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Lists that were made when convicts arrived on transport ships. Information given in indents is similar to that in tickets of leave but also includes a convict’s marital status and number of children and whether the convict was literate. | Lists that were made when convicts arrived on transport ships. Information given in indents is similar to that in tickets of leave but also includes a convict’s marital status and number of children and whether the convict was literate. | ||
*'''New South Wales''' index to convict indents for 1788–1842 is held by the [http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/indexes-online#convicts Archives Office of New South Wales]. <br> | *'''New South Wales''' index to convict indents for 1788–1842 is held by the [http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/indexes-online#convicts Archives Office of New South Wales]. <br> | ||
*'''Tasmania''' received more than 60,000 convicts from Great Britain in addition to convicts from other colonies. The ticket of leave butts and certificate of freedom butts for the over 67,000 convicts sent to Tasmania have not survived. The main records for Tasmanian convicts are the convict conduct registers. Information contained in these registers are similar to the tickets of leave and certificates of freedom. Description lists are also available for Tasmanian convicts and give detailed descriptions of the convicts. See [http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=5 Index to convict applications for permission to marry 1829-1857].<br> | *'''Tasmania''' received more than 60,000 convicts from Great Britain in addition to convicts from other colonies. The ticket of leave butts and certificate of freedom butts for the over 67,000 convicts sent to Tasmania have not survived. The main records for Tasmanian convicts are the convict conduct registers. Information contained in these registers are similar to the tickets of leave and certificates of freedom. Description lists are also available for Tasmanian convicts and give detailed descriptions of the convicts. See [http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=5 Index to convict applications for permission to marry 1829-1857].<br> | ||
*'''Western Australia'''[http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa.html Swan River Convicts 1850-1868] | *'''Western Australia''' [http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa.html Swan River Convicts 1850-1868]. | ||
*'''South Australia''' never received convicts. See [http://www.jaunay.com/convicts.html South Australian transported convicts 1837-1851]. | *'''South Australia''' never received convicts. See [http://www.jaunay.com/convicts.html South Australian transported convicts 1837-1851]. | ||
*'''Victoria and Queensland''' did not become separate, self-governing colonies until after convict transportation to eastern Australia ceased. Thus, these areas do not have convict records. Technically, during the transportation era, no convicts were transported to the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, however convicts did find their way to the District. Please observe the copyright requirements for the following site: [http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide057/PROVguide057.jsp PRO Victoria - Convict Records] | *'''Victoria and Queensland''' did not become separate, self-governing colonies until after convict transportation to eastern Australia ceased. Thus, these areas do not have convict records. Technically, during the transportation era, no convicts were transported to the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, however convicts did find their way to the District. Please observe the copyright requirements for the following site: [http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide057/PROVguide057.jsp PRO Victoria - Convict Records]. | ||
== Family History Library == | |||
The Family History Library has copies of the following: | The Family History Library has copies of the following: | ||
*''Guide to the convict records in the Archives Office of New South Wales''. Sydney, Australia: The Archives Authority, 1970. (FHL book [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=152914&disp=Guide+to+the+convict+records+in+the+Arch&columns=*,180,0 994.4 A35g] no. 14 or on film no. [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*,180,0&titleno=152914&disp=Guide+to+the+convict+records+in+the+Arch++ 908277 Item 1].) | |||
Records about convicts are found under several topics in the Family History Library Catalog . Use the Place Search under: | |||
[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject= | *[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=983182&subject_disp=Australia+-+Convict+records&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - CONVICT RECORDS] | ||
*AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - CONVICT RECORDS | |||
*[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=551638&subject_disp=Australia+-+Correctional+institutions&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS]<br> | |||
Additional | The Family History Library has a large collection of records generated by correctional institutions. Correctional institutions, including jails and penal colonies, created many valuable genealogical records. Such records include jail entrance and charge books, musters of convicts and prisoners, registers of sentences and punishments, registers of prisoner conduct, petitions for mitigation of sentences, and registers of sentences remitted or commuted. Additional Correctional Institutions records are available by adding a State or Town to the Place Search: | ||
AUSTRALIA - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS | |||
[ | AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS | ||
[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=477044&subject_disp=Australia+-+Public+records&columns=*,180,0 PUBLIC RECORDS] | AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS | ||
Related topics include: | |||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=819940&subject_disp=Australia+-+Census&columns=*,0,0 AUSTRALIA - CENSUS] | |||
*[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=477045&subject_disp=Australia+-+Court+records&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - COURT RECORDS] | |||
*[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=339121&subject_disp=Australia+-+Emigration+and+immigration&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION] | |||
*[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=477044&subject_disp=Australia+-+Public+records&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - PUBLIC RECORDS] | |||
== For Further Reading == | |||
The following books are good sources for further information about convicts and the English penal and transportation systems: | The following books are good sources for further information about convicts and the English penal and transportation systems: | ||
*Bateson, Charles. ''The Convict Ships''. Second Edition. Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1969. ( | *Bateson, Charles. ''The Convict Ships''. Second Edition. Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1969. (FHL book [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*,180,0&callno=994+H2b 994 H2b].) | ||
*Cobley, John F. C. C. ''The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts''. Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1970. ( | *Cobley, John F. C. C. ''The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts''. Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1970. (FHL book [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*,180,0&callno=994+P2c 994 P2c].) | ||
*Hughes, Robert. ''The Fatal Shore''. New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knoft, 1987. ( | *Hughes, Robert. ''The Fatal Shore''. New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knoft, 1987. (FHL book [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=523824&disp=The+fatal+shore&columns=*,180,0 994 H2hr].) | ||
[[Category:Australia]] | [[Category:Australia]] | ||