)
  • 1882 Dorunda
  • 1884 Corona
  • 1887 Duke of Bucchleuch
  • 1887 Waroonga
  • 1919 Beltana
  • 1924 Hobson's Bay
  • 1926 Orama
  • 1928 Demosthenes
  • 1929 Themistocles

and at least five more are under investigation.

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