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Trove - Australian Joint Copying Project Digitisation Program
The Trove Australian Joint Copying Project digitisation program is digitising 10,000+ reels of microfilm. The AJCP microfilmed 5+ million individual documents in thousands of series and collections … more
Digital Panopticon - Tracing London Convicts in Britain & Australia, 1780-1925
This site offers searches of millions of records from fifty datasets, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey. Search individual convict life archives, explore and visualise … more
This site, hosted by the State Library of Queensland, allows you to search the British Convict transportation register, compiled from British Home Office (HO11) records for convicts transported to … more
Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers 1818-1852
The Francis J Crowley Bequest project is a five year project at the National Archives of Ireland to catalogue and make available the papers of the Office of Chief Secretary of Ireland from 1818 to … more
State Library of Western Australia - Guides to Family History - Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP)
The AJCP is an important collection of microfilmed records from archives all over Britain. It includes records for convicts, the military, early settlers and much more. This AJCP guide is in two … more
Ireland-Australia Transportation Database 1791-1868
This is an online index to a series of records held by the National Archives of Ireland. In 1988 the Archives presented Australia with a set of these records, on 105 reels of microfilm, as Ireland's … more
The State Library of Western Australia has digitised the eight volumes that make up the Convict System. This collection of miscellaneous official documents relates to the transportation of convicts … more
Ancestry.com - Australia Convict Collection
This collection offers access to 24+ convict databases. The records are fully indexed with a free name search. A variety of subscription options offer access to digitised copies of the original … more
Ancestry.com - Ship's Medical Journals
There are two collections available and both contain indexed images of the original journals. A variety of subscription options are available to access these images. • UK Royal Navy Medical … more
Convicts to Australia - A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors
This extensive guide, by the Perth DPS (Dead Persons' Society,) contains information on many aspects of the convict system and includes a glossary, bibliography and extensive online convict databases … more
The National Archives (UK) - Digital Microfilm - Convict Records
This service allows you to search and download some of the most popular records on microfilm. These files are large (some up to 800 pages) so a broadband connection is essential. These documents are … more
Convict Ships - Medical Journals 1816-1867
This index by Grahame Thom is designed to help you access medical journals that were kept by surgeons on convict ships, 1816-1856 (mostly to Australia) and on emigrant ships 1825-1853 bound for … more
Surgeons at Sea - Royal Navy Medical Officers' Journals
This National Archives (UK) project has indexed all the names mentioned in, ADM series 101, the journals and diaries compiled by Royal Navy surgeons and assistant surgeons who served on HM ships, … more
Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP)
National Library of Australia, Australian Joint Copying Project guide to locating and accessing resources within the AJCP microfilm collection. more
This site is based on the British Convict transportation register, compiled by the State Library of Queensland. This site can be searched by name or browsed by surname, year or ship. Information … more