Fantastic Nadine, had not thought of that derivative. There are so many anglicised versions of the Gaelic then on top of that you get typesetting errors in 19th century printers. Once again cheers Rob Coughlan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nadine Sent: Sunday, 19 June 2011 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PJ] musters Hello Rob I have a Coughlan married into my Crabtree family in Ireland - her name was also spelled Cawlin. Just in case this may be an avenue of approach for you. Best wishes Nadine Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Coughlan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 5:49 AM Subject: [PJ] musters > 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 > ---------------------- 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