G'day, I'm seeking any information which may be available about Moses SAPSE whom I'm told arrived in Australia aboard "Waterloo 3" on 1 Dec 1833 as a convict. Many thanks, Jan sunny Queensland

> -------------------------------------------------- >> I have managed to get 10 Downing Street to allow an e-petition  >> looking for >> support to have open access to the registers of Births, Marriages and >> Deaths from 1837 to 1908. >> >> >> >> This one act would enable all family historians and genealogists  >> to find >> the right family certificate without having to purchase a copy  >> certificate >> which turns out to be incorrect. >> >> >> >> I hope you can support me in this as I feel it will make family  >> history >> just that little bit easier, after all these registrations are  >> over 100 >> years old. >> >> >> >> The link is http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/OpenBMDrecords/ >> >> >> >> Please tell your friends. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> David >>

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Hi Carol, Thank you for sharing, You are right Dr Mollie Gillen deserves remembrance from us all, I would say there would not be many that have not, at some stage relied on her work for help Cheers Liz Norfolk Island -----Original Message----- From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carol Wood Sent: Monday, 26 January 2009 9:14 AM To: aus-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-CON] Remembering Dr Mollie Gillen Hi All, I think today would be a good day to remember the late Dr Mollie Gillen (nee Woolnough) who passed away on 3rd January 2009 in Canada at the age of 100 years. Her book A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet which was published in 1989 will be her continuing legacy to her home country Australia. Her research led her to write and publish many books on various topics important to Canada and Australia including:The Masseys:Founding Family (1965), The Prince and His Lady (1970), The Assassination of the Prime Minister (1972), The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery (1975), The Search for John Small (1985) and The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989). See her home page http://yukazine.com/gillen/index.html for a short biography. Carol Wood ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello.  I am sure this is old news to many of you but in case any like me are new to this, the following link might be useful to you.   www.historicaldirectories.org   Full text of historical directories on line.  Dates range from 1750 to 1919.  England and Wales. e.g. Pigot's North Wales Directory 1828-9.   Gives descriptions of towns and villages, names of shopkeepers, tradesmen, industrialists, gentry, info on schools, churches etc.   Chris   Chris

Hello All, On behalf of my clan and I, we all wish you and yours, a happy and safe 221st Australia Day. Regards / Thanks, Steven L. CARR Proud decendant of Robert FORRESTER (1st Fleet) Nancy L. CARR (nee WILSON) Proud Decendant of William WILSON (Pt. Macquarie, 1822) Proud Members of the Liverpool Genealogy Society www.lgs.org.au Proud Memebers of the Dubbo & District Family History Society Inc http://www.dubbofamilyhistory.org.au/ CARR Clan Homepage http://members.optuszoo.com.au/stevenc123

Hi Carol, Thank you so much for that information. I am a first fleet descendent (Thomas Restell Crowder)and I am also a great fan of L M Montgomery - I must try and find that book. Thank you, and Happy Australia Day. Ann Belmont Name Interests: Wells, Glidewell, Hoare (Kent); Wells (Birmingham, U.K.); Newport (Wiltshire); Pullen (Gloucestershire & Virginia); Moore (Scotland & Tasmania); Hake, Webber, Falaise, Ebdon (Channel Islands and Devon); Crowder, Christmas, Cowcher (London, Norfolk Island, VDL); Beaumont (Ireland and Tasmania); Hollow (Cornwall); Olsen (Norway) AKA Hall (South Australia) -----Original Message----- From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Carol Wood Sent: Monday, 26 January 2009 9:44 AM To: aus-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-CON] Remembering Dr Mollie Gillen Hi All, I think today would be a good day to remember the late Dr Mollie Gillen (nee Woolnough) who passed away on 3rd January 2009 in Canada at the age of 100 years. Her book A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet which was published in 1989 will be her continuing legacy to her home country Australia. Her research led her to write and publish many books on various topics important to Canada and Australia including:The Masseys:Founding Family (1965), The Prince and His Lady (1970), The Assassination of the Prime Minister (1972), The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery (1975), The Search for John Small (1985) and The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989). See her home page http://yukazine.com/gillen/index.html for a short biography. Carol Wood ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All, I think today would be a good day to remember the late Dr Mollie Gillen (nee Woolnough) who passed away on 3rd January 2009 in Canada at the age of 100 years. Her book A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet which was published in 1989 will be her continuing legacy to her home country Australia. Her research led her to write and publish many books on various topics important to Canada and Australia including:The Masseys:Founding Family (1965), The Prince and His Lady (1970), The Assassination of the Prime Minister (1972), The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L.M. Montgomery (1975), The Search for John Small (1985) and The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989). See her home page http://yukazine.com/gillen/index.html for a short biography. Carol Wood

