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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

1787-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859, at FindMyPast, index ($)
1788-1867 - Convict records for New South Wales and Tasmania, 1788-1867 at FamilySearch, images.
1816-1871 - Lists of free arrivals in Tasmania, 1816-1871 at FamilySearch, images.
1816-1850 - Index to passengers arriving in Tasmania, 1816-1850 at FamilySearch, images.
1817-1850 - Margaret Carlyon manuscript collection includes lists of convict ships to Van Dieman's Land, 1817-1850] at FamilySearch, images.
1823-1845 - Ships clearance from Hobart and Launceston 1823-1845, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images.
1829-1957 - Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1829-1948 - Reports of ships arrival 1829-1948, Tasmania. Hobart Marine Board at FamilySearch, images.
1830-1833 - Index to lists of arrivals in Tasmania, Jan. 1830 to Oct. 1833 at FamilySearch, images.
1831-1834 - Advances to immigrants who desired to migrate to Tasmania under a scheme in which the crown advance £ 20, 1831-1834 at FamilySearch, images.
1831-1970 - Shipping records, 1831-1970, Tasmania. Marine Boards at FamilySearch, images.
1834-1837, 1841-1887 - Tasmania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1834-1837, 1841-1887 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1841-1884 - Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1841-1887 - Register of arrivals under the Bounty system, 1841-1887, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images.
1844-1847 - Various migration records between Victoria and Tasmania, 1844-1847 at FamilySearch, images.
1851-1867 - Descriptive list of immigrants migrating to Tasmania, 1851-1867 at FamilySearch, images.
1854-1860 - Emigration entry books of correspondence : correspondence with emigration agents and Colonial Secretaries in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, 1854-1860 at FamilySearch, images.
1854-1887 - Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Applications and Bounty Tickets, 1854-1887 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1912-1924 - Australia, Tasmania, Immigration and intelligence branch, forms of nomination of persons to migrate to Tasmania on assisted passages, 1912-1924 at FamilySearch, images.
1920-1943 - Australia, Tasmania, Correspondence of the Immigration Office Concerning the Nomination, Arrival and Settlement of Migrants, 1920-1943 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection, images only
1924-1935 - Australia, Tasmania returns from the Immigration Office, 1924-1935 at FamilySearch, images.
1945-1968 - Australia, Tasmania, Migrant Files, 1945-1968 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
1946-1960 - Australia, Tasmania, Personal nominations under the assisted passage agreement, 1946-1960 at FamilySearch, images.

Convict Records[edit | edit source]

Indexes to Convict Records at State Library of Tasmania - List of convict databases
1787-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859 at FindMyPast, Index ($)
1800-1893 - Tasmania Convict Records 1800-1893 at FindMyPast, Index ($)
1800-1899 - Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899 at Ancestry, Index ($)
1803-1893 - Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893 e-book
1803-1893 - Convicts (1803-1893) at Libraries Tasmania. Convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system.
1806-1849 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 at Ancestry, Index ($)
1833-1854 - Tasmania, Australia, Baptisms of Children of Convicted Women, 1833-1854 at Ancestry, Index ($)
1834-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 at Ancestry, Index ($)

