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Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Do you know anything about Andrew's emigration? Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records,including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, petitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.

You could also try looking in Church records for information. Do you know the family's religious denomination? Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which you may find useful is the irishtimes where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Larne parish follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showlikerecords&citycounty=antrim&CityCounty=Antrim&parish=Larne

For Church of Ireland records check http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.

You could also check in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith's Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/  

You could also try checking the 1901 and 1911 census records for any relatives that may have remained in Ireland. You can search these online here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Ireland Genealogy Project have a very good Co. Antrim page. It gives a lot of information on what records etc are available for the county. It also has a message board. It may be a good idea to also post your message there, to increase the chances that someone will recognise the family or make a connection with you. Here is the weblink:

http://www.igp-web.com/antrim/index.htm

Some other websites which you may find helpful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Family Search: https://familysearch.org/  

Alternatively you could contact the Ulster Historical Foundation for assistance-however a fee may apply. Here are their contact details:

Ulster Historical Foundation,

49 Malone Road,

Belfast BT9 6RY,

Northern Ireland.

Phone: +44 (0) 28 9066 1988   EMail: enquiry@uhf.org.uk

I hope thatthis is helpful, best of luck with your research.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

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