Hi Tamara, Have you checked the Archives Office of Tasmania Convict Applications for Permissions to Marry? http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/genealres/ regards, Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-mail: meryl@tasfamily.net.au AUS-Tasmania Genealogy pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara Weller" <tamweller@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 4:38 PM Subject: [TAS-CON] new to list > Hi everyone, > > I’m new to the list and was just wondering if anyone could give me any > advice regarding the Tasmanian convicts? I’ve just discovered that my > family of ‘Williams’ came from Tasmania and the furthest I’ve gone back so > far is to a JOHN WILLIAMS who married in Tasmania to MARGARET DOYLE in 1855. > I haven’t been able to find the marriage record yet and discover who his > parents were etc, which I know I’ll need to do, but I was just wondering how > I could perhaps discover if he may have been descended from a convict? Are > there any good websites which list the names of convicts to Tasmania? Any > help or advice would be wonderful, thank you, > > Tamara. > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 - Release Date: 12/30/2005 > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Visit Jenny Fawcett's Tasmanian Convicts website at > http://www.genseek.net/constas.htm > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >