entitlement records

hi! I have read that there are entitlement records for immigrants from
england to australia. I have asked most australian libraires with no luck.

MargM...

Hi Meryl

Never come across it any ref to that ?

my ancestors came here from somerset england 1841 ,I have the ships manifest
but no parish so further research is thrawted. names John and Mary Bailey
and a son died on board the ship Westminster july 1841,there must have been

MargM...

?? Why is a name of a parish so important?

I have the Bounty indexes CD and a ship called
'Westminster' came here with Bounty ( assisted) migrants
in 1838 and 1840 to Colony of NSW . Maybe were 2 ships
named Westminster ?

,there must have been

some documentation of them embarking in england but I don`t know where to

MargM...

Not aware there were many records kept at the English
end

look Can anyone steer me in the right direction thanks meryl

Joe Blow...

Try looking into land registers. Often people were enticed to Australia by
land grants and this may be what this is referring to. If they were granted
land, you should be able to find a record of this.