Hi Tony, Although I can't help you with details of any Parkhurst Boys I do make a comparison with the boats. At present I am looking at the Enrolled/Military/Chelsea Pensioners that came here 1850 - 1852 and they were the guards on "Aboukir" (1852), "Blenheim" (1850), "Fairlie" (1852), "Lady Kennaway" (1851), "Nile" (1850), "Rodney" (1850) and "Maria Somes" (1850). There were several other voyages also. I'm not if this is interest to you... Cheers, Maree At 09:14 PM 23/07/2005, you wrote: > >Hello, > >I wonder if anyone can help me. > >I am a mature postgraduate researching for a Ph D at Southampton University >here in the UK. My major initial project is to create a database of >biographies for as many as I can of the 4,088 juvenile convicts who >passed through >Parkhurst Prison over the period 1838-1864. This number includes just over >500 who were transported to VDL from 1843 to 1853, although the "final" >prison >from which they were eventually transported could have been Pentonville or >Millbank, having been transferred there from Parkhurst beforehand. The >most >well-known convict ships were: "Aboukir" (1852), "Adelaide" (1849), >"Blenheim" (1850), "Equestrian" (1852), "Fairlie" (1852), "Lady Kennaway" >(1851), >"Mandarin" (1843), "Nile" (1850), "Oriental Queen" (1853), "Rodney" (1850), >"Maria Somes" (1850) and "Stratheden" (1845). > >I have a small amount of life history for all 500 prior to transportation, >and in some cases full prison conduct records extracted from the "Parkhurst >Governor's Log 1844", a primary source not generally available. If any >descendants of these "Parkhurst Boys" or, alternatively, those of you >who may have a >similar interest, would like to exchange information please contact me on >either _BrianAnthonyC@aol.com_ (mailto:BrianAnthonyC@aol.com) or >_BAC3@soton.ac.uk_ (mailto:BAC3@soton.ac.uk) . Details of marriages, >children, >occupations, instances of re-offending etc., no matter how small, would >be invaluable. > >I look forward to your responses. > >Regards > >Tony Cocks > > > > > > >==== 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