Whoa man, did life happen or what!?
I'm using this again to throw all my thoughts around, mainly for the latest venture of mine which is family history research. Luckily I'm working off of other people's searches so it's not been too hard so far.
The sticking point now is the name/s of the ships (I'm researching two family lines at once, possibly a bad idea but hey, why not?). I can guess why both sets migrated, but finding when they sailed is rather tricky at this point in time.
The problem with shipping records (according to Janet Few, 2015, "The Ones that got away") was that the U.K didn't care if you left. Thankfully, Australia kept better details with it's arrivals, but I think I may be searching for the 'wrong' name as misspellings were rampant on these types of lists.
That, and it is the right era for convicts, and you just never know!
Back to findmypast I go...
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