Hi Trudy I would like to thank you for the work you are doing on this list. I haven't found any of my lot on it yet, but I take my hat off to you and others like you for the service and time you put in. I do some transcribing for a WinBMD syndicate but I don't think it i so difficult as what you are doing. Once again, I thank you and have fingers crossed to see some of my names on your list. Regards Irene R Rees/Dowsett Family Page http://tribalpages.com/tribes/Brent44 -------Original Message------- From: Trudy Cowley Date: 01/06/06 09:23:29 To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] More CON 44 names CON 44/5 (continued from last posting) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.13/221 - Release Date: 1/4/06

CON 44/5 (continued from last posting) Michael BURNS per 'Lady Franklin' Hannah ROBERTS per 'Emma Eugenia' (wife of John CADBY per 'Lady Raffles') Edward CODE per 'John Renwick' George COMERFORD per 'Lord Auckland' Patrick CASSIN per 'Ratcliffe' John CLARK per 'Mayda' Thomas COLE per 'Canton' James CARTER per 'Lord Lyndoch' (2) Henry COMFORT per 'Marquis of Hastings' James Manton CURRELL per 'China' Mark HOLMES per 'Mayda' John COLLINS per 'John'(2) William CASSIDY per 'Minerva' Catherine COFFEE per 'America' Thomas CARTER per 'Asia' (5) Daniel DONOVAN per 'Tory' to VDL & per 'David Malcolm' to NI Michael DONOVAN per 'Anson' (No.11447 at Pilot Station, George Town) James DOUGLAS per 'Equestrian' (1) Edward DELONCH per 'David Malcolm' Augustus DALMAS per 'David Malcolm' - a chemist John DEVENEY per 'Lady Franklin' (4) Isaac DICKINSON per 'Layton' (3) William DODGSON per 'Marion' (2) James EDWARDS per 'Bussorah Merchant' George EDWARDS per 'John' (2) Thomas ELLETT per 'Asia' (5) George ELSON per 'Asia' (5) John EVANS per 'Theresa' William FOGARTY per 'Richard Webb' John DUGLAS per 'Tory', Police No.18523 (not listed on TAS convicts database) George FIELD per 'Duchess of Northumberland' John FENNELL per 'Samuel Boddington' Francis FOURNELLE per 'Marquis of Hastings' John FINN per 'Lady Franklin', Police No.17052 Edward GUEST per 'Persian' Margaret GILLESPIE per 'Garland Grove' William BOWELL per 'Equestrian' Edward ALLEN per 'Layton' (4) John McGINLEY per 'London' John GILBY per 'Mayda' Maria GOLDSMITH per 'Garland Grove' Thomas GORE per 'Augusta Jessie' William GAWKRODGER per 'Westmoreland' George HAWKINS per 'Somersetshire' Charles HAVARD per 'Mayda' Joseph HOWARTH per 'Somersetshire' Daniel HART per 'Barossa' Edmund HAWORTH per 'Emily' (1) Cornelius HUGHES per 'Waterlily' William HUGHES per 'Isabella' James HOOD per 'Southworth' (2) William HUTTON per 'Sir Robert Peel' Thomas HARVEY per 'Asiatic' William HOLDEN per 'Mayda' John HEWITT per 'Constant' Edward HATTON per 'Moffatt' (3) Richard HAZARD per 'Will Watch' Stephen ISAACS per 'Asia' (5) John JOHNSON per 'Hindostan' Thomas JONES per 'Theresa' Thomas JENNINGS per 'George Seymour' David JONES 1st per 'Agincourt' William JOHNSON per 'Moffatt' (3) James KEAN per 'David Malcolm' Patrick KENNEDY per 'Naverino' Josiah KNIGHT per 'Layton' (3) William LANE per 'Tortoise' Patrick LAWLER per 'Kinnear' William LONGSDEN per 'Duchess of Northumberland' John Washington LEECH per 'Orator' Henry LEE, PPH in service to Mr Lawrence COTHAM of Richmond (ship unknown) Joseph LEE per 'Waterlily' to VDL & 'Marquis of Huntly' to NSW Samuel LOVELL per 'Lady Harwood' Thomas MANSELL per 'Mandarin' Charles MARS per 'Louisa' James MARTIN per 'Orleana' Thomas MILLS per 'Tortoise' Thomas MARGRAVE per 'Duchess of Northumberland' William MILLS per 'Westmoreland' John McCANN per 'David Malcolm' Patrick McALLER per 'Samuel Boddington' John MELDRUM per 'Barossa' (1) William MACKIE per 'Marion' (2) George MONTGOMERY per 'Elphinstone' (3) Richard MAPLESDEN per 'Anson' John MITCHELL per 'Hyderabad' James MILNER per 'Surrey' (4) Samuel MOSS per 'Anson' Henry NIGHLAND per 'Hooghley' Nicholas NEALE per 'Emerald Isle' (not found on Tas convicts database) Thomas NEWTON per 'Duncan' Henry NOBLE per 'Sir George Seymour' John O'BRIEN per 'David Malcolm' John OLDERSHAW per 'Cressy' James PATEFIELD per 'Blundell' to NI and per 'Governor Phillip' to VDL James PAVELIN per 'John' (1) Charles PRITCHARD per 'York' (2) John POOLE per 'Asiatic' Henry PHILLIPS per 'Layton' (3) William PARNELL per 'Lord William Bentinck' James PILBEAM per 'Katherine Stewart Forbes' to NSW & per 'Governor Phillip' to VDL Robert POLLEY per 'Lady Nugent' Edwin PINDER per 'John Brewer' Thomas PARKER per 'David Malcolm' Benjamin PRIEST per 'Equestrian' Thomas POWELL per 'Arab' (2) William PICKEN per 'Sir Robert Peel' James PRATT per 'Minerva' Henry PRATT per 'Mayda' Mary QUINN 1st per 'East London' Mary QUINN 2nd per 'East London' Alexander RYHIND per 'Hyderabad' John REILLY per 'Isabella Watson' This microfilm ends here, but CON 44/5 continues on the next film. I have yet to index it. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com

