Hi Jenni I have had the same trouble with my Irish Convict [Patrick Conlon] from Co Kildare tried July 1817. I know he was sentenced for theft but that is all. I wrote to the local county Library to find out if there was a newspaper account unfortunately for me, there were nil local papers at this time being published. You might have better luck in Co Meath. The Library should have an email contact to ask. The Library in Newbridge Kildare suggested I contact the National Archives to see if he was listed in the Prisoners Petitions 1777-1836 [ these are appeals from convicted people for pardons or reductions in sentence]. Again no luck for mine but you might find yours in these records. I would be interested in hearing of any other resources, that this information might be found for an Irish convict in this time frame. Karen On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Jenni Kay <jenni@esc.net.au> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having a difficult time trying to discover what crime my convict > ancestor committed.. I've checked the indents ( The Port Jackson Convicts > Anthology), Irish database, the NSW State Records and cannot find the info > I'm after. This was James O'Neil of the Canada (3) arrived PJ 1815, trial at > Co. Meath Ireland 1814, sentence to life. > > Cheers, > Jenni > South Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Karen, I'll follow-up on your lead to the Library at Co. Meath. Thank you. I did have a look at the Irish Nationl Archives but could not find any reference to the Prisoners Petitions 1777-1836. Is this an online database, or something I need to request them to look-up for me? Cheers, Jenni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Hodges" <rowantreek@gmail.com> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] Crimes > Hi Jenni > > I have had the same trouble with my Irish Convict [Patrick Conlon] from Co > Kildare tried July 1817. I know he was sentenced for theft but that is > all. > I wrote to the local county Library to find out if there was a newspaper > account unfortunately for me, there were nil local papers at this time > being > published. You might have better luck in Co Meath. The Library should have > an email contact to ask. > > The Library in Newbridge Kildare suggested I contact the National Archives > to see if he was listed in the Prisoners Petitions 1777-1836 [ these are > appeals from convicted people for pardons or reductions in sentence]. > Again > no luck for mine but you might find yours in these records. > > I would be interested in hearing of any other resources, that this > information might be found for an Irish convict in this time frame. > > Karen > > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Jenni Kay <jenni@esc.net.au> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am having a difficult time trying to discover what crime my convict >> ancestor committed.. I've checked the indents ( The Port Jackson Convicts >> Anthology), Irish database, the NSW State Records and cannot find the >> info >> I'm after. This was James O'Neil of the Canada (3) arrived PJ 1815, trial >> at >> Co. Meath Ireland 1814, sentence to life. >> >> Cheers, >> Jenni >> South Australia >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-PT-JACKSON-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-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >