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From: "Gaynor Kirkby" <>
Subject: Re: shipping
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:51:20 +1300


For those interested in shipping, I came across this website the other day -
Called the Mother of all Shipping

http://www.boat-links.com/linklists/boatlinks-16.html

Gaynor

>From Gaynor Kirkby
5 Lesney Street
Dunedin
New Zealand 9001
email address: -
telephone: NZ (03) 453-6526
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lesley Albertson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: shipping


> Hi Linda,
>
> Well, the short answer is - if they came from Hamburg, you are
> (probably) in luck.
>
> There is an excellent series of fiche by Eric and Rosemary Kopittke
> called Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia (various dates), which is
> available at the State Library of Victoria and other large libraries.
>
> A good place to start, and includes most German ships except the small
> ones with 10 or so passengers.
>
> There is also a Hamburg emigration site, at:
>
> http://www.genealogy.net/gene/misc/emig/
>
> Passenger lists are gradually going on line there - unfortunately, not
> yet for as early as the date you are looking for. But, it is possible to
> write to them to obtain emigration records (once you are sure that is
> the departure port).
>
> And finally, here is an excellent collection of passenger lists:
>
> http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/shipping.htm
>
> It is worth looking at passenger lists for departures from ports other
> than German ones - your ancestors may have travelled on an English ship
> from Liverpool (as one of my Danish rellies did). Or, they may have
> arrived in another Australian port (such as Melbourne) before proceeding
> to Tasmania.
>
> Beware of name changes, too. The same Danish rellie who shipped from
> Liverpool was called Charles Lawson in Australia, but is on the crew
> list as Neils Larsen...originally, *Niels* Larsen.
>
> Sometimes, the search can be easy - and sometimes, it can be a long
> haul.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Lesley
> (Melbourne)
>
>
> Linda wrote:
> >
> > I to all,
> >
> > Would someone be able to tell me how to find Shipping records for Tassie
for German immigrants.
> >
> > My ancestors came out to Tasmania about 1857/58
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Linda
> >
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