Hi List, Has anyone researched the wives and children of convicts to be transported to Australia under the "Convict Family Reunion Scheme"? From online research there are records in Tasmania for NSW. I am seeking some guidance on these records and how to access them. Many thanks Karen Kestigian

Hi Karen If in NSW most likely the Mitchell Library Tasmanian Collection. I believe these are being digitised sometime this year? If in Mitchell, also in the Microform room Libraries Tasmania, Hobart? Cheers, Maree On 20/05/2019 9:49 am, K Market Associates wrote: > Hi List, > > > > Has anyone researched the wives and children of convicts to be transported > to Australia under the "Convict Family Reunion Scheme"? From online research > there are records in Tasmania for NSW. I am seeking some guidance on these > records and how to access them. > > > > Many thanks > > Karen Kestigian > > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community >

Thank you Maree. I live in Victoria do you know if there is anyway of obtaining those records? Kind regards Karen -----Original Message----- From: Maree Ring [mailto:mareering@gmail.com] Sent: 20 May 2019 10:30 To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: Convict Families Hi Karen If in NSW most likely the Mitchell Library Tasmanian Collection. I believe these are being digitised sometime this year? If in Mitchell, also in the Microform room Libraries Tasmania, Hobart? Cheers, Maree On 20/05/2019 9:49 am, K Market Associates wrote: > Hi List, > > > > Has anyone researched the wives and children of convicts to be > transported to Australia under the "Convict Family Reunion Scheme"? > From online research there are records in Tasmania for NSW. I am > seeking some guidance on these records and how to access them. > > > > Many thanks > > Karen Kestigian > > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal > RootsWeb community > _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

The topic is covered in the Companion to Tasmanian History online - https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Convict%20Family%20Reunion%20Scheme.htm It's written by Jenny Parrott who refers the reader to further reading in her thesis : 'For the moral good?: the government scheme to unite convicts with their families 1818–1843', M Humanities thesis, UT, 1994. I have also used a publication which is an Index to this topic. "Convict applications to bring out families to Van Diemen's Land (also NSW, VIC & WA) : index, 1827-1873" It's available in Family History Libraries and larger State Libraries in Tasmania, NSW and maybe some other states. While searching for this, I found on the State Library of NSW website under Research, a Guide - CONVICTS: LIFE IN THE COLONY which includes this topic. It shows what sort of information is available in this Index. https://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/c.php?g=671842&p=4775876 Other topics are worth checking out if you're researching convicts at all. Karen may have found these references, but hopefully this could help other researchers.....Lorraine. -----Original Message----- From: K Market Associates Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 9:49 AM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Convict Families Hi List, Has anyone researched the wives and children of convicts to be transported to Australia under the "Convict Family Reunion Scheme"? From online research there are records in Tasmania for NSW. I am seeking some guidance on these records and how to access them. Many thanks Karen Kestigian _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

Many thanks Lorraine - I will follow up all your suggestions they are a great asset. Kind regards Karen -----Original Message----- From: Lorraine Wootton [mailto:lorraine.w@iinet.net.au] Sent: 20 May 2019 12:32 To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: Convict Families The topic is covered in the Companion to Tasmanian History online - https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Convict%20Family%20Reunion%20Scheme.htm It's written by Jenny Parrott who refers the reader to further reading in her thesis : 'For the moral good?: the government scheme to unite convicts with their families 1818–1843', M Humanities thesis, UT, 1994. I have also used a publication which is an Index to this topic. "Convict applications to bring out families to Van Diemen's Land (also NSW, VIC & WA) : index, 1827-1873" It's available in Family History Libraries and larger State Libraries in Tasmania, NSW and maybe some other states. While searching for this, I found on the State Library of NSW website under Research, a Guide - CONVICTS: LIFE IN THE COLONY which includes this topic. It shows what sort of information is available in this Index. https://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/c.php?g=671842&p=4775876 Other topics are worth checking out if you're researching convicts at all. Karen may have found these references, but hopefully this could help other researchers.....Lorraine. -----Original Message----- From: K Market Associates Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 9:49 AM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Convict Families Hi List, Has anyone researched the wives and children of convicts to be transported to Australia under the "Convict Family Reunion Scheme"? From online research there are records in Tasmania for NSW. I am seeking some guidance on these records and how to access them. Many thanks Karen Kestigian _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community