Hello Irene It would be worth checking with the Tas Family History Society (Hobart branch) as they have been photographing all of the headstones in Tasmania and compiling them on to CD/DVD. I would imagine they have included those at St David's. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Irene Schaffer [mailto:schafferi@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2006 7:58 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] St. Davids Park headstones On a visit to St David's Park today I was surprised to see how many headstones had falled off the walls making a small number unreadable, and it looks as if this will continue to happen. Does anyone know if there was a list or photos taken when they were placed on the walls. I would be willing to take photos of all of them and put them on a CD before most of them are completely gone. Maybe someone has already done this. I was lucky as I found the ones I was looking for, still readable. Thanking you all Irene Email: schafferi@optusnet.com.au Website: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~schafferi (including Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land list) ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Hi Irene and listers, You have good timing bringing up the condition of St David's headstones Irene. I photographed them in November last year and I was disappointed to see how many were now unreadable. Over the Christmas break my husband and I have been adding the headstone photos to my web site. If the family history society haven't photographed them let me know, I am happy to pass a copy of the photos to them. http://www.thegardensfamily.com/cemeteries/St_Davids/index.htm Regards Lee-ann The Gardens Family History (http://thegardensfamily.com) Bailey and Treloggen Families of St Helens, Tas. See my surname interest at: http://www.wags.org.au/mid/9139.htm

On a visit to St David's Park today I was surprised to see how many headstones had falled off the walls making a small number unreadable, and it looks as if this will continue to happen. Does anyone know if there was a list or photos taken when they were placed on the walls. I would be willing to take photos of all of them and put them on a CD before most of them are completely gone. Maybe someone has already done this. I was lucky as I found the ones I was looking for, still readable. Thanking you all Irene Email: schafferi@optusnet.com.au Website: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~schafferi (including Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land list)

