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 *'''Absolute pardons''' allowed an ex-convict to return to the British Isles if he or she wished.
 *'''Pardon records''' contain information similar to tickets of leave: the convict’s name, ship, and date of arrival, native place, trade or calling, date and place of trial and sentence, a physical description, and the district to which he or she was confined.'''
-Ellis, Eilish.&nbsp; Free Settlers in New South Wales in 1828.&nbsp; The article lists those convicts whose good conduct had entitled them to apply to have their wives and children sent out to join them in N.S.W. at the expense of the Crown, and the names of those returned as having actually embarked for Australia. The article gives Name, Ship, wife's maiden name, number of children, residence to who known, covers most counties of Ireland. years 1828-1855.&nbsp; Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. XI,no.2.1979, pages 95-107, Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i vol.10-11.
 === Convict indents  ===