General Ancestry.com.au. This commercial site offers access to the Convict Transportation Registers 1788-1868.
These are arranged by First Fleet 1787-1788, Second Fleet 1789-1790,
Third Fleet 1791 and other fleets, and ships 1791-1868. Convict musters
1806-1849, convict pardons 1834-1859, convict lists 1787-1834 and the
1828 census are also available. The records are fully indexed with a
free surname search. A variety of subscription options offer access to
digitised copies of the original records.
Convicts to Australia
A Guide to Researching your Convict Ancestors by the Perth DPS. This
site contains information on many aspects of the convict system and
includes a glossary, bibliography and extensive online convict
databases.
Convicts Australia by
Jenny Fawcett offers access to many useful online convict indexes.
It is no longer being maintained as it was superseded by the Genseek Genealogy site which is currently not available.
Jill Chambers site with details of the Swing Riots (1830-1831) and detailed information on the Machine Breakers, Rioters and Protestors many of whom were transported to Australia.
John Owen Smith's site details some of the personalities associated with the Selborne & Headley (Hampshire) Workhouse Riots
in 1830. Over 345 men were tried for disturbances in Hampshire before a
Special Commission at Winchester 20th-30th December 1830. This site
details the 22 who were committed for troubles in and around Selborne
and Headley.
Transportation and Trial Records The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674 to 1834.
A free searchable digital collection of 101,000+ trials held at
London's central criminal court. All names are indexed including
victims, witnesses and jurors. This impressive site also links crime
locations and defendant homes which have been identified in trials to
place names on maps plus there are links to any associated records.
Use the National Archives (UK) Catalogue to search the Judges' Reports on Criminals (1783-1830)
which include original letters and reports from judges on cases and
criminals plus petitions for commutation of sentence or free pardon.
Enter a surname plus HO47 for access. Detailed information on a case is
available from the catalogue file description.
Access to Archives. Use this site for details of those who appeared before the Cornwall Court of Quarter Sessions 1736-1852. From the Homepage select the Search these Catalogues option and on the next page select Cornwall Record Office under the Location of Archives option and click on Search. The Cornwall Record Office records are listed including the Quarter Sessions Records [QS/1/1-QS/1/12]. Select the View button
on the right hand side of the screen to go to the full transcript of
the original volumes for the time period you require.
Kent Genealogy
by Maureen Rawson includes indexes to East Kent (1682-1701) and West
Kent (1734-1746; 1758-1804) quarter sessions; Maidstone gaol records
and prisoners transported from Kent (1851-1852), listed under Miscellaneous.
Lancaster Castle Convict Database
lists those tried and sentenced at Lancaster Assizes including those
transported to Australia. The database lists name, age, trial date,
offence and sentence.
Transportation of Convicts from Nottingham
by Philip Westwood. This site has an alphabetical list of convicts
tried at Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions Court and transported to
Australia.
Warwickshire County Council. Select the letter R, then Record Office, then Online Catalogue and Databases for access to the Calendars of Prisoners Database.
It lists prisoners held at Warwick, Birmingham and Coventry awaiting
trial at the Courts of Assize and Quarter Sessions courts held in
Warwick 1800-1900. Search by surname, crime, year of crime, location of
crime and residence.
City of York & District Family History Society - York Assizes 1785-1851. An index to records held in York Reference library of prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes.
Society of Australian Genealogists online Research Guides includes Convict Hulks.
New South Wales State Records New South Wales - Online Indexes to Convict Records
include certificates of freedom (1823-1869); convict bank accounts
(1837-1870); convict exiles (1846-1850); pardons (1791-1825,
1837-1841); tickets of exemption from government labor (1827-1832);
tickets of leave, certificates of emancipation and pardons (1810-1819)
and ticket of leave passports (1835-1869). Other indexes that may
relate to convicts include Bench of Magistrates (1788-1820) and the
Colonial Secretary Index (1788-1825).
Society of Australian Genealogist's online databases include an Index to NSW Convict Tickets of Leave, 1810-1875. This index can be searched on last name, first name, ship, year, trade or calling, or district.
The Mayberry Homepage by Peter Mayberry. This site features an Irish Convicts to NSW (1791-1834) Database which provides full details from the convict indents held by SRNSW. There is also information on Irish rebel convicts.
Claim-a-Convict by Lesley Uebel details over 21,000 convicts arriving at Port Jackson from 1788.
First Fleet Online has a searchable database of 780 First Fleet convicts plus many other resources.
Royal Admiral 1792 by Cathy Dunn includes background information and a complete list of all those aboard this ship.
Convict Trail Caring for the Great North Road
includes a detailed history of the road built (1826-1836) to connect
Sydney with Newcastle and the Upper Hunter Valley. There is a database
of convicts who worked on the road plus a location list of the road
gangs and details of the overseers.
Family History South Australia's Persons Lost and Found by
M Leadbeater. This database (1838-1880), compiled from South Australian
Police Gazettes and early SA Government Gazettes, lists (amongst
others) Convict Expirees arriving from other colonies.
Tasmania Archives Office of Tasmania - Index to Tasmanian Convicts lists all convicts (76,000+) transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system. There is also an Index to Convict Applications for Permission to Marry (1829-1857).
Female Factory Research GroupFemale Family Founders Database aims
to record all female convicts who spent time in Van Diemen's Land. This
site also offers access to an extensive collection of lists relating to
female convicts.
Convict Ships List
by M Yost. An alphabetical list (incomplete) of ships to Tasmania with
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, plus contact details.
Indexes of Tasmanian Convicts
includes a Tasmanian Convict Index, permission to marry;
conditional pardons; free males who became prisoners and assignment
lists.
Port Arthur Historic Site details the convict research project to identify the Port Arthur convicts.
The Cascades Female Factory Historic Site.
The Cascades Female Factory was officially opened in 1828. It was the
female equivalent of Port Arthur housing female convicts and children.
Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania - Guide to Tasmania's Historic Places - Ross Female Factory.
Victoria Public Record Office Victoria Online Digitised Records
include the Register of Convicts, 1838-1852, with
details of convicts in the Port Phillip District. The Register, Police
Magistrate, Portland, 1840-1853 includes, amongst other things,
particulars of Ticket of Leave holders and a list of convicts who had
obtained their freedom.
The Westernport Settlement 1826-1828
(Corinella VIC). John Graham's list of military personnel, convicts and
civilians involved in this experimental settlement. Includes
biographical information.
Western Australia Convicts to Australia by Perth DPS for detailed information on transportation to Western Australia. Full Convict Lists for all the convict transports to WA are available
online. These include physical descriptions and trial details for the
convicts.
Fremantle Prison.
This site has an online convict database which is searchable by surname
or ship. A search returns detailed information on the convict including
ship and arrival date, alias, birth date, marital status, occupation,
literacy, religion, sentence details, crime and ticket of leave date.
State Records Office of Western Australia online Collection Guides include Convict Records
which details the downloadable indexes, by Anne and Bruce Buchanan, to
a series of convict related letters in the correspondence of the
Governor of Western Australia 1851-1868.
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