----- Original Message ----- From: <gfimailbox-cmwilliams@yahoo.co.uk> To: <AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:51 AM Subject: [AUS-CON] re FRANCES WILLIAMS 1788 Prince of Wales orig fromWHITFORD FLINTSHIRE . > Would anyone be able and willing to help me find death date for > Frances Williams? Or any other info. Or help in where to look. I > know that Mollie Gillen thought she died c 1801. Mollie GILLEN is quite an authority on First Fleeters. Some early records have gaps and this looks like one Frances WILLIAMS doesnt appear in the 1801 -02 Muster Sorry cant help further Bye MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW

The Last Confession Of Alexander Pearce 8:35pm Sunday, 25 Jan 2009, ABC1 http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200901/programs/DO0703H001D25012009T203500.htm In 1822, eight men escape from the most isolated and brutal prison on earth, Sarah Island in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Only one man survives and his tale of betrayal, murder and cannibalism shocks the British establishment to the core. His story is The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce follows the final days of Irish convict Alexander Pearce's (Ciarán McMenamin) life as he awaits execution. The year is 1824 and the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land is little more than a living hell.During his six months incarcerated in the Hobart gaol, chained to a wall in the darkness of a cell, Pearce is visited by Father Philip Conolly (Adrian Dunbar), the parish priest of the fledgling colony and a fellow Irishman. Conolly's faith in his God is tested by what he hears. Told as a factual drama, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce draws a visceral and compelling picture of hell on earth and tells how one man endured the unimaginable by doing the unthinkable. Might be worth a look ! Diane

Hi, The New South Wales Births Deaths and Marriages website (NSW BDM) has a Frances Williams listed as died 1841 aged 28. Two other death listings: 1868 Frances Williams daughter of John W and Eliza 1876 Frances Williams daughter of John and Annie Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <gfimailbox-cmwilliams@yahoo.co.uk> To: <AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 1:51 AM Subject: [AUS-CON] re FRANCES WILLIAMS 1788 Prince of Wales orig fromWHITFORD FLINTSHIRE > > > > > > > Hello from Wales. > Would anyone be able and willing to help me find death date for Frances > Williams? Or any other info. Or help in where to look. I know that Mollie > Gillen thought she died c 1801. > I would be happy to look up something on ancestry.co.uk in return. > Frances Williams born Whitford, Flintshire, North Wales > Convicted Mold, Flintshire 2 September 1783 > Sentenced to death. > Pardoned by Sydney in August 1784 and sentenced to 7 years transportation > beyond the seas. > Sailed 1787 on Prince of Wales. > Lived at Norfolk Island with marine Robert Ryan > > If anyone is interested I have more information about Frances's theft and > the men who got her sent away - Moses Griffith and Thomas Pennant. > > hasEML = false; > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

thanks Diane. have set a reminder. should be worth a look Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane" <dianep@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 1:45 PM Subject: [AUS-CON] The Last Confession Of Alexander Pearce (ABC1) The Last Confession Of Alexander Pearce 8:35pm Sunday, 25 Jan 2009, ABC1 http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200901/programs/DO0703H001D25012009T203500.htm In 1822, eight men escape from the most isolated and brutal prison on earth, Sarah Island in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Only one man survives and his tale of betrayal, murder and cannibalism shocks the British establishment to the core. His story is The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce follows the final days of Irish convict Alexander Pearce's (Ciarán McMenamin) life as he awaits execution. The year is 1824 and the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land is little more than a living hell.During his six months incarcerated in the Hobart gaol, chained to a wall in the darkness of a cell, Pearce is visited by Father Philip Conolly (Adrian Dunbar), the parish priest of the fledgling colony and a fellow Irishman. Conolly's faith in his God is tested by what he hears. Told as a factual drama, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce draws a visceral and compelling picture of hell on earth and tells how one man endured the unimaginable by doing the unthinkable. Might be worth a look ! Diane ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks to everyone who helped me on this.  I am overwhelmed by the willingness of family tree fans to help. Chris

The indexes to the Civil BMD registers have been uploaded to the LDS Pilot site at... http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0 They include all Ireland 1845 ­ 1921 and Republic of Ireland 1922 ­ 1958. You can view the original documents free of charge. WOW Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast NSW

