Thanks for that Sue. I will have seven days set aside for research if neccesary. Should be ample. I guess I just head for the Archives. BW Valerie in NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Wyatt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:38 PM Subject: RE: [TAS-CONVICTS] Records in Hobart > Hi Valerie, > The conduct record will often give where they worked but much of it is > written using abbreviations relating to people and places around Tasmania. > Otherwise if they married while still convicts they would have had to get > permission to marry. These cards are at the archives and are gradually > being put on the internet as well. > > Any BDM of children in Tasmania will be found in the Pioneer Index also held > at the archives. > > There are also general index cards which relate to some names in the colony, > often giving inquests and if children enrolled in certain schools etc. > > It is also a good idea to ask the archivists if they have a family file > folder on the surname you are researching. If they do, this often has a lot > of the above info already on it. > > I go to the archives most Thursday evenings to do convict lookups for > people, so if you want some help, please contact me by email. > > Sue Wyatt > [email protected] > > Great chat room for genealogy only www.justgen.com > Please feel free to come and join us. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jandvmartin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2002 2:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] Records in Hobart > > > Hi Everyone > > Returning to the list after an absence of 2 years. > > I am planning to visit Tasmania shortly and want to know what records can be > found that I do not already have. > > I have the 'Conduct records' Description lists' and 'Indents' for my 4 > convicts, but would like to find out Where they were held, where they > worked, where they lived and died, in fact anything more that I can. Could > someone please help me on this. > > Best wishes Valerie in NZ > > Valerie Martin NZSG #15633 > > Researching FARRELL O'NEILL > > > ==== 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 > >