Hi Trudy, I am researching my La*rence ancestry in Tasmania. I am particularly interested in this comment because I have been given information about Ellen Bubb La*rence who was supposedly buried somewhere in Hobart,Tasmania in 1836. There is mention that she has a headstone which contains a bit more information than just her birth and death dates. I have been sent a copy of a letter written to her by her father who mailed it to her from London in 1835. I am hoping that any further information on the headstone will reveal other family information that may be lost currently like parent's names, where she was born, etc. Since I live in Kentucky, USA it's a bit hard to just run down there and take a look myself but if some kind one has a copy of the photograph of her headstone that they would be willing to share with me or give me a transcription of what the headstone says...or tell me where I could obtain the information in question, I'd be ever so thankful. Thank you for your kind help. Sue Barrett daughter of Gertrude (Trudi) Laurence who was a 3rd generation Aussie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cowley" <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:20 PM Subject: RE: [TAS-CON] St. Davids Park headstones > Hello Irene > > It would be worth checking with the Tas Family History Society (Hobart > branch) as they have been photographing all of the headstones in Tasmania > and compiling them on to CD/DVD. I would imagine they have included those > at St David's. > > Regards > Trudy > > Dr Trudy Cowley > List Administrator > TAS Convicts Rootsweb List > tcowley@bigpond.net.au > AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Irene Schaffer [mailto:schafferi@optusnet.com.au] > Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2006 7:58 PM > To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TAS-CON] St. Davids Park headstones > > On a visit to St David's Park today I was surprised to see how many > headstones had falled off the walls making a small number unreadable, and > it > looks as if this will continue to happen. Does anyone know if there was a > list or photos taken when they were placed on the walls. > > I would be willing to take photos of all of them and put them on a CD > before > most of them are completely gone. Maybe someone has already done this. > > I was lucky as I found the ones I was looking for, still readable. > > Thanking you all > > Irene > > Email: schafferi@optusnet.com.au > Website: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~schafferi > (including Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land list) > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Visit Jenny Fawcett's Tasmanian Convicts website at > http://www.genseek.net/constas.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hello all I have been working on the CON 44 (Convicts' Memorials for Indulgences) records at the AOT and have started to compile a list of the male and female convicts listed. Here are the names (with ships where known) so far: CON 44/1 Ellen ROBINS per 'Eliza' (married James EARLES (free) of the 'Westbury Inn') CON 44/2 Aaron PRICE per 'Guildford', police runner and overseer on Norfolk Island CON 44/3 James SMITH per 'Governor ready' CON 44/4 Mary WILLIAMS per 'Emma Eugenia' (4) arrived 5 June 1846 CON 44/5 John AGNEW per 'John Renwick' Thomas BROWN per 'Marion' (1) Thomas BURNS per 'Marion' (2) Mary BYRNE per 'Mexborough' (married to Gordon/Golding ASHTON/ASHLER) John BUDGRAY per 'Sir Robert Peel' - not found on TAS convicts CD Marion MARTIN per 'Margaret' (married to Henry BRETT per 'Asia' (6)) Timothy BOOTH per 'China' Charles BARNES per 'Flying Fish' Thomas BROWN per 'John Calvin' John William BOUCHER per 'Mount Stewart Elphinstone' George BASSETT per 'Agincourt' Esau BARTON per 'Lady Raffles' Elizabeth BOWES per 'Garland Grove' (wife of Thomas LATUS) John BRYAN per 'Maria Somes' Nathaniel BRYANT per 'Equestrian' (2) John BENSON per 'Marion' (2) Richard BENTLEY per 'Gilmore' (2) William BUTCHER per 'Marquis of Hastings' (1) William BRIDGETT (Budgett) per 'John Brewer' Samuel BARNES per 'China' John BROWN per 'Emerald Isle' James BENNETT per 'Marion Watson' (to NSW per 'Maitland') Peter BYRON per 'Cressy' & 'Governor Phillip' James BURTON per 'Lord Auckland' William BROUGHTON per 'London' William BOTT per 'Earl Grey' Sarah BAKER per 'Royal Admiral' (wife of John WARING per 'Coromandel') William BRITTON per 'Bardaster' Patrick BARNES per 'Lord Auckland' (2) Phoebe BOURN per 'Elizabeth & Henry' (2) Hope someone on the list has a connection to at least one of these convicts :). Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com

Hello, I just wanted to send out a huge thank you to all those kind people who have helped me find information on my ancestors Margaret Doyle and John Williams. I really appreciate this and never would have been able to discover their story on my own!! You’re all very kind. One more quick question: Do any of you know if there is anywhere (books,websites etc) that I can perhaps find more information on the ship the John William Dare that she came out on and its journey etc? I tried to google it but came up with nothing. I would just really love more information on her experiences/life etc. Also if anyone has read any great books or come across any good websites that would give me more information on her life as a Tasmanian convict in the 1850’s I would be so grateful. Thank you so much again, Tamara. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 - Release Date: 12/30/2005

