Hi,
I'm a bit of newbie/sporadic genealogy researcher, I generally stick to the readily available online information - but, this time, I'm trying to dig a little deeper and see what I can find, maybe break down some walls. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone locally who can answer this so I'm hoping someone on here might be able to help me out.
I found a passenger record via Ancestry for a person I'm researching on a Victoria, Australia, Outward Passenger Index list. The Ancestry record links to the Public Record Office of Victoria. When I click it and go to their website, I then have to go to the section for Outward Passengers Lists and search with the person's name, and it shows up under that search. It then gives the month and year of the record and the Record Series Number so that you can order the microfilm to view it at one of their reading rooms.
My question is: Are these actual records available anywhere online (i.e. not just the indexes) or are they only available through the reading rooms in person in Australia? I've done some Googling using the name of Ship Master and the Ship's name and have found other voyages, just not the one I'm looking for. Are there other places to search for this record? Am I overlooking something obvious? I'm in the US and have access to a few of the bigger genealogy websites but I can't seem to find this manifest (I was hoping to see some of the names of others she may have travelled with on this voyage so, ideally, I'd like to see the whole record, not just her information).
Anyway, if anyone has experience with Australian passenger indexes/lists and can point me in the right direction, it would be very much appreciated.
Thanks!