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| ==Online Resources== | | ==Online Resources== |
| ===Western Australia=== | | ===Western Australia=== |
| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1180 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868] Index ($)
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| *[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-conditional-and-absolute-pardons-1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867] Index ($)
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| *[https://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/item/4417 Fremantle, Western Australia Prison Convict Database] Index | | *[https://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/item/4417 Fremantle, Western Australia Prison Convict Database] Index |
| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1177 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788] Index ($) | | *'''1846-1930''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60668 Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930] at Ancestry, Index ($) |
| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1178 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790] Index ($)
| | *'''1848-1900''' {{FSC|237756|item|disp=General register of convicts, 1848-1900}} at FamilySearch, images. |
| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1179 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791] Index ($)
| | *'''1850-1862''' {{FSC|237829|item|disp=Character book register, 1850-1862}} at FamilySearch, images. |
| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60668 Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930] Index ($)
| | *'''1852-1868''' {{FSC|234425|item|disp=Printed list of convicts, 1852-1868}} at FamilySearch, images. |
| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5517 Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868] Index ($)
| | *'''1856-1858''' {{FSC|234421|item|disp=Register of reconvicted prisoners, 1856-1859}} at FamilySearch, images. |
| ===Australia Records===
| | *'''1856-1861''' {{FSC|234414|item|disp=Ticket of leave register, 1856-1861}} at FamilySearch, images. |
| *'''1786-1849''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-ships-1786-1849 Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849] at FindMyPast - index & images ($) | | *'''1861-1863''' {{FSC|234417|item|disp=Probationer register, 1861-1863}} at FamilySearch, images. |
| *'''1787-1867''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70852/ Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867] at Ancestry - index ($)
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| *'''1788-1842''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1251 Australia List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | | ==Finding Records== |
| *'''1791-1867''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-conditional-and-absolute-pardons-1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867] at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
| | ===Archives=== |
| *'''1791-1868''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1180 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868] at Ancestry, Index ($) | | '''State Records Office of Western Australia'''<br> |
| *'''1824-1874''' {{RecordSearch|3499251|Australia Convict Tickets Of Leave 1824-1874}}(*) at FamilySearch - [[Australia, Convict Tickets of Leave - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at: [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-tickets-of-leave-1824-1874 FindMyPast]($)'' | | 25 Francis Street<br> |
| *'''1829-1879''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8818/ New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | | PERTH WA 6000<br> |
| *'''1838-1912''' {{RecordSearch|2613137|Australia, South Australia, Prison Records, 1838-1912}} at FamilySearch - [[Australia, South Australia, Prison Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | | Australia<br> |
| *[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/1stflt.htm Australia's First Fleet]
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| *[http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/index.html First Fleet Online]
| | Telephone: 61 8 9427 3600<br> |
| *[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/2ndflt.htm Australia's Second Fleet]
| | Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au<br> |
| *[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/3rdflt.txt Australia's Third Fleet] | | *[https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia/research-using-state-archives Research using State Archives] |
| *[http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/index.php?browse=true&category=18&subcategory=147 Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland]
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| *[https://convictrecords.com.au/ Convict Records of Australia]
| | *[https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia/convicts Convicts] The State Records Office holds comprehensive sets of records relating to convicts transported to Western Australia between 1850 and 1868. |
| *[https://crimeandpunishment.library.wales/sf_s.php Library of Wales, Crime and Punishment database] | |
| *[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834] The punishment of transportation for a crime tried in London by the Old Bailey Court resulted in exile to Australia. The site can be search by several categories, including by name for the punishment resulting in transportation.
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| == Types of Convict Records == | | == Types of Convict Records == |
| === Tickets of Leave Butts === | | === Tickets of Leave Butts === |
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| *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. | | *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. |
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| | ==For Further Reading== |
| | ===FamilySearch Library=== |
| | Additional sources are listed in the '''FamilySearch Catalog:''' |
| | *{{FSC|Australia, Western Australia - Convict records|subject|subject-id=405930227|disp=Australia, Western Australia - Convict records}} |
| | *{{FSC|Australia, Western Australia - Convict records - Indexes|subject|subject-id=1020276480|disp=Australia, Western Australia - Convict records - Indexes}} |
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| {{Place|Australia}} | | {{Place|Australia}} |
| [[Category:Western Australia]] | | [[Category:Western Australia]] |