Alan and Rob, Just realised that the first link below does not work. You can get to the Australian Society of Genealogists' Index to Tickets of Leave from the second link though http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/convicts/convictrecords.htm Also I have confirmed that the Parkfield sailed from Sheerness to Sydney, NSW http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/shipNSW2.html and Richard must have travelled from there to Victoria. There are two people tracing other convicts on the same ship who may be worth contacting - Debbie Lane researching Emanuel Cook. Her email details (cookielane@iprimus.com.au) are on the page at http://www.brandis.com.au/surnames/co2cz.html - Cecily Matthews researching Samuel Watt Tyler. Her email details (djmccm@powerup.com.au)are on the page at http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/stories.html#parkfiel Cheers, David -----Original Message----- From: Boon, David G Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 9:20 AM To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [K/NIBB/S] Richard NIBBS Alan and Rob, Just thought you would like to know that Victoria was originally known as Port Phillip and was not named Victoria until 1851. Until that time it was considered part of New South Wales and therefore you need to check New South Wales records for Richard Nibbs. Richard Nibbs is mentioned on the Australian Society of Genealogists' Index to Tickets of Leave at http://svc007.bne009i.server-web.com/catalogue/onlinebook/gatewayrecnsw. ehtml This gives the following information: Last name: Nibbs First name: Richard Ship: Parkfield Year: 1839 Native place: NR Trade or calling: NR District: Port Philip Ticket no.: 44/2983 State Records shelf ref: 4/4195 State Records reel no: 955 Further information is given on the site about how to obtain copies online of the record. I also think we may have copies in Tasmania which I will check out tonight for you. In searching for Richard I also found a reference to a Thomas Nibbs on another site. He received a certificate of freedom on 3 Aug 1831. He arrived in NSW on the Royal Charlotte in 1825. I found this on the State Records of New South Wales site at http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/convicts/convictrecords.htm You may like to also look at guides to their convict records at http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/publications/aibs/002/page01.htm Cheers, David -----Original Message----- From: Robyn Leeds [mailto:honey@honeyshome.com] Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 5:21 AM To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Richard NIBBS Hi Alan :) I'm just very glad I could finally give to the list instead of just receiving ... boy it felt good!! :D I'll do some searching over the next few days, see if I can't come up with a site that has convict records for Victoria. Who knows, we might get lucky and they'll be free! ;D Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackari2@aol.com To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Richard NIBBS Rob > Just a thought here, mainly because so far I haven't found a death for > Richard either, but could he have gone back to England? I only have the > Victorian CDs up to 1985 so perhaps he moved states too, although I haven't found > anything on the AVRIs. Maybe someone else on the list has the Tasmanian or > other state discs and can do a lookup. > No need! For those following the saga, Richard's death appears on the Victoria VRI list Rob sent as dying Meeniyan in 1919 aged 95. His father is given as James. A quick search in the database has failed to find his baptism and we might never do so with any certainty because his mother's name is not given. Just a thought though, could he be son of the James bc1799 from Oxfordshire who was himself transported to Tasmania? We do have the knowledge that Richard was transported to Victoria in 1839 on the ship Parkfield and a transportation record of the crossing could I suppose tell us more. Whatever, we now have a tribe of K/NIBBS descended from him and Celia who lived to a grand age herself. So many many thanks to Rob. I'm still working through the list but descendants of Sir George Handley KNIBBS will recognise their family members there. bfn Alan Alan Jackson Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit! ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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