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 ==Online Resources==
-===Tasmania===
 *'''1787-1859''' - [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/new-south-wales-and-tasmania-settlers-and-convicts-1787-1859 New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859], at FindMyPast, index ($)
 *'''1788-1867''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/500481?availability=Family%20History%20Library Convict records for New South Wales and Tasmania, 1788-1867] at FamilySearch, images.
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 *'''1945-1968''' - {{RecordSearch|2331244|Australia, Tasmania, Migrant Files, 1945-1968}} at FamilySearch - [[Australia, Tasmania, Migrant Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only
 *'''1946-1960''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2356497?availability=Family%20History%20Library Australia, Tasmania, Personal nominations under the assisted passage agreement, 1946-1960] at FamilySearch, images.
-===Australia===
-*[http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/index.php?browse=true&category=18&subcategory=147 Ireland-Australia transportation database] National Library of Australia
-*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/genealogical-index-to-australians-and-other-expatriates-in-papua-new-guinea Genealogical Index To Australians and Other Expatriates In Papua New Guinea] at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
-*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/australian-contingents-to-south-africa Australian Contingents To South Africa] at FindMyPast - index & image ($)
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150909163230/www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/pass1.htm#IndexAustralia Australia Passenger Indexes] archived on the Wayback Machine
-*[https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1178 19-Century Emigration of 'Old Lutherans' from Eastern Germany to Australia, Canada, and the United States], index and images, ($).
-*'''1788-1968''' - [http://www.ozships.net/ozships/ Ozships: Australian shipping 1788-1968]
-*'''1788-1890''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/439488?availability=Family%20History%20Library Admission, discharge and other records, 1788-1890], images. These are the records of the Royal Philanthropic Society, organized in 1788 "for the admission of the offspring of convicts and the reformation of criminal poor children."  Records exist of those who went to Australia.
-*'''1811-1856''' - [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/australia-assisted-emigration Australia, Assisted Emigration] at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
-*'''1826-1972''' - [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/australia-inward-outward-and-coastal-passenger-lists-1826-1972 Australia, Inward, Outward, & Coastal Passenger Lists 1826-1972] at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
-*'''1850-1879''' - [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10043/emigrants-from-hamburg-to-australasia-1850-1879?s=218489221 Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia, 1850 - 1879]  The collection records the name, former place of residence, age, occupation, ship, destination and departure year for more than 40,000 emigrants between 1850 and 1879. Passengers on all ships to Australia and New Zealand are listed; they include emigrants destined for all states in Australia (except Western Australia) and ports in both the north and south islands of New Zealand. It includes passenger lists for which no Australasian records exist. It is an important resource for family historians and those with a more general interest in migration from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Italy and other European countries.
-*'''1873-1924''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/245056?availability=Family%20History%20Library Alphabetical register of all inward passengers to Albany, 1873-1924] at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
-*'''1890-1960''' - [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=australia Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Australia
-*'''1904-1914''' - [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30240/germany-bremen-passenger-departure-lists-1904-1914?s=252295941 Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914] at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Australia
-*'''1946-1971''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
-*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Australia under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
-*[http://immigrants.byu.edu/search/simple Immigrant Ancestors Project]
 ====Convict Records====
-*'''1786-1849''' - [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-ships-1786-1849 Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849], ($), index.
+*[https://www.linc.tas.gov.au/family-history/Pages/Convict-life.aspx Indexes to Convict Records] at [https://www.linc.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/Pages/default.aspx State Library of Tasmania] - List of convict databases
-*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/1stflt.htm Australia's First Fleet]
+*'''1787-1859''' - [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-and-tasmania-settlers-and-convicts-1787-1859 New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859] at FindMyPast, Index ($)
-*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/1stflt.htm Australia's First Fleet]
+*'''1800-1893''' - [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/tasmania-convict-records-1800-1893 Tasmania Convict Records 1800-1893] at FindMyPast,  Index ($)
-*'''1787-1788''' - [https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1177 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788], index and images, ($).
+*'''1800-1899''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60920 Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899] at Ancestry,  Index ($)
-*'''1787-1867''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70852/ Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867], index and images, ($)
+*'''1803-1893''' - [http://www.amw.org.au/register/listings/records-tasmanian-convict-department-1803-1893 Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893] e-book
-*'''1788-1842''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1251 Australia List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842], ($), index .
+*'''1803-1893''' - [https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/results?qf=NI_INDEX%09Record+type%09Convicts%09Convicts Convicts (1803-1893)] at Libraries Tasmania. Convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system.
-*'''1788-1868''' - [https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=5517 Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868], index, ($).
+*'''1806-1849''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1185 New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849] at Ancestry,  Index ($)
-*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/2ndflt.htm Australia's Second Fleet]
+*'''1833-1854''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60750 Tasmania, Australia, Baptisms of Children of Convicted Women, 1833-1854] at Ancestry,  Index ($)
-*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/2ndflt.htm Australia's Second Fleet]
+*'''1834-1859''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1184 New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859] at Ancestry,  Index ($)
-*'''1788–1868''' -  [http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/index.php?category=18&subcategory=147 Ireland-Australia transportation database] National Archives of Ireland
-:::[https://www.nationalarchives.ie/article/penal-transportation-records-ireland-australia-1788-1868/ Guide to penal transportation records: Ireland to Australia, 1788–1868]
-*'''1789-1790''' - [https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1178 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790], index and images, ($)
-*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/3rdflt.txt Australia's Third Fleet]
-*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/3rdflt.txt Australia's Third Fleet]
-*'''1791''' [https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1179 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791], index and images, ($).
-*'''1791-1867''' - [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-conditional-and-absolute-pardons-1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867], ($), index.
-*'''1791-1850''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/285700?availability=Family%20History%20Library Index of prisoners and accused persons, 1791-1850 (Sussex Quarter Session Rolls)], images. Contains an alphabetical listing of all prisoners and accused persons named in the Sussex Quarter Session Rolls, 1791-1850. Gives name, offense and date thereof, date and place of court appearance, and sentence. Sometimes also includes age, occupation and residence. Prisoners sentenced for transportation during this period were sent to Australia.
-*'''1824-1874''' - [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/australia-convict-tickets-of-leave-1824-1874 Australia Convict Tickets Of Leave 1824-1874], ($), index.
-*'''1829-1879''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8818/ New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879] - index and images ($)
-*'''1842-1854''' - [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/victoria-convict-register-1842-1854 Victoria, Convict Register 1842-1854] at FindMyPast, ($), index.
-*'''1858-1867''' - [https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=2320 UK Surgeon Superintendents' Journals of Convict Ships, 1858-1867], index and images, ($)
-*[http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/family-history/convicts Convict transportation registers database]
-*[http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/index.php?browse=true&category=18&subcategory=147 Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland]
-*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts//index.html Convicts to Australia]
-*[https://crimeandpunishment.library.wales/index_s.htm Crime and Punishment, Wales Court of Great Sessions, 1730-1830]
-===The Irish Ancestor Periodical===
-There are many Indexes in '''''The Irish Ancestor''''', of convicts '''requesting wife and children to be sent out to Australia''', at the government's expense.
-*Indexed in [https://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index PERiodical Source Index] at FindMyPast ($)
-*[https://www.irishancestors.ie/members-area/the-irish-ancestor/#:~:text=Written%20by%20the%20renowned%20genealogist,with%20a%20significant%20Irish%20diaspora  FIGRS Index to the The Irish Ancestor] ($)
-*[https://www.worldcat.org/title/irish-ancestor/oclc/866309300 WorldCat listing of libraries holding The Irish Ancesor collection]
-*'''1969-1986''' - [https://www.irishfamilyhistorycentre.com/store/687 The Irish Ancestor 1969-1986 Digital Download] ($)
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