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Hi I am looking for Thomas Brogan and his wife Hanora(Hannah). He arrived in Melbourne Australia in 1863 on Board the Ship Greyhound (departed Liverpool). I believe that Hanora arrived in Melbourne Austalia in 1856 on the ship Almora (departed Liverpool).  Thomas would have been born around 1836 -39 and I believe his fathers name was James.

Hanora would have been born around 1836 and her parents names were Edward and Mary.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks You

Suzanne

 

Sunday 7th Apr 2013, 12:32AM

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    AUSTRALIA: Have you checked the immigration records in Australia? Generally, more informationwas given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. The University of Woolongong hasproduced, on microfiche, a complete index and transcript of all information concerning immigrantsof Irish origin recorded on ships' passenger lists between 1848 and 1867. These are useful for findingout an exact place of origin as well as parents' names. The Public Record Office of Victoria has goodonline databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in theColonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a widevariety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants onboard ship, petitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more. The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

     

    Thursday 11th Apr 2013, 12:11PM

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