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From: "John Beaton" <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Shipping Mull to Aust & NZ
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:49:16 +1000
References: <mailman.967.1233907309.32629.sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com>


Thanks Jean. It seems a good site, but because it is focussed on arrivals it
is almost impossible to pick out the ones that might have Mull emigrants. I
was really trying to tackle it from the other end, viz emigrant ships
leaving Mull, similar to listed on the Coll and Tiree sites.

John

> You could try Grahame Jaunay's website "Proformat". He is a S.A.
> professional researcher who has an excellent website and links to many
> other
> sites. Jean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of John Beaton
> Sent: Friday, 6 February 2009 3:51 PM
> To:
> Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Shipping Mull to Aust & NZ
>
> Seeing Keith Dash's message re emigrant ships from Coll & Tiree made me
> wonder if there is any similar compilation for Mull shipping to Aust & NZ
> around the period 1838 - 1846.
>
> I have been unsuccessful in finding my John Beaton (KLN 1815) who married
> in
> NZ in 1843 and also his brother Archibald (KLN 1817) who apparently
> arrived
> in Aust c1846.
>
> I have checked index lists for assisted and unassisted immigration but it
> is
> quite likely that not all ships have been indexed. I would be quite
> prepared
> to check passenger lists on individual ships if I knew which were the
> likely
> candidates.
>
> John Beaton
> Brisbane

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