Hi there. Thanks for response. Well done on your research and "finds". Must be most gratifying. The fact that some prisoners were used to work in the yards is interesting as I think that is a possibility for my James Josselyn. He was a sawyer by trade and I should think his expertise would be useful, also I'm not sure how many convicts got back to UK after a 7year stint out there. (If NSW was where he was sent.) And he was certainly back in UK by 1851. I shall keep searching. Joan in Surrey. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neville Potter" <neville_potter@hotmail.com> To: <eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:44 AM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Convict hulks and 1841C Hi Joan Don’t know about inclusion in Censuses, but it should be easy to check if you go through all the Portsmouth returns in the Census (on ancestry.com). Canberra, Australia