Immigration schemes (General)

by unknown, Sunday, January 10, 2010, 10:39 (5506 days ago)

Hi everyone

Does anyone know about people from Forest of Dean leaving through immigration schemes that ultimately sought to populate New Zealand in the 1860's? There is a family story that my family left the Forest under an immigration scheme led by the Church of England to populate an area in the Northland region of New Zealand. The scheme is known as the Albertland Scheme in New Zealand, named after Queen Victoria's husband, and started in 1861 with the last ship arriving in 1865. Almost half of the 3000 people intended to go to Northland never made it the entire way, choosing to settle elsewhere.

Because my family wasn't on one of the official 'Albertland ships' and instead on a ship that, while carried a majority of 'Albertlanders', also carried other settlers. I would like to prove or disprove the family story and am struggling on this end as I no longer live in New Zealand myself!

Thanks,
Kylie.
(Researching: Dufty, Lewis, Golding, Lister and Grusning/Gruszning)