Hello All If your convict(s) arrived during the probation period, you may find CON 30 (held at the AOT) a useful resource. It contains registers of the employment of probation passholders from May 1848 to cOctober 1857. The AOT guide to convict records states: "Passholders having passed through the early stages of probation, could be hired by settlers at a stated wage; this series is a register of contracts made by the Convict Department with particular individuals and gives name of employer, date of contract, name and ship of passholder, rate of wages, period of employment." The registers are indexed in the General Index at the AOT, BUT ONLY for the masters! To find a convict(s), you need to scan the whole 2 volumes of microfilm (I know, a labourious process, not to mention hard on the eyes!). However, the records are useful - I have found many convicts listed in here where the 'service' was not noted on their conduct record. What are other peoples experience(s) with this resource? Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com