www.ancestorsonboard.co.uk may or may not be making money for the National Archives of the United Kingdom, but they are slowing reeling me in. I have now downloaded about 7 of the 19 pages of Mongolia's passenger list. I had hoped I could go to the National Archives and download from their records but it doesn't work that way. The Archives refer one to the ancestry sites. On the positive side, one can search either by passenger name or by ship name.
The first page I paid to see was truly luck - and so far has given me the most answers! On that one page, I was able to confirm my relatives on board, and Catherine's playmate, Jean Reid. So how many others that Georgie had mentioned to date could I find? Mrs. Gardiner. And Mr. Connel(l). Or so I thought. But there is also a Mr. Cornel(l) on another page. And from Georgie's script, I can't tell which it is. Hmmm. I'll have to look for another clue, when really what I was looking for was a timetable on the voyage to correspond with Georgie's journal entries. Such is the puzzle of genealogy!
One hundred years ago, Georgie G. MacGillivray traveled to Tasmania with her sister, brother-in-law, and their two children. She would be nanny to the family while James William Fraser served as engineer to a hydro-electric plant project. I will post entries coinciding with their 100 year anniversary. Journal entries will begin August 3, 2012. Prior to that I will post background information on Georgie, James, other family members, and related topics.
...early 1900's advertisement...
...from Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office...
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