Surf these sites: British Imperial Convicts -- Transportation to Western Australia from 1850 to 1868. Includes a ship & convict list. Convict Censuses and Musters -- Graham Lewis'' guide to Censuses and Musters during the Convict period. (Perth Dead Persons Society) Convict Gangs In 1821 - A Victualling List Compiled From The Colonial Secretary''s Papers -- An abridged version of the full list compiled by Alan Byrnes of 3217 men, women and children who were issued with rations in Sydney on Saturday September 8, 1821. Convicts To Australia ... A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors -- Most family historians in Australia regard a convict in their ancestry as enormously desirable. This site is intended to guide, inform and entertain those just starting the hunt as well as the more experienced researcher. Descendants of Convicts Group Inc. -- The aims of the Group are to educate participating members on matters pertaining to the convict system. Of interest to family historians and genealogists in Australia. First Fleet Fellowship -- An association for all those people who have ancestors who arrived in arrived in Australia in 1788 aboard one of the ships of the First Fleet. Includes membership details, historical information on the fleet and individual ships. First Fleet Online -- University of Wollongong''s site includes a searchable biographical database of 780 convicts who were transported on the First Fleet. Simple and advanced search options are available and data returned can include date/place of trial, charge, sentence, transporation vessel, occupation and year/place of death. Glossary of terms in Convict Research -- Derived from a number of sources including how to trace your convict ancestors: their lives, times and records (Janet Reakes) and Women of Botany Bay (Portia Robinson) by the Perth Dead Persons Society (DPS). Governors Hunters Assignment Report 1798 on Women Convicts -- Includes an introduction to the source document and an alphabetical name list of entries (with brief description). Index to Certificates of Freedom, 1823-69 -- This is the first of a range of indexes relating to convicts which will be progressively added to the State Records of New South Wales site. It is a substantial index, covering over 40,000 entries. The database can be searched by Surname, First Name and Vessel. National Archives of Ireland : Transportation Records -- Searchable database compiled from the (incomplete) database transportation registers and petitions to government for pardon or commutation of sentence. South Australian Transported Convict List -- List of convicts transported to Australia 1837-1848. Includes convicts'' name, crime, sentence date and length of sentence. The list acts as an index to an accompanying book. The Wellington Valley Convicts, 1823-31 -- A database which traces the career of over 100 convicts who served part of their sentence at the Government''s penal establishment at Wellington Valley, in the central west of New South Wales. The Westernport Settlement of 1826-28 -- The Westernport Settlement (now the site of Corinella, Vic) was established on November 24th, 1826 and abandoned on February 27th, 1828.
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