Genealogy Chat

Can anyone suggest any good websites to search for ancestors who emigrated to Australia and New Zealand.

Thanks.

Don't know what dates you're looking for, but you could try http://www.naa.gov.au/ which is the Australian National Archives site. If you go to Collection at the top of the page and Record Search you might be lucky. I found some family of mine on there who emigrated in the 1960s.

Good luck.

Hi Bascat,try www.find my past.com.l found my australian rellies ,but l havent tried New Zealand,but it is worth a try.regards loopyloo

Hi Bascat,

It all depends when your ancestors emigrated and where they went to in Austalia.

Post a few more details and we will try to help you.

Helen

The name I am looking for is anyone by the name of CROSKIN / CROSSKIN. Its quite an unusual name, not many on the English census. A few of them seem to disappear in between censuses.
I can't find that any of my lot went to America.

Hi bascat. *Passenger lists to Australia and New Zealand *

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA ( N.A.A )
Search now... as a guest.List Immigrants coming in after 1900.
Type in Surname and or given name.Keywords (or name)
eg:( Mary Smith )
Click on SEARCH

http://www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html

ANCESTORS ON BOARD.
http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/

THE SHIPS LIST.
http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html

PORT PHILLIP VICTORIA
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?id=3

UNASSISTED IMIGRATION TO VICTORIA... 1852 to 1923
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23


Assisted British Immigration VICTORIA
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24


Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ and Foreign Ports 1852-1861
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=42

N.S.W
SYDNEY NEWCASTLE
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?id=4

STATE RECORDS N.S.W
Click on 'STATE ARCHIVES'......click on 'INDEXES ONLINE'
Scroll down to SHIPPING.
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/


MARINERS and SHIPS in AUSTRALIAN WATERS ( Click on search )
Enter SHIP or SURNAME
http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/


TASMANIA
Index to Departures 1817 - 1867
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=2


QUEENSLAND
Indexes - Immigration 1848-1884
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/serv/fh/immigration

http://www.genseek.net/pass1.htm ( COVERS MOST PORTS )

http://www.blaxland.com/ozships

http://www.perthdps.com/shipping

http://www.cyndislist.com/austnz.htm#Libraries

http://immigrantships.net/

AUSTRALIAN -W.A- PASSENGER LIST ( Mailing list.)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_emi.html#AUS-WA-PASSENGERLI

STS

NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING LINKS
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/lists.htm

http://library.christchurch.org.nz/FamilyHistory/PassengerLists/WhichPort/

AUS-NZ PASSENGER LISTS
http://www.list.jaunay.com/ausnzpassengers/

http://www.acay.com.au/~gsm/ships.html#NZ

LINKS TO RECORDS OF IMMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
http://www.pcug.org.au/~kenblair/immrec.htm

http://www.coraweb.com.au/nzsites.htm

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheila.jones/emigrant.htm

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/


Immigrant Ships
Ship Descriptions from Various Internet Mailing Lists List
http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm

PICTURES OF SHIPS IN AUSTRALIA
http://www.anmm.gov.au/LIB/pictures.htm

SHIPWRECKS AUSTRALIA ( Scroll down to centre of Page )
http://www.nla.gov.au/guides/discoverguides/shippassenger.html

TRANSPORTATION OF IRISH CONVICT TO AUSTRALIA ( Name SEARCH )
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/search01.html

CONVICT SHIPS TO AUSTRALIA AND CONVICTS
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lenorefrost/shipslog.html

http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/

http://www.sag.org.au/ozsources/convictship.htm

SOUTH AUSTRALIA TRANSPORTED CONVICTS 1837 -1851
http://www.jaunay.com/convicts.html



Tony ( Australia )

Hi Bascat,

You are so right, a very unusual name. I did a quick check of online immigration index for Victoria, NSW & Qld and came up zilch. Also no hits on the National Archives website.

The only hit I have found so far is a death registered in Liverpool NSW

Reg/Date9234/1885
Name CROSKIN
Given Names RICHARD
AGE 64 YEARS
DIED LIVERPOOL

Nothing on BDM for Qld or Victoria and a quick search of the whitepages didnt get one hit.

Sorry, can't be of more help.

Helen

Thank you all for the wonderful information. I shall have to check it all out.

Helen
I am not sure if Richard is one of mine or not. There was a Richard Croskin transported in 1844, so could be him, the record doesn't give his age.

Good luck Bascat, there's plenty there for you to look at!!

Hi Bascat,

You could try this for NZ

http://freepages(.)genealogy(.r)ootsweb.com/~ourstuff/OurPassengerLists.htm

Liz

Bascat

Tony has done a wonderful list of websites for ships etc, so must keep it

Regards
Jo

When you say your ancestors disappear from Censuses (Censi?) have you considered that their surname may have been mispelt at some point, on the original census returns or maybe by the 21st century transcriber? It is quite a common occurrence. I have an uncommon surname too that leads to ancestors 'disappearing'