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Online Records[edit | edit source]

Tasmania Court Records at FamilySearch
Tasmania Reports Of Crime at Findmypast, Index ($)
Australian court databases
1800-1899 Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899 at Ancestry, Index and images ($)
1821-1928 Bankruptcy (1821-1928) at Libraries Tasmania, index. Documents from cases of bankruptcy and insolvency.
1828-1926 Supreme Court inquests, 1828-1926 at FamilySearch, images.
1828-1975 Inquests (1828-1975 except 1947-1950) at Libraries Tasmania, index & images.
1829-1902 Tasmania, Australia, Insolvency and Petty Sessions, 1829-1902 at Ancestry, Index ($)
1830-1858 Court (1830-1858). Supreme Court at Libraries Tasmania, index & images. Minutes of proceedings in criminal cases.
1840-1857 Alex Castles' Index to Van Diemen's Land Case Law, 1840-1857
1861-1950 Tasmania Names Index: Divorces (1861-1950) Libraries Tasmania, index & images. Petitions for divorce in the Tasmanian Supreme Court.
1861-1920 Australia, Tasmania, Documents in cases of divorce, 1861-1920 at FamilySearch, index & images.
1861-1883 Tasmania, Reports of Crime, 1861-1883 at Ancestry, Index ($)
1868-1914 Australia, Tasmania, coroner's unregistered inquest files, 1868-1914 at FamilySearch, index & images.
1883-1900 Australia, Tasmania, Tasman Peninsula Lower Courts, Record of cases heard in Petty Sessions, 1883-1900 at FamilySearch, index & images.
1890-1891 Tasmanian Jurors Lists, index.

Police Gazettes[edit | edit source]

Tasmania Police Gazettes at Findmypast, Index ($)
1884-1933 Tasmania, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1884-1933 at Ancestry, Index ($)

Prison Records[edit | edit source]

1867-1929 Australia, Tasmania, Register and daybook of admissions and discharges with statistical returns of the daily state of the prison, 1867-1929 at FamilySearch, images.
1892-1932 Australia, Tasmania, Prisoner's record books, 1892-1932 at FamilySearch, images.
1895-1932 Prisoners (1895-1932) at Libraries Tasmania, index & images. Prisoners in the Hobart gaol.

New South Wales Online Resources, Including Tasmania Prior to 1825[edit | edit source]

New South Wales Police Gazette at Findmypast; index only ($)
1788-1822 Minutes of proceedings, 1788-1822 at FamilySearch, images.
1788-1824 Records, 1788-1824, New South Wales. Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, at FamilySearch, images.
1788-1856 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers at Ancestry - index & images ($)
1789-1826 In-letters, 1789-1826 at FamilySearch, index & images. Includes among other records constables and their families, civil and military officers, jurors.
1810-1820 Musters of prisoners, 1810-1820 at FamilySearch, images.
1810-1825 Petitions for mitigation of sentence, 1810-1825 at FamilySearch, images.
1810-1826 Petitions for mitigation of sentence, 1810-1826 : Colonial Secretary's in-letters
1818-1930 - New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books at Ancestry - index & images ($)
1821-1937 - New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests at Ancestry - index & images ($)
1822-1857 New South Wales, Australia, Returns of the Colony at Ancestry - index & images ($)
1824-1826 Trial records, 1824-1826, New South Wales. Police Magistrates at FamilySearch, images.

Content[edit | edit source]

Court records contain information about individuals who were involved in a number of matters. Details about Australian convicts are often found in court records. Most court records provide names of individuals who served as defendants, plaintiffs, jurors, or witnesses. They may also provide such information as the individual’s residence, occupation, physical description, and family.

For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Library[edit | edit source]

Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog: