Thank you Grahame, I have tried but to no avail. It gives a tantalising glimpse into that Bridge Party of which I would like to find more detail. Thanks again, Rob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grahame Thom Sent: Sunday, 19 June 2011 2:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PJ] musters Hi Rob Try putting in Wollombi Bridge party in the oldnewspapers search, click below. You should get nine hits. Also try Alleyn River and you get more. Maybe you have already tried this. cheers Grahame http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y On 19/06/2011, at 2:49 PM, Rob Coughlan wrote: > How could I locate the on board muster for the Florentia (1) 1828 for > a convict Michael Coughlan. Also Iindent states assigned to William > Bucknell on the Alleyn River. I have details of this property and no > record of Michael being there so I am assuming he arrived. Next > mention of him is a court case in Sydney 1835 where it mentions him as > an absconder from Wollombi Bridge Party. Found not guilty in the > court case but held in custody as an absconder. Sent to Newcastle > Gaol then Maitland Gaol for disposal. As I live in WA it is a lttle > difficult to get to NSW State Archives to view and copy these > documents. No further mention of him until his ticket of leave in > 1837. Is it possible to find out details of the period he was with > Bucknell or are those records lost. Great northern Road Project can > not help me with Wollombi Bridge Party and I am having trouble finding > anything out about it. Can anybody assist with suggestions to chase > up these leads? Rob Coughlan ---------------------- To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message