Hi Tamara, The John William Dare departed Dublin 28 Dec 1851 and travelled via the Cape, the journey took 146 days. The ship sailed with 172 female prisoners, three died on the journey. The vessel was a bark weighing 291 ton, built at Cringa in 1832, her master was Thos Walters, the surgeon was Rbt W Clarke. The Convict Ships by Charles Bateson Check the 3 volumes of Log of Logs for further references, there may be a surviving surgeons journal or ships log. OR the Perth DPS web site http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/shipsTAS.html Regards Lee-ann The Gardens Family History (http://thegardensfamily.com) Bailey and Treloggen Families of St Helens, Tas. See my surname interest at: http://www.wags.org.au/mid/9139.htm

Hi Tamara, Have you checked the Archives Office of Tasmania Convict Applications for Permissions to Marry? http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/genealres/ regards, Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-mail: meryl@tasfamily.net.au AUS-Tasmania Genealogy pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara Weller" <tamweller@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 4:38 PM Subject: [TAS-CON] new to list > Hi everyone, > > I’m new to the list and was just wondering if anyone could give me any > advice regarding the Tasmanian convicts? I’ve just discovered that my > family of ‘Williams’ came from Tasmania and the furthest I’ve gone back so > far is to a JOHN WILLIAMS who married in Tasmania to MARGARET DOYLE in 1855. > I haven’t been able to find the marriage record yet and discover who his > parents were etc, which I know I’ll need to do, but I was just wondering how > I could perhaps discover if he may have been descended from a convict? Are > there any good websites which list the names of convicts to Tasmania? Any > help or advice would be wonderful, thank you, > > Tamara. > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 - Release Date: 12/30/2005 > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Visit Jenny Fawcett's Tasmanian Convicts website at > http://www.genseek.net/constas.htm > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Hello Tamara Welcome to the list and good luck with your research. The first place to start would be the permissions to marry index online at http://resources.archives.tas.gov.au/archmarriage/default.asp. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Tamara Weller [mailto:tamweller@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Monday, 2 January 2006 4:39 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] new to list Hi everyone, I'm new to the list and was just wondering if anyone could give me any advice regarding the Tasmanian convicts? I've just discovered that my family of 'Williams' came from Tasmania and the furthest I've gone back so far is to a JOHN WILLIAMS who married in Tasmania to MARGARET DOYLE in 1855. I haven't been able to find the marriage record yet and discover who his parents were etc, which I know I'll need to do, but I was just wondering how I could perhaps discover if he may have been descended from a convict? Are there any good websites which list the names of convicts to Tasmania? Any help or advice would be wonderful, thank you, Tamara. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 - Release Date: 12/30/2005 ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== Visit Jenny Fawcett's Tasmanian Convicts website at http://www.genseek.net/constas.htm ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Hi everyone, I’m new to the list and was just wondering if anyone could give me any advice regarding the Tasmanian convicts? I’ve just discovered that my family of ‘Williams’ came from Tasmania and the furthest I’ve gone back so far is to a JOHN WILLIAMS who married in Tasmania to MARGARET DOYLE in 1855. I haven’t been able to find the marriage record yet and discover who his parents were etc, which I know I’ll need to do, but I was just wondering how I could perhaps discover if he may have been descended from a convict? Are there any good websites which list the names of convicts to Tasmania? Any help or advice would be wonderful, thank you, Tamara. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 - Release Date: 12/30/2005

Thank you Trudy, and other kind listers, for your suggestions and advice. I will possibly engage a researcher beforehand to save precious holiday time. Best wishes to all for a happy and safe new year. Marg Watson. ----- Original Message ----- From: Trudy Cowley <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:51 PM Subject: RE: [TAS-CON] advice please > Hello Margaret > The staff at the AOT are very helpful - though it can depend sometimes on > just how busy they are on the day. If you turn up there with the facts you > know and are able to tell them exactly what you want to find out you will be > assisted pleasantly and helpfully. If things prove too difficult on the > day, they can supply you with a list of private researchers. >

I am very keen to make contact with any person with an interest in the convict, James BINKS. He arrived in Tasmania in 1824 on board the "Phoenix" after being sentenced to 7 years for shoplifting. Received C. Pardon in 1841 and married another convict, Ann HODGSON at Launceston in 1844. Lived in Victoria, where he died in the 1890's. Gary in Kialla East, Vic.

Hello Margaret The staff at the AOT are very helpful - though it can depend sometimes on just how busy they are on the day. If you turn up there with the facts you know and are able to tell them exactly what you want to find out you will be assisted pleasantly and helpfully. If things prove too difficult on the day, they can supply you with a list of private researchers. Depending on how much 'delving' you wish to do, you will need at least one day and maybe too - then again, it depends of course on how much information is available on your ancestors. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Watson [mailto:margwatson@aapt.net.au] Sent: Tuesday, 27 December 2005 8:53 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] advice please Hi listers, I would like to know how "user friendly" is the Archives Office of Tasmania? I am going to Tassie in March and hope to visit some of the places important to my family in the 1840s. Is it feasible to spend a day at the Archives and find out the movements of my convict g-g-g-mother and the policeman she married and then plan my holiday? Or should I pay a researcher to find this out for me beforehand? That then brings the next question - how do I go about finding a researcher? My only experience with archives is in Victoria, where records can be ordered online with the Public Records Office and they are ready and waiting for you on arrival. I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions you are able to give me. With thanks, Marg Watson, Bendigo. PS. Like many others, my VDL ancestors came to the Bendigo goldfields in the 1850s and I'm still here! If I can help anyone with central Victorian information, just ask. ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== Visit the Port Arthur Historic Site website at http://www.portarthur.org.au/ ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Greetings Margaret, The good people at Research Tasmania have been of enormous assistance to me................... website address: www. femalefactory.com.au then click onto Research. These people are very skilled, efficient and most helpful. Good luck Margaret AND have a great time when you visit us in Tassie. Ellen

Marg, If I remember correctly you can do a lot of preliminary work before you go using the Tasmanian Archives Office web site which is http://www.archives.tas.gov.au Cheers Anne -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Watson [mailto:margwatson@aapt.net.au] Sent: Tuesday, 27 December 2005 8:53 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] advice please Hi listers, I would like to know how "user friendly" is the Archives Office of Tasmania? I am going to Tassie in March and hope to visit some of the places important to my family in the 1840s. Is it feasible to spend a day at the Archives and find out the movements of my convict g-g-g-mother and the policeman she married and then plan my holiday? Or should I pay a researcher to find this out for me beforehand? That then brings the next question - how do I go about finding a researcher? My only experience with archives is in Victoria, where records can be ordered online with the Public Records Office and they are ready and waiting for you on arrival. I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions you are able to give me. With thanks, Marg Watson, Bendigo. PS. Like many others, my VDL ancestors came to the Bendigo goldfields in the 1850s and I'm still here! If I can help anyone with central Victorian information, just ask. ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== Visit the Port Arthur Historic Site website at http://www.portarthur.org.au/ ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Hi listers, I would like to know how "user friendly" is the Archives Office of Tasmania? I am going to Tassie in March and hope to visit some of the places important to my family in the 1840s. Is it feasible to spend a day at the Archives and find out the movements of my convict g-g-g-mother and the policeman she married and then plan my holiday? Or should I pay a researcher to find this out for me beforehand? That then brings the next question - how do I go about finding a researcher? My only experience with archives is in Victoria, where records can be ordered online with the Public Records Office and they are ready and waiting for you on arrival. I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions you are able to give me. With thanks, Marg Watson, Bendigo. PS. Like many others, my VDL ancestors came to the Bendigo goldfields in the 1850s and I'm still here! If I can help anyone with central Victorian information, just ask.

Hi folks looking for any information on William SIDDERS c.1804-1877, "Swing Rioter" from Kent who was transported on the "Eliza" in 1831. He appears to have moved across to Victoria and selected land at Carapook (nr Casterton) in south-west Victoria in 1871. Did he marry in Tasmania? Who was he assigned to in Tasmania? Regards Daryl Povey http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/carapook/

Dear Trudy, Meryl and listers, thank you for this information. I am going to Tasmania in the new year and hope to spend time in the Archives. Any information to make my research more straight forward is very much appreciated. My best wishes to all for a happy and safe Christmas. Marg Watson. ----- Original Message ----- From: Trudy Cowley <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:34 AM Subject: [TAS-CON] VDL convict records > Dear all > Meryl has just added another page to the AUS-Tasmania Genealogy website, in > the Convicts section. It's a short guide that I've prepared, to help new > researchers in using the main VDL Convict Department record series. It's > meant as an introduction only, and I've kept it as straightforward as I can. > Any comments or suggestions for improvements are welcome! > > The URL for the web page is > http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/convicts/contrans.html > >