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Licences of Parole for Female Convicts 1853-1887

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Linda Elliott
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Gosh it’s hard to keep us with everything that is put onto the internet these days and it is easy to miss something. Today I was browsing the Ancestry Card Catalogue and found that sometime in 2010 Ancestry had put … Continue reading →

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Founders & Survivors Tasmanian Convicts 1803 – 1920

Posted on 11 March 2013 by Linda Elliott
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A friend Cath Ferguson sent me a link to this website, Cath is an experienced local historian and I have been helping her recently with the genealogy part of two of her local history stories. I’m encouraging her to set … Continue reading →

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Criminal Records 1817 – 1931

Posted on 25 February 2013 by Linda Elliott
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FindMyPast has just released a new collection of criminal records 1817 – 1931, additional records will be added in the coming months to make the complete dataset 1770 – 1934. The original records are kept at The National Archives and … Continue reading →

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NSW Colonial Secretary Papers 1788 – 1825

Posted on 4 September 2012 by Linda Elliott
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Just this minute Ancestry has added a new dataset to their Australian Collection. Hot off the press is the New South Wales Colonial Secretary Papers 1788 – 1825, NSW was the first part of Australia to be settled by the … Continue reading →

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British Convict transportation registers database 1787-1867

Posted on 27 August 2012 by Linda Elliott
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Have you got criminals on your family tree? If so then the British Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1867 database will be of interest to you. It has been compiled from the British Home Office (HO) records which are available at all … Continue reading →

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