Wow I had a relative "arrive" on the First Fleet - ancestry.com.au

GarnettFan4Life · Jan 4, 2012

Building my family tree through ancestry.com.au and the ipad app and got right back to 1700 and discovered I had a relative on the First Fleet - Scarborough ship.

Pretty cool - even though he did apparently steal hairdressing goods! (razors, scissors, soap, ribbons and powders) Then his wife got sent here 13 years later. I think she just wanted a free trip!

Can highly recommend this site!

The Mad Hatter · Jan 4, 2012

Wow - that's a long way for a conjugal visit!

anakinleo · Jan 4, 2012

So how many generations are you down that line?

GarnettFan4Life · Jan 4, 2012

anakinleo said:
So how many generations are you down that line?

8 generations down as far as I can see on the app

The Mad Hatter · Jan 4, 2012

Bloody boat people!

GarnettFan4Life · Jan 4, 2012

Because of problems with the penal colony in Africa, Johns destination was changed to Botany Bay and he eventually set sail on the Scarborough, one of the First Fleet ships, on 13 May 1787. The First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.

Wow to that too! Africa!

anakinleo · Jan 4, 2012

GarnettFan4Life said:
8 generations down as far as I can see on the app

So that makes you the great great great great great grandson of the first lot of refudgees.

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GarnettFan4Life said:
Because of problems with the penal colony in Africa, Johns destination was changed to Botany Bay and he eventually set sail on the Scarborough, one of the First Fleet ships, on 13 May 1787. The First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.

Wow to that too! Africa!

Have all your 8 generations been living close to Sydney? Seems like you guys are staying put here forever.................

The Mad Hatter · Jan 4, 2012

I'd keep the hairdressing part quiet.

Tell people he was a highwayman or some such.

GarnettFan4Life · Jan 4, 2012

The Mad Hatter said:
I'd keep the hairdressing part quiet.

Tell people he was a highwayman or some such.

Gotta do what you gotta do to survive back then. I guess he needed a hair cut. Bad.

matty83 · Jan 4, 2012

what's the cost matty?

GarnettFan4Life · Jan 4, 2012

matty83 said:
what's the cost matty?

atm there's a 14 day free trial you just have to give them credit card details and cancel before the time's up. Otherwise it's $27.95 for 1 month or $155 for a year or something like that

KB. · Jan 4, 2012

I couldn't see the need to have a membership for longer then a 14day trial really. I might look into it!

GarnettFan4Life · Jan 4, 2012

KB. said:
I couldn't see the need to have a membership for longer then a 14day trial really. I might look into it!

yeah I'm interested to see what happens after the trial ends because you can see and add scans of old books/page scans of gaol transport, immigration papers etc to your family tree so I hope they will still be visible. I did buy a couple before I figured out there was a trial and they were $0.99 and $1.99 each so maybe it will just revert to that if you want to add stuff like old scans to your tree.

carlton91 · Jan 4, 2012

Pretty Sweet Matt,

A_Iverson_I · Jan 4, 2012

I've always been interested in this kind of stuff...... so thanks for the insight Matt!

How much info do you need to know yourself to get that far back?

GarnettFan4Life · Jan 4, 2012

Names, births, death, places lived at, maiden names help. Then it can search electoral roles, immigration and distant relative family trees.

Some of my branches stopped short after not much but one one branch I'm back to like 1550 in England

lilreddevil · Jan 4, 2012

Does it work for Chinese people? LOL Like can they access our records too? :S

GarnettFan4Life · Jan 4, 2012

lilreddevil said:
Does it work for Chinese people? LOL Like can they access our records too? :S

There is a separate fee for worldwide record access. I was able to see that one of my relatives was born in China (the rest of the family in NSW) but no more details, and also back through UK but got to a point where there was an immigration document from somewhere to the UK (in like the 1600's) which I couldn't see. You can pay $10.95 and view 10 records worldwide within 14 days or it's like another fee as above per month.

A_Iverson_I · Jan 4, 2012

lilreddevil said:
Does it work for Chinese people? LOL Like can they access our records too? :S

I'm sure Chinese people pose no problem, but I think they have a restriction against people who collect Channing Frye.

taffster74 · Jan 5, 2012

Pretty cool that your ancestors go back to the original whites in australia (we won't count the failed dutch colony near Dampier, WA). None of my ancestors go back that far - we're all free settlers. I do have an Italian WWI medal honor, a Key figure in the Eureka Stockade and Irish Royalty in my family though.

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