Kate, As I was visiting the Newspaper Library today, I found the article and will send it to you off list. Dai On 05/01/2012 11:40, Kate Winks wrote: > Hello List, > > I am new here, I live in Australia and I am researching my ancestor William Hunt bapt 6 May 1783, St.Mary's, Nottingham, England. > > William was a Royal Veteran of Tasmania, he was in charge of a convict gang in Hobart Town, Tasmania, I have found information about a letter William wrote home to a friend Samuel Preston of Nottingham which was published in The Nottingham Review, 24 August 1827 about his journey over to Australia on the ship ‘John Barry’ arriving first in Sydney July 1826. > > I was wondering if anyone on the list may have access to this newspaper of the time, apparently it is available on microfiche, and could forward me transcript of the letter/s. > > Kind Regards, > Kate Winks, Melbourne, Australia. > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message