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From: Roy Palmer <>
Subject: Re: SHIPS FROM SA TO UK
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:20:55 -0500


Hi all,

John & Jan wrote:
>I understand that around 1910 or 1911 my grandfather and his mother sailed
>from S.A. back to the U.K. (possibly Ireland) to live before coming to
>Canada. If they were living around Jo'berg (which I believe they were)
>where >would they sail from?
>Would there be ships sailing directly to Ireland or would they go only to
>Britian and then have to get local transport to Ireland?
>Would copies of ships records (if they existed) be available thru the LDS or
>is there another location to try and track these down? Possibly on the web?

I don't know about ports and emmigration records in SA, but your ancestors
would undoubtably have sailed to Southampton, England, and then travelled
on to Ireland. The relevant records in England are only available in the
the Public Record Office, Kew, London. The information is in "BT 26 -
Passenger Lists Inwards, 1877-1960". This is a large group of documents to
which there is no index of names. Knowing the port and the date within a
couple of years, it would still take a good few hours to search through.

Debbie Beavis (; http://www.beavis.co.uk) is a
maritime researcher who will conduct research in Kew. She has given me
helpful advice in the past, but I have not used her research services.

Regards,
Roy Palmer, Ireland,

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