Hello to a fellow Welshman! A quick Google found this web site http://mj.illallangi.com/family.php?famid=F484 Have you seen it already? Frances Williams & Robert Ryan were both on The Prince of Wales arriving Sydney 1788. Looks like she had 2 children with Robert Ryan on NI & then took up with John Cropper having another child. Two of her children ended up in Tasmania - maybe she died there. Good luck Brenda Adelaide ======================================== Message Received: Jan 24 2009, 03:52 PM From: gfimailbox-cmwilliams@yahoo.co.uk To: AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: [AUS-CON] re FRANCES WILLIAMS 1788 Prince of Wales orig from WHITFORD FLINTSHIRE Hello from Wales.    Would anyone be able and willing to help me find death date for Frances Williams? Or any other info. Or help in where to look.  I know that Mollie Gillen thought she died c 1801.  I would be happy to look up something on ancestry.co.uk in return.   Frances Williams born Whitford, Flintshire, North Wales Convicted Mold, Flintshire 2 September 1783 Sentenced to death. Pardoned by Sydney in August 1784 and sentenced to 7 years transportation beyond the seas. Sailed 1787 on Prince of Wales. Lived at Norfolk Island with marine Robert Ryan   If anyone is interested I have more information about Frances's theft and the men who got her sent away - Moses Griffith and Thomas Pennant. hasEML = false; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello from Wales.    Would anyone be able and willing to help me find death date for Frances Williams? Or any other info. Or help in where to look.  I know that Mollie Gillen thought she died c 1801.  I would be happy to look up something on ancestry.co.uk in return.   Frances Williams born Whitford, Flintshire, North Wales Convicted Mold, Flintshire 2 September 1783 Sentenced to death. Pardoned by Sydney in August 1784 and sentenced to 7 years transportation beyond the seas. Sailed 1787 on Prince of Wales. Lived at Norfolk Island with marine Robert Ryan   If anyone is interested I have more information about Frances's theft and the men who got her sent away - Moses Griffith and Thomas Pennant. hasEML = false;

Our ancestor Thomas Collison convict was working for the government at Parramatta about that time as a tailor untill he bucked the system again. We found it on one of his many reports. Kath > Hello Bredna > > Some one else told me he was in the 1837 muster and working for the > government at Parramtta. I wonder what he did at Govt house but if he did > he must have been well respected. Can you tell me anything about his wife > at > all please >

Hello Bredna Some one else told me he was in the 1837 muster and working for the government at Parramtta. I wonder what he did at Govt house but if he did he must have been well respected. Can you tell me anything about his wife at all please On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Brenda <brenda1945@fsmail.net> wrote: > Meg Austin wrote: > > <I think I may have a convict becase he married in 1838 in NSW. His name is > John Sleep. Can anyone tell me anything about him.> > > Hi Meg, > > I couldn't find John SLEEP on the 1837 muster, but a British Home Office > report, of convicts who arrived NSW 1828-1832, records that your fellow was > employed at Government House, Parramatta > > AJCP film reel no.70, ref HO10/ piece 29 > > No. 9253, name John Sleep, age 27, ship Claudine, sentence Life, religion > Protestant, employment Govt House, residence Parramatta > > Good luck > Brenda > Adelaide > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Meg Austin wrote: <I think I may have a convict becase he married in 1838 in NSW. His name is John Sleep. Can anyone tell me anything about him.> Hi Meg, I couldn’t find John SLEEP on the 1837 muster, but a British Home Office report, of convicts who arrived NSW 1828-1832, records that your fellow was employed at Government House, Parramatta AJCP film reel no.70, ref HO10/ piece 29 No. 9253, name John Sleep, age 27, ship Claudine, sentence Life, religion Protestant, employment Govt House, residence Parramatta Good luck Brenda Adelaide

Hi John Thank you so much for that..I have found what I needed. Cheers Judith Warm & cloudy East coast Tasmania-Australia (Just a tad warmer than where you are!!!) -----Original Message----- From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John SBC Sent: Friday, 16 January 2009 6:21 AM To: aus-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Old Town areas Hi Judith, Happy New Year. I can't help directly with a website , BUT, the following info comes from a local Cootamundra history (available at http://www.cootamundra.local-e.nsw.gov.au/files/1023/File/History.pdf) 1884 Cootamundra was gazetted a municipality of 3,010 acres, about 9 sq miles (23.30 sq km) on May 20. 1907 The Jindalee Shire of 583 sq miles (app. 1510 sq kms) was proclaimed - previously Cowcumbala Shire. So at least you have a couple of shire/county location names and dates to look for. The history is actually quite interesting. I commend the local Historical Society for producing it. Certainly gives you a feel for how and when the town developed. John, in sunny San Francisco, unseasonably warm (~19C), while the rest of the USA freezes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Rowe" <rowesretreat@bigpond.com> To: <aus-qld-toowoomba@rootsweb.com>; <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:30 PM Subject: [AUS-CON] Old Town areas > Happy New Year to One & All > > > > Hi, my name is Judith and I was wondering if anyone out there would be > able > to tell me if there is a site where you can look up old town names and > electoral roll areas. > > > > My interest at the moment is Cootamundry (now Cootamundra) but cannot seem > to find which area it would have come under back in the 1800's and early > 1900's. > > > > Thanks in advance for all and any help. > > > > Cheers > > Judith > > (In a mild and sunny Tasmania-East Coast) > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.7/1894 - Release Date: 1/14/2009 7:27 PM