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http://calm.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ArchiveCatalogue/SearchArchives.htm

(above link brings up a William Hand in 1844 if a relative of your William)

Chris :)

Hi Barbra.

My convict references tells me there were 25 HAND ( convict ) surnames sent to Australian Colony between 1789 ( 2nd fleet ) to 1852 from the U.K

The earliest was a William HAND convicted at Wiltshire assizes Dec. 1789 and sent to NSW colony for 7 years.

If i can any help further on any particular person.....see my "Convict" help thread.

http://www.genesreunited.com.au/boards.page/board/ancestors/thread/1215607

Tony ( Australia )

Just remembered that GR member TonyOz posted these Australian convict links sometime back:

PORT ARTHUR TASMANIA ( Convict Photos )
http://echospond.myjalbum.net/Rogues%20Gallery/

AUSTRALIA's FIRST FLEET: ( Names and Surnames )
http://www.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/1stflt.htm

AUSTRALIA's SECOND FLEET: ( Names and Surnames )
http://www.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/2ndflt.htm

AUSTRALIA's THIRD FLEET: ( Names and Surnames )
http://www.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/3rdflt.txt

FEMALE CONVICTS ABOARD 'LADY JULIANA' 1790
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/confem4.html

PROCEEDINGS OF THE OLD BAILEY
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

TRANSPORTATION OF IRISH CONVICT TO AUSTRALIA ( Name SEARCH )
TRANSPORTATION RECORD DATA BASE:
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/search01.html

IRISH REBELS TO AUSTRALIA
http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/

CONVICTS AUSTRALIA.
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/cons.htm

N.S.W STATE ARCHIVES
1.Click on 'State Archives'
2.Click on 'Index's on-line'
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/

WESTERN AUSTRALIA STATE RECORDS OFFICE.
http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/convict.asp

N.S.W GENEALOGY CONVICT LINKS
http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/new-south-wales/nswconvicts.htm

FREMANTLE CONVICT DATA BASE ( W.A )
http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/history/history6.cfm

CRIMINAL AND COURT RECORDS ( N.S.W/TASMANIA/VICTORIA )
http://www.coraweb.com.au/criminal.htm
http://www.coraweb.com.au/convict.htm

CLAIM A CONVICT:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/

CONVICTS AND THE BRITISH COLONIES OF AUSTRALIA
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/

CONVICT SHIPS TO AUSTRALIA AND CONVICTS
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lenorefrost/shipslog.html

'Click on Databases'
http://web.ecorner.com.au/epages/sag.storefront/?ObjectPath=/Shops/sag

CONVICT RESEARCH
http://www.ulladulla.info/fhc/convict.html

SOUTH AUSTRALIA TRANSPORTED CONVICTS 1837 -1851
http://www.jaunay.com/convicts.html

TASMANIA: ( Scroll down to Tasmanian Convicts )
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=2

TASMANIA FEMALE FACTORY
http://www.femalefactory.com.au/

INDEX OF TASMANIAN CONVICTS ( Permission to marry )
http://www.rootsweb.com/~austas/convictsdw.htm

PORT ARTHUR HISTORIC SITE
http://www.portarthur.org.au/

TASMANIA: ROSS FEMALE FACTORY
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/historic/visguide/ross/intro.html

FEMALE FACTORY RESEARCH GROUP ( Tasmania )
http://www.femalefactory.com.au/FFRG/timeline.htm

FREEMANTLE and W.A LINKS:
http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/

CONVICTS SENT TO NEW ZEALAND!
'The Boys from Parkhurst Prison'
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tonyf/parkhurstboys/convicts4.html

JAMACIAN CONVICTS TO AUSTRALIA
http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/mconvicts.htm

ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA
DEVON ( U.K ) CONVICT TO AUSTRALIA
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonIndexes/LastFarewell.html

LINCOLNSHIRE Convicts transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda
http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catId=6722

NOTTINGHAM TRANSPORTATIONS
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ejdriver/news/Transportations.html

YORK ASSIZES 1785 - 1851
http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm

INTOLERABLE HULKS
http://intolerablehulks.com/index.html

INVERAY JAIL
http://www.inverarayjail.co.uk/

COUNTY DOWNS
http://www.downcountymuseum.com/template.aspx?pid=213&area=1&aName=Home

FAMOUS CONVICTS SENT TO AUSTRALIA ( scroll to bottom of page )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convictism_in_Australia

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CONVICT STUDIES.
http://iccs.arts.utas.edu.au/

Barbara

I will have a look for you if you give me a name with some details .

Suex ;-)

Ancestry has this database which might help:

England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892

Another excellent site for Australian genealogy is:

www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au