Hello Patsy 1. Have you tried the incoming Ships List to the UK? They are fragmented but you may find something. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk There are two deaths of William Chasty in Devon but sadly they don't give an age for either of them and no sign of the name Heard and derivatives. Is it possible he dropped the name Chasty and used the name Heard? I spent years looking for Sarah Crabtree born 1745 - found her under Grubtree. All avenues must be explored - I will drop dead at this laptop searching for my family!!!!!! Deaths Sep 1843 CHASTY William Okehampton 10 116 Deaths Dec 1852 Chasty William Newton Abbot 5b 85 Best wishes Nadine -----Original Message----- From: MARTIN HOLDSWORTH Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 8:58 AM To: Uebel Subject: [PJ] William Heard/Herd/Hard Chasty Dear All, Listers have been extremely helpful and have given me alot of information surrounding my direct ancestor but I am still unable to find and death certificate or any issue from his time as a convict in Australia. He went out on the Neva in 1833 and was granted a certiificate of freedom (1847 I think). He was born in 1808 in the Exeter area of Devon, England. His UK children were brought up by their grandparents. Can anyone help? No- else seems to be tracing the Chasty's on the main UK websites (genes reunited., find my past), and I don't know if anyone in Australia is trying. I am suspicious he returned to the UK as part of his jewellers shop became the Kangaroo pub and descendants are named Sydney and Adelaide but I just cannot prove anything. I have lots of newspaper articles which are very interesting but if I could find a family or death it would be more concrete. Patsy (Patricia Holdsworth) ---------------------- To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- 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