This has been on many lists over the last week, as would be expected there are quite a few from Bolton in the lists. None show up in place of birth but "Bolton" appears under "Civil" in quite a number of the results - I put Bolton and Lancashire in keywords and searched again and started to get them in matches. Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS / Gwynedd FHS -----Original Message----- If anyone might suspect they have an Australian convict in the family lines here's a chance to look for free. Free is always good. Now online for the first time more than 42,000 Australian convict NSW Tickets of Leave Butts through years 1824-1867. Ancestry Australia has Free Access to all Convict records until Jan 30, 2011. http://www.ancestry.com.au/ Happy Hunting