11 November 2012
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AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 1788-1842. Archives: browse or search.
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AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ex-army personnel and their families who went as Pensioner Guards on the Convict Transport ships carrying prisoners from the British Empire to Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
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Convicts transported from England in 1788.
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Convicts transported from England in 1790.
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Convicts transported from England in 1791.
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Berne Public Library - Obituary Index
Berne, Adams County, Indiana.
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Online searchable index to over 20,000 of the convicts arriving at Port Jackson, NSW, Australia from 1788 onwards.
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Convict Connections - an Interest Group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc.
Located in Brisbane, Australia. An interest group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland listing members' researched convicts to Australia and many interesting articles.
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Alphabetical list of names for 3,217 men, women and children who were issued with rations in Sydney on Saturday September 8, 1821.
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Convict Indexes for NSW Australia
Book for sale.
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Convict Ships Index - Free Settler or Felon?
Details of convict ship voyages to New South Wales 1788 - 1840.
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Convict transportation registers database (State Library of Queensland)
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.
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Convicts to Australia: A Guide To Researching Your Convict Ancestors
In depth information and lists of convicts, ships, a timeline and convict's stories.
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convicts-australia Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information on Australia and the convicts that were transported there.
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Descendants of Convicts Group Inc.
A special interest group formed by members of the Genealogical Society of Victoria, Australia.
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An organisation composed of descendants of those who arrived in Sydney Cove with the First Fleet on 26 January 1788. Aim to spread knowledge about our eary history for future generations. Australia, New South Wales, Australian Convicts.
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Fillmore County, Minnesota - History Center & Genealogy Library in Fountain, Minnesota
The site for the Fillmore County Historical Society and the Emery & Almeda Eickhoff Genealogy Library.
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Genealogy_Aus_Convicts_Mary_Ann Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia on the Mary Ann in 1822.
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International Centre for Convict Studies
For the study of penal transportation and convict experience within the British Empire from 1600-1940.
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Ireland-Australia transportation database (1791–1853)
Convicts from Ireland to Australia, 1788 to 1868.
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Publications for sale on CD-ROM. Convict & criminal research, 1780-1900. Including machine breakers, rioters & protestors.
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Lincolnshire and Fenland Families
My Lincolnshire Ancestry and those linked to it. 172,000 individuals, 42,000 marriages and circa 11,000 Surnames. Lincolnshire rare names gentry and gateway ancestors to medieval times.
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Lincolnshire Convicts Transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda
Lincolnshire Archives Index of Convict Records 1788 - 1868.
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Queensland State Archives | Convicts / prisoners
Chronological register of convicts 1824-1839; St Helena convict indexes 1863-1936; Toowoomba prisoners indexes 1864-1906.
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Queensland State Archives | Immigration
Several indexes are available here and individual entries can be ordered from the Archives. The indexes included are: Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1875-1884; Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1884-1907; Assisted Immigration 1848-1912 (this is a new index that points to digital copies online); Card Index to Nominated Immigrants 1908-1922 Immigration 1922-1940; Land Orders 1861-1874; Passage Certificates 1887-1906; Passport Register 1926-1939; Register of Immigrants 1864-1878; Registers of Immigrants, Brisbane 1885-1917.
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Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Ships' Musters 1816-1825
This index is derived from musters of passengers and crew on departing ships, 1816-1825.
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Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Tickets of Leave 1810-1875
This index is derived from the butts of the original tickets of leave.
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State Records NSW - Convicts - Indexes to Convict Records
Online searchable databases from State Records New South Wales.
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State Records NSW - Indexes to assisted immigrants
The Index covers all of the following, but you can also search them separately: Port Phillip, 1839-51; Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59; Moreton Bay (Brisbane), 1848-59; Sydney, 1860-79 Sydney, 1880-96.
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The Origins of Irish Convict Transportation to New South Wales
A book by Bob Reece.
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The Transportation of Irish Convicts to Australia (1791-1853): Introduction
Detailed review of the sources available for convict research held at the Archives. Includes links to specific descriptions of record types and their reference class numbers.
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From the National Archives of Ireland.
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Town of Leesburg - Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library is a history and genealogy library owned and operated by the Town of Leesburg, Virginia. Collections focus on Loudoun County, regional and Virginia history, genealogy, military history with special emphasis on the American Civil War, and ethnic history. It is designated as an Underground Railroad research site.
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Transportation to Australia 1787-1868
Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.
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Use Convict Records To Trace Your Ancestor Online
A guide to using online records to discover if your British ancestor was a convict, and to discover more about his or her transportation and life in Australia or Tasmania.
