Convicts ... where to start?

These useful web sites should help checked and updated 21 July 2007


Australia

Australia’s First, Second & Third Fleet Convicts 1788-1820

Convicts and the British colonies in Australia

Fellowship of First Fleeters

First Fleet Fellowship

First Fleet Online

First Fleet and Early Settlement

International Centre for Convict Studies

The Founders of a Nation

New South Wales

Claim-A-Convict   All convicts arriving in Sydney NSW between 1788 and the end of 1813 plus many thousands

                               who arrived afterwards on various ships (around 21,000 convicts) including names of ships

                               convicts arrived on and contact details of "claimed" convicts. Very good site

Convict Ships   Listed chronologically

Convict Ships   Information

Index to Certificates of Freedom 1823-1869   Searchable database

Index to Convict Bank Warrants 1837-1870   Searchable database

Index to NSW Tickets of Leave 1810-1875   Searchable database

Soldiers and Marines Index 1787-1830   Searchable database

The Great North Road Convict Trail   Searchable database

Tickets of Exemption from Government Labour 1827-1832   Searchable database

Women and Female Children on the Royal Admiral 1792   Searchable database

 

Norfolk Island

Convict Ships to Norfolk Island 1840-1847

 

Norfolk Island

 

South Australia

South Australian Transported Convicts

 

Tasmania

Convict Ships List

 

Port Arthur Historic Site

 

Victoria

Convicts in Victoria 1852-1854

 

Western Australia

State Records: Convict Records

 

Convict Database   Searchable database

 

Convict Ships to Western Australia 1850-1868   Searchable database

 

General

Australian Convicts Mailing List

 

Ireland-Australia Transportation Index 1791-1868   Searchable database

 

Irish Convicts to Australia   Searchable database

 

Lincolnshire Convicts transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda   Searchable database

 

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey   Searchable database

 

Transportation of Convicts from Nottingham   Searchable database

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