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Sidami

Sidami Report 27 Jan 2010 22:50

I was told if I went on Ancestry clicked convicts I would be able to see free but I cant see where to put convicts in please can anyone help

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 27 Jan 2010 22:55

Do you mean Australian Convicts or the Criminal Records?

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Sidami

Sidami Report 27 Jan 2010 22:57

maybe both Maureen.
But I don't have any names I was just going to do a search

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 27 Jan 2010 22:59

From the homepage under Browse Records click on "all Ancestry records".

When the next page comes up click on the left hand side on "Court, Land, Wills and Financial".

When the next page comes up look under "Title" and scroll about a third of the way down the page and you should find "Australian Convict Index".

I have found that Ancestry is much more difficult to navigate than it used to be.

EDIT - you'll also find the criminal registers in the same place.

Kath. x

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 27 Jan 2010 23:02

Ancestry is very long winded on search.

I go the long way round

Home Page
look at box heading Featured records on Ancestry and then click on view all new records
Look at right hand side of page and scroