Were Govenment Notices published in the newspapers around 1819 listing the names of convicts that had just received a ticket of leave or a conditional pardon. I know that this practice happened in NSW, was it also common in VDL? Jeff

Hello Jeff Ticket-of-Leave, Conditional Pardon and Free Certificate information was published in the Hobart Town Gazette. This paper was published from 1816, but I am not sure when they started publishing the ToL information. I have copies of the first few editions (from 1 June 1816 to 27 Dec 1817) and the information is not published in them. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Arnold [mailto:jeffarnold@optushome.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:22 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] ToL in Newspapers Were Govenment Notices published in the newspapers around 1819 listing the names of convicts that had just received a ticket of leave or a conditional pardon. I know that this practice happened in NSW, was it also common in VDL? Jeff ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== Visit Jenny Fawcett's Tasmanian Convicts website at http://www.genseek.net/constas.htm ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429