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Australian Convicts - New Project

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Ann

Ann Report 4 Feb 2009 01:22

Just found this on Genea Net looks interesting for anyone who has any Convicts that were sent to Australia.

Australia: Giant Genealogy Project To Trace The Nation's Convict Bloodlines
A giant genealogy project is being launched after Australia Day to begin tracing the nation's convict bloodlines.

First off the blocks are the 73,000 convicts who landed in Tasmania. The original records describing these nation builders are not only intact but they are among the most detailed inventories created "of any human beings in the 19th century", right down to the hue of their eyes, historian Janet McCalman said.

A great missing link in Australian history, however, is what came after many convicts received their "tickets of leave" from penal servitude. That is where the hobbyist historian will be of immense use.

With the help of amateur genealogists, a team ranging from historians to epidemiologists want to uncover these stories and put them on to the historical record.

Once authenticated, an "honour roll" of convict settlers will be assembled online.

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Posted by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 27 January 2009, 09:59 | Genealogy News |

Researching:
Weldon - Castletown in County Meath Ireland, Delaney - Cork Ireland, Nettleton - St Martin in the Fields in London, Coote - Essex and Casement - Isle of Man.

Kirstie

Kirstie Report 4 Feb 2009 01:26

when it starts going on line can you let us know!

would be very interested.

Ann

Ann Report 4 Feb 2009 01:29

Will do Kirstie.

Ann

Researching:
Weldon - Castletown in County Meath Ireland, Delaney - Cork Ireland, Nettleton - St Martin in the Fields in London, Coote - Essex and Casement - Isle of Man.