i'm looking for copies of departing passenger lists from britain, from british sources. there are ships lists i want to get copies of, which arrived in port phillip bay, melbourne, victoria in the period 1842-1850. the public records of victoria claims they don't exist, as they are unassisted (unassisted indexes exist from 1852). so i was wondering if copies would exist in england? if that's the case, who is likely to have them? county archives? national archives?
i have found announcements of the ships arrivals on trove (australian newspapers) but they aren't detailed for passengers. to make it worse i have letters from various family members of the last century stating they saw the passenegr lists with our families on them. whether they did or saw something else is another question.
i have found announcements of the ships arrivals on trove (australian newspapers) but they aren't detailed for passengers. to make it worse i have letters from various family members of the last century stating they saw the passenegr lists with our families on them. whether they did or saw something else is another question.
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