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The Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1867 database contains the details of some 123,000 convicts who were transported to the various Australian colonies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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These records contain details of 123,000 convicts tried in England, Scotland and Wales. A small number of Irish convicts are included.
The amount of information listed varies, but the convict transportation registers usually include a combination of the following information about your ancestor:
- Name
- Year of arrival
- Ship name
- Year of conviction
- Place of conviction
- Length of sentence
Additional comments handwritten upon the original record are also included.
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