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Ancestry.com - Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788 $

Original source: Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 $

Original source: Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790 $

Original source: Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791 $

Original source: Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

AUS-CONVICTS Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia.

Australia's First Fleet

Convicts transported from England in 1788.

Australia's Second Fleet

Convicts transported from England in 1790.

Australia's Third Fleet

Convicts transported from England in 1791.

Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788 to 1967 - Convictions

AUSTRALIAN-POWS Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in Australian soldiers in prisoner-of-war (POW) camps. Archives: browse or search.

Black Sheep Search

Publications for sale, convict & criminal research, 1780-1900 and convict prison hulks. Including machine breakers, rioters & protestors.

British Convict Transportation Registers Database (State Library of Queensland)

Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Port Phillip. Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.

Claim a Convict

Online searchable index to over 20,000 of the convicts arriving at Port Jackson, NSW, Australia from 1788 onwards. Claim your convict today or contact fellow researchers through the site.

Convict Connections

An interest group of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc., located in Brisbane, Australia. Information about convict and colonial times in Australia including names of convicts being researched by members.

Convict Gangs in 1821

Alphabetical list of names for 3,217 men, women and children who were issued with rations in Sydney on Saturday September 8, 1821.

Convict Records of Australia

Search the British Convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia between 1787-1867.

Convict Ships Index - Free Settler or Felon?

Details of convict ship voyages to New South Wales 1788 - 1840.

Convicts Australia - Indexes and Links

By Jenny Fawcett, this is her original site. Her later site, Genseek Genealogy, is no longer online.

Convicts to Australia: A Guide To Researching Your Convict Ancestors

In depth information and lists of convicts, ships, a timeline and convict's stories.

convicts-australia Mailing List

For the discussion and sharing of information on Australia and the convicts that were transported there.