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From: Pamela Ward <>
Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Fw. Shipping Lists
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 07:26:32 +0930

Hi folks again I am just the messenger here please do not contact me
regarding this info. Cheers, Pam
Greetings,
Introducing (new) Lister - Di Cummings of Melbourne
This is a long 'first' message, but I hope you will consider it
worthwhile.
For the past umteen years I worked and have now retired, only to
find myself busier than ever - doing my mother's family tree. I
discovered some wonderful people along the way and realised that I
should share what I've learnt - and
so taught myself how to write webpages. Currently I have about 200
webpages online, commencing with:
Where they came from, how they got here, and what they did after
that.

Researching family who lived in SA (I live in Melbourne) is
difficult, hence my subscribing to SAGEN. Whilst shipping info for
Victoria is readily available online, this is not the case with SA.
I discovered there is a searchable database, but one needs
to go to South Australia and visit the Maritime Museum and pay a
search fee. This proves an expensive exercise if you don't already
live in SA (including costs for transport and somewhere to stay).
I have spent hours 'talking' with Malcolm Frost and others who have
been gathering shipping lists for their families and others. As a
result and with their help we have created THE ULTIMATE SA PASSENGER
LIST.
This is twofold. There are five webpages on my website (hosted by
Rootsweb) devoted to SA Shipping lists. I aim to link every ship
that came to SA during that period to a graphic of that passenger
list.These webpages are currently being updated, so please be
patient - it is an enormous job covering approx. 1300 ships
(Overseas and local to SA).

These webpages, still being updated, cover:
1836-1840 lists 233 ships = links to at least 200 different shipping
lists.
1841-1845 also has about 200 ships = links to 200 different shipping
lists.
1846-1850 has about 400 (lists for more that 75% of these ships).
The thought of transcribing all the shiplists
from 1850 onwards proved too much - hence this webpage will only
have links to about 150. Unfortunately the database includes about
20 ships that had lots of passengers, of which I have located only a
few.

The following are links to other websites that contain Shipping
lists.
Di Cummings -
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dicummings/SAShips1836-1840.htm
Malcolm Frost - http://www.users.on.net/proformat/auspass.html
Graham Jaunay - http://www.users.on.net/proformat/emigrants.html
Convictions - http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/plist.htm
Dead Persons Society - http://www.perthdps.com/shipping
Jenny Fawcett - http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/pass1.htm
Barry Leadbeater - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~leadbeater/ (This
has a searchable database for 1836-40. It is good but slow to load)
"Deb" - http://passengerlists.tripod.com/australianpassengerlists/

Passengers to Victoria - http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au

All these offer really good service to people searching for their
families who came to SA. I realise that there are others. All these
people have put hours and hours of their valuable time into this
work. Yes - they could be considered as having duplicated work
already online but they are in different formats. I too wondered if
I should put all my energies into my shipping webpages but know that
my method is different and therefore justified. Visit
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dicummings/SAShips1836-1840.htm
With the help of many many people I am almost ready to launch a free
searchable database with Rootsweb, covering about 30,000
people/families. As soon as I know the "link", I'll post it on
SAGEN. In the meantime I am happy to lookup your family on the
database. Where possible I will email the full list as there may be
your family's relatives/neighbours on that same ship. Cheers from Di
Cummings.

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