Hi Chris Further to Peter's email with details on Founders and Survivors, Robert WHALLEY (a carpenter, and holder of a Free Certificate) appears in the Tasmanian Departures Index, departed onboard "Caledonia" on 9 March 1828 from Hobart bound for Mauritius and Timor (reference CSO63/1/1/p.360). CONVICT RECORDS:- Conduct Record - http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON31-1-45,376,87,L,80 Description List - Convict No 260 - Ref page W260 - the last column shows he was issued Certificate of Freedom No 109 dated 7 April 1827 - http://digital.statelibrary.tas.gov.au:1801/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=CON23-1-3.xml&dvs=1403825073290~711&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/nmets.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=8 Cheers Trish Nowra NSW >I have seen an old report that Robert Whalley was a convict who was > sentenced to 7 years transportation to VDL at Lancaster in 1820. He > supposedly received his Freedom Certificate at Hobart Town in 1827. There > is no source given for this information and I am quite lost with Convict > records, research and resources. > Chris