To all those who enquired about how I found out about which hulk housed my 3 brothers, here's the answer I received from Mike. I've put a query in to this new lead. Cheers Alison Sydney, Australia >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike Binns" <mike.gen@tiscali.co.uk> >> To: <avbriggs@optusnet.com.au> >> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 4:46 AM >> Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Criminals transferred to hulks in London >> >> >>> Hello Alison >>> >>> The brothers were all held on the hulk Retribution at Sheerness. This >>> information is on a CD-ROM produced by Jill Chambers >>> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Jill_M_Chambers/ called >>> "Sentenced to Death & Transportation - Yorkshire 1830-1839". I came >>> across it when researching an ancestor of my wife's who was transported >>> to Tasmania in 1834. Jill has a database with a lot more information >>> than appears on the CD and when I bought the CD did a search of her >>> database for me. It may be worth your while contacting her. >>> >>> Regards >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Alison Briggs" <avbriggs@optusnet.com.au> >>> To: <ENG-YORKSHIRE@rootsweb.com>; <YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 1:17 AM >>> Subject: [YORKSHIRE] Criminals transferred to hulks in London >>> >>> >>>> Hi Listers >>>> >>>> Would anyone know where a convict would be sent once his trial was over >>>> in Doncaster and in York? I'm trying to find out which hulks my >>>> convict were sent to before being transported. >>>> >>>> Their details are: >>>> Christopher Briggs sentenced at Doncaster on 17 January 1831 >>>> >>>> Charles & James Briggs sentenced at York on 9 July 1831 >>>> >>>> The brothers all ended up on the Gilmore which departed for Van >>>> Diemen's Land on 27 November 1831. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know of a list (online preferably!) where I could look >>>> these up please? >>>> >>>> Many thanks >>>> Alison >>>> >>>> Alison Briggs >>>> Sydney >>>> Australia >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >> >> >>