Thank you Trudy, I have now obtained some references and have asked the Tas Archives for the info. Cheers Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cowley" <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: "'Peter Strauss'" <pstrauss@aapt.net.au>; <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:40 PM Subject: RE: THOMAS LYNCHEY > Hello Peter > Have you obtained copies of the convict records for the Thomas LYNCHEY who > arrived in Tasmania on the 'Lady Kennaway' or 'Norfolk'? These could give > you some clues. > > Regards > Trudy > > Dr Trudy Cowley > List Administrator > TAS Convicts Rootsweb List > tcowley@bigpond.net.au > AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Strauss [mailto:pstrauss@aapt.net.au] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2005 9:05 PM > To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: THOMAS LYNCHEY > > Hi Listers, > > I have a Thomas LYNCHEY, tried at Castle Rushen on the Isle of man on > 08/11/1833 and sentenced to transportation for 14 years. > > The Archives Office of Tasmania (page 2676) have him arriving on the Lady > Kennaway 13/02/1835 although he may have been taken off that ship in Cork > because of cholera and sent later on the Norfolk. > > The NSW archives have a ticket of leave # 44/1537 dated 14/05/1844 for a > Thomas LYNCHEY prisoner # 35/2982 allowing him to "remain in the district > of > Moreton Bay and saying that he had arrived on the Marry Anne in 1835. > > Can any one suggest where I go to untangle this? > > Cheers > > Peter Strauss > Melbourne >