Thanks for your input Derek, I'll certainly try that.
David
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From: "Derek Miller" <dmi24258(a)bigpond.net.au>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:02 AM
To: <catley(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [CATLEY] [Catley] Australian Immigration
Hi David,
Using the NSW BDM site Chris has given you try a death search. The parents
are given, which presumably you know, & this might help lock it into a
district.
Derek Miller WA
----- Original Message -----
From: <david.meredith(a)live.co.uk>
To: <catley(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 6:43 PM
Subject: [CATLEY] [Catley] Australian Immigration
> As the list is a bit quiet at the moment I hope you wont mind if I slip
> this non Catley query in.
>
> It's really addressed to our Australian listers for some local knowledge
> concerning immigrants.
>
> I'm trying to trace what happened to my great grandfather who on paper
> went missing in 1906 after my great grandmother divorced him.
>
> Suffice to say available UK records have drawn a blank - as have US
> databases on Ancestry.
>
> A relative is now telling us of a story in their family circle suggesting
> he went to the States in 1911 - but, as outlined the US angle returned no
> trace.
>
> However, I have found a potential match for him, or I should say a man
> bearing his full name is listed on the 'New South Wales, Australia,
> Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists' for 1911.
>
> The passenger list records he was an adult and British, that he was
> accompanied by a 'wife' (only surname entered) and a son (full name
> recorded).
>
> I have the name of the ship and date of arrival in Sydney.
>
> So here's my query - given this rather sparse information, is there
> likely
> to be any further record I could seek out covering their 'immigration' in
> 1911 which might help me identify whether or not he was my great
> grandfather?
>
> David Meredith
> Nottingham
>
>
>
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