Dear Cherilyn, The AOT Index to convict applications for permission to marry, as stated in the introduction on the website, covers the period 1829-1857. I am not sure that such records were kept before 1829. The system of the keeping of convict records evolved over a period of time. See the AOT Guide to the Public Records of Tasmania: The Convict Department http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/publications/guides.htm Someone out there may know of where the earlier records are, if they do exist. regards, Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-mail: meryl@tasfamily.net.au AUS-Tasmania Genealogy pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cherilyn Bonney" <clbonney@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:57 PM Subject: [TAS-CON] re Convict Marriages Dear List, I have a Joseph Bonney marrying a Rose Sheerod or Sheridan in 1816. Both were convicts. I have looked at the 'Convicts Permission to Marry' database and neither of them are on it. Woulldn't they have had to obtain permission to marry? Both arrived in 1814. Cheers, Cherilyn in Melbourne ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== Visit Jenny Fawcett's Tasmanian Convicts website at http://www.genseek.net/constas.htm ============================== 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