Dear Sue, I want to extend my knowledge of my family tree - one Great-Great-Great-Grandfather was convict 31246 ,Benjamin Griffiths who was convicted of murder and demolishing a house at the Pembroke Assizes and sentenced on July 19th 1840 to life imprisonment; he was transported to VDL aboard HMS Tortoise which sailed from Plymouth on October 26th 1841, arriving in VDL on February 19th 1842. I would like to know the circumstances of the offences for which he was convicted e.g. was he involved in the Rebecca Riots? I would also like to learn when, where and to whom he was assigned in VDL, how he gained a ticket of leave by December 1850 and why he was allowed to have his wife and children brought to VDL. I believe they arrived on the "Ocean Chief" on March 25th 1855. -one of my Great-Grandmothers was Elizabeth McCarthy (convict number 91495) a housemaid and laundress tried and convicted of cow stealing at Waterford, Ireland. She was sentenced to to ten years gaol and was transported to VDL in the "Midlothian" which arrived in VDL February 24th 1853. Family legend says that Great-Grandfather William Charles Stubbings, who was farming at Sandfly, heard of the arrival of the "Midlothian"in the Franklin river, jumped on his horse and went in search of a bride whom he married the next day - recent research by a relative indicated that Eliza was assigned to Thos. Madely of Franklin, November 7th 1853, married to to Wlliam Stubbings at St Marys Church Franklin on March 15th 1854 and received a ticket-of-leave on October 20th 1857. I would welcome any additional information about if it is available from the records. -we don't know how or when William Charles Stubbings came to VDL, nor do we know about the origin of another Great-Grandfather, David Rees, who was recorded as a shepherd, labourer, farmer born in 1827. He married Ann Catherine Oliver in St. Thomas Church Avoca on November 22nd 1854. I wonder if he could have been convict 64197 who sailed from London on the "Gilmore" on April 16th 1843. I would like to have a copy of his convict records and any surgeon's reports from the relevant voyages of the "Tortoise", "Midlothian" and "Gilmore". John Rees > From: "Sue Wyatt" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 17:27:42 +1000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 01:25:20 -0600 > > That time again. Anyone wanting copies of VDL convict records, please > contact me by Thursday next week, preferably with details of your convict. > I completed about 40 of these over the June holidays so maybe there wont be > many for next Saturday. > > Cost of $1.10 per photocopy and whatever else you want to pay for time and > effort. Pay when record reaches you by your snail mail address. > > Convict details and snail mail address needed to get quick reply. > > Sue Wyatt > [email protected] > > Great chat room for genealogy only www.justgen.com > Please feel free to come and join us. > > > ==== 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