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 > >