Series consists of electronic files received as e-mail attachments or as floppy disks all in WordPerfect 7. Also includes two databases in DBTextworks designed in-house to hold files converted from WordPerfect : I:\Working\Source Record Textbases\Petworth Emigrants and I:\Working\Source Record Textbases\Petworth Sponsors. The Emigrants database contains 682 records and the Sponsors database contains 103 records.

This series supplements Series 2 and contains correspondence to and from Wendy Cameron, Mary McDougall Maude, Brenda Dougall Merriman, Sheila Haines and family correspondents, photocopies of original documents, articles and other sources. It is organized alphabetically by family name.

Series consists of questionnaires and other data collected from descendants and other informants about families. It is arranged alphabetically by family name of the Petworth emigrant with the name of the correspondent(s) also noted in the file title. These files contain correspondence to and from Wendy Cameron, Mary McDougall Maude and Brenda Dougall Merriman, as well as questionnaires and photocopies from sources containing information about individuals or families.

Series consists of masters of the Family Information Sheets used to compile the list of "Emigrants on Petworth ships, 1832-1837", which comprises Part 2 of Assisting Immigration. These sheets were "intended as a snapshot of families at the time of emigration" and were used to compile an electronic database as well as the published list. The "masters" in this case actually consist of dated and initialled copies of all the sheets created for each name over time, and are chronologically organized within each name so that the progress of accumulation or duplication of information can be followed.

Series consists of files which appear appear to be Mary McDougall Maude's files and Wendy Cameron's files. The folders contain material relating to editing the manuscript and correspondence, faxes, e-mails and other working papers circulated among the primary researchers for comment and correction. The "primary researchers" in this case are Wendy Cameron, Mary McDougall Maude, Shela Haines, Leigh Lawson, Brenda Dougall Merriman and sometimes Gwen Peroni.

This series consists of research files belonging to Brenda Dougall Merriman whose work concentrated on settlements of Petworth emigrants in Canada. There is correspondence with the other project members in both Canada and England, as well as correspondence with descendants of and informants on Petworth emigrants and their settlement in Canada. A good deal of the research is on settling details of biography and genealogy of individual family names associated with the various geographical clusters of settlement.

This series consists of files on the "Cluster" settlements in Ontario. These are Wendy Cameron's files.

This series consists of research files from county record offices and other archives, primarily in England. It also contains copies of emigrant letters home to England, sorts of master list of emigrants and research on sponsors. The files contain correspondence, memos, notes, material shared and passed to and from researchers in England and in Canada.

This series consists of files maintained by Wendy Cameron on research on English sources. Contains correspondence, memos, notes, material shared and passed to and from researchers in England and in Canada.

This series consists of Wendy Cameron's files on work by the other researchers in Canada and England; Brenda Dougall Merriman, Sheila Haines, Leigh Lawson, etc.