Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
State Records of New South Wales (SRNSW), Index to the Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1825 is arranged alphabetically by subject and name. The Colonial Secretary was responsible for the official papers and records for the colony of New South Wales from…
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 Australia 1787-1867. Information available includes name of convict, known aliases, place…
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 to Australia 1810-1865. The eight volumes cover:• Further correspondence on the…
Tasmanian Convict Record AbbreviationsThis list by Maree Ring includes: • Explanation of Convict Records• Abbreviations used in Convict Records• Name Abbreviations• Occupations• Place Names• Abbreviations Used In Other Records• Irish Transportation Records• Records from the UK
This alphabetical list (incomplete) of ships to Tasmania, by M Yost, includes departure and arrival details convict numbers, remarks and sources. Convicts listed by researchers on the Tasmanian Convict Index are also listed with their ship’s voyage in this index,…
This site by Sue Wyatt includes details of those convicts who settled in this area of Van Diemen’s Land.
These indexes by TasmaniaGenWeb include a convict index, permission to marry, conditional pardons, free males who became prisoners and assignment lists.
The Cascades Female Factory was officially opened in 1828. It was the female equivalent of Port Arthur housing female convicts and children.
The Ross Female Factory, erected in 1833, is located in the town of Ross, Tasmania. It was initially built to house the convict chain gains employed on the Ross Bridge. The Ross Female Factory is one of four female factories…
This site is a partnership between historians, genealogists, demographers and population health researchers. It seeks to record and study the founding population of 73,000 men women and children who were transported to Tasmania. The site is searchable by name with…