Genealogy is one of Australia's most popular hobbies, and Janet Reakes is one the best-known and most widely published genealogical authorities.
How times have changed! It is with a sense of expectation that many Australia genealoists now trace their family trees in the hope of discovering a convict lurking on a branch. In this revised and expanded edition of Janet's best-selling guide, comprehensive listings of convicts sent over on the First, Second and Third Fleets make the task that much easier of establishing convict ancestry.
In this useful book, she guides the reader through key events of convict life from the commission of the crime, through sentencing, languishing on the hulks awaiting transportation, the voyage our, work assignment, punishments and eventually ticket-of-leave or pardon. She also discusses the records that are most useful to family historians, so that in compiling family trees they also gain an insight into daily life in the early days of white settlement in Australia.
Contents:
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Trials
3. Hulks
4. The Voyage
5. Assignment
6. Colonial Offences
7. Punishment
8. Musters
9. Marriage and Family
10. Lifestyle
12. Women
13. Departures
14. Deaths
15. Summary
16. Books
17. Addresses
Glossary
Research Guide
Convict Information Chart
Appendix 1: First Fleet
Appendix 2: Second Fleet
Appendix 3: Third Fleet
Appendix 4: Convict Gangs in 1821
Appendix 5: Women Convicts, 1798
Appendix 6: Lincolnshire Convicts
Appendix 7: The Wellington Valley Convicts, 1823-31
Appendix 8. The national Archives of Ireland
