Paul they might appear in Government Gazettes, reports to the Lt Governor, reports from local magistrates etc. These types of records all belonged to the Convicts Department of Tasmania.... the archives office in Tasmania could advise search facilities.Newspapers often reported on these rewards as an incentive to other criminals who might be tempted to stray from the path of good ness <s> so they also are another source all the best Jenny Fawcett -----Original Message----- From: Catherine Prescott <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 30 May 2002 18:36 Subject: Re: [TAS-CONVICTS] Rewards >Jenny: > >I also have a convict ancestor who was given a reward and gazetted.. > >> she was probably given a reward of £1 and the promise of a ticket of leave >> for having given some information against another convict, or etc, >> eg...publican selling out of hours...bushranger....escapee etc.......if it >> was gazetted then >> it made it into government records... > >Which government records are these? Are they available for inspection? And >how would I do this from Scotland? > >Paul Prescott > > >==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== >Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: >Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Jenny: Thanks. I'm already in touch with Tasmania Archives, who gave me a copy of various of my ancestor John BERESFORD's records, which is how I picked up the reward. Paul Prescott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Fawcett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [TAS-CONVICTS] Rewards > Paul > they might appear in Government Gazettes, reports to the Lt Governor, > reports from local magistrates etc. These types of records all belonged to > the Convicts Department of Tasmania.... > the archives office in Tasmania could advise search facilities.Newspapers > often reported on these rewards as an incentive to other criminals who might > be tempted to stray from the path of good ness <s> so they also are another > source > all the best > Jenny Fawcett > -----Original Message----- > From: Catherine Prescott <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 30 May 2002 18:36 > Subject: Re: [TAS-CONVICTS] Rewards > > > >Jenny: > > > >I also have a convict ancestor who was given a reward and gazetted.. > > > >> she was probably given a reward of £1 and the promise of a ticket of > leave > >> for having given some information against another convict, or etc, > >> eg...publican selling out of hours...bushranger....escapee etc.......if > it > >> was gazetted then > >> it made it into government records... > > > >Which government records are these? Are they available for inspection? > And > >how would I do this from Scotland? > > > >Paul Prescott > > > > > >==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > >Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian > Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: > >Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Please link your webpages to the Australian Families Webring and Tasmanian Convicts - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: > Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >