Hi John Go to the Archives Office of Tasmania web site at: http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/nameindexes Name Index on the left and go to Tasmanian Convicts - then type in his name as Dorset and John in the appropriate places. From there you should be able to find his Conduct Record that is available..... although you will probably have to travel through the pages to find his particular record. Read the instructions :) regards Lesley Uebel mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au CLAIM A CONVICT http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html -----Original Message----- From: genanz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:genanz-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of johnb Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:48 PM To: genanz@rootsweb.com Subject: Convict pardons/Tickets to leave Could someone tell me what these contain please? I know nothing of Australian genealogy or where to start tracing someone who has completed their sentence. I thought the whole of my family was in the UK but have just found my ggg-grandfather John Dorset/Dorsett(Dossett) b c1805 Middlesex (marr Jemima Peplow 1831) who was sentenced to transportation at the Old Bailey on 11 April 1840 and sent to Van Diemans Land on the Susan on 21 April 1842 which arrived 21 July 1842. According to Ancestry there is a record for him in New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 but I cannot see it as I don't have a Worldwide subscription so don't know whether it would add any useful information. thank you for any assistance John