Surfing Through Time to Follow the Convict Trail ; in a World First, Ancestry.Co.Uk has Launched Online the Most Comprehensive Collection of Convict Transportation Records, Including Most of the 163,021 Convicts Transported to Australia. As Family Historians Welcome the Move, Tina Rowe Follows the Convict Trail

Western Daily Press › July 28, 2007

Linked as:

Summary

In a world first, Ancestry.co.uk has launched online the most comprehensive collection of convict transportation records, including most of the 163,021 convicts transported to Australia. As family historians welcome the move, TINA ROWE follows the convict trail

It could be a story straight from the pages of Charles Dickens: a highway robber transported from rural Wiltshire halfway around the world to the grim penal colony of Tasmania, and warned never to return on pain of death.

See the full content of this document

Extract

Surfing Through Time to Follow the Convict Trail ; in a World First, Ancestry.Co.Uk has Launched Online the Most Comprehensive Collection of Convict Transportation Records, Including Most of the 163,021 Convicts Transported to Australia. As Family Historians Welcome the Move, Tina Rowe Follows the Convict Trail

Once there James Knee, 21, a slight young man, standing at less than 5ft 5in, managed to survive the harsh conditions, fall in love, and start an Australian dynasty with ...

See the full content of this document