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Convict transportation registers database
"About this database
This database has been compiled from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). The HO 11 Criminal – Convict Transportation Registers series has been indexed by the State Library of Queensland and the index contains the following information:
. Name of convict, including any known aliases
. Place of trial
. Term of years
. Name of ship and date of departure
. Place of arrival
. Miscellaneous notes e.g. Died at sea; Ticket of Leave, etc.
* The date of trial is recorded on the original registers and will be gradually added to this database
Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Port Phillip. Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.
These records mainly include those convicted in England, Wales and Scotland. Only a small number of Irish convicts appear in this series of the Home Office records. The database also includes soldiers who had been court-martialled and sentenced to transportation. These 'soldier convicts' may have been convicted in various British colonies including the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Canada.
Please note: The original records on which this database is based is not an exhaustive list of all convicts sent to Australia."
Above quoted from their website.
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* Will hopefully be as steady as yesterday, nice to see so many of you in the room.
* Can we ask that you bring in one person whom you just can't find on census, yet know should be there. Or someone who just vanished off the face of the earth. Share with us your little mysteries.
Chat Contest
We have a good number of entries in the chat contest so far for this month.
Convict transportation registers database
"About this database
This database has been compiled from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). The HO 11 Criminal – Convict Transportation Registers series has been indexed by the State Library of Queensland and the index contains the following information:
. Name of convict, including any known aliases
. Place of trial
. Term of years
. Name of ship and date of departure
. Place of arrival
. Miscellaneous notes e.g. Died at sea; Ticket of Leave, etc.
* The date of trial is recorded on the original registers and will be gradually added to this database
Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Port Phillip. Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.
These records mainly include those convicted in England, Wales and Scotland. Only a small number of Irish convicts appear in this series of the Home Office records. The database also includes soldiers who had been court-martialled and sentenced to transportation. These 'soldier convicts' may have been convicted in various British colonies including the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Canada.
Please note: The original records on which this database is based is not an exhaustive list of all convicts sent to Australia."
Above quoted from their website.
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The next genealogy chat session is waiting for you to join in and get comfortably settled.
Come on in and discuss your family history, talk about your ancestors, or tell us where your brick wall is in your family tree.
Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat is open 24 hours a day, 7 days week, 365 days a year for you to discuss your family history.
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Labels: Convicts, Queensland
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