Hello All Some of you may have seen this link previously, but for those who haven't, it gives an account of the law as it applied to convict transportation in the British Empire from 1700-1850. http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/21.3/forum_kercher.html#F Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List <mailto:tcowley@bigpond.net.au> tcowley@bigpond.net.au <mailto:AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com