Hi Listers Would anyone who answers Carol's query please do so on the list. I have a male convict, Richard SIMS, who arrived in VDL on the 'Fairlie', 4 Jul 1852 after spending nearly four yrs on a prison hulk. I know he married in 1855 in Bothwell and left Tasmania for Victoria, but would love to know what happened to him during that three yrs. Any advice on where male prisoners were held in Tassie or how to find out where he was sent when he first got here would be great please. Regards Hi All, Does any one know where the Prisoners Barracks were in 1823 near Hobart. Irene R Rees/Dowsett Family Page http://tribalpages.com/tribes/Brent44 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/229 - Release Date: 1/13/06

Hello Irene As your convict arrived under the probation system, there should be some detailed information on his conduct record as to where he was stationed whilst serving his probation and afterwards when available for hire as a probation pass holder. Some of this information may be in 'code' but Susan Hood's book 'Transcribing Tasmanian Convict Records' can assist with this, as can http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/convicts/conabbrev.html complied by Maree Ring. Alternatively, both Port Arthur Historic Site (see http://www.portarthur.org.au/pashow.php?ACTION=Public&menu_code=600.100.100) and the Female Factory Research Group (see http://www.femalefactory.com.au/FFRG/service.htm) offer transcriptions services of convict records. To gain an understanding of the Probation System, Ian Brand's book 'The Convict Probation System' is authoritative. It describes each of the probation stations where male prisoners could be stationed for their 6 months' probation upon arrival in VDL. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Irene R [mailto:ivrbjr@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2006 11:18 AM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TAS-CON] Prisoner Barracks Hi Listers Would anyone who answers Carol's query please do so on the list. I have a male convict, Richard SIMS, who arrived in VDL on the 'Fairlie', 4 Jul 1852 after spending nearly four yrs on a prison hulk. I know he married in 1855 in Bothwell and left Tasmania for Victoria, but would love to know what happened to him during that three yrs. Any advice on where male prisoners were held in Tassie or how to find out where he was sent when he first got here would be great please. Regards Hi All, Does any one know where the Prisoners Barracks were in 1823 near Hobart. Irene R Rees/Dowsett Family Page http://tribalpages.com/tribes/Brent44 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/229 - Release Date: 1/13/06 ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'D mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-D-request@rootsweb.com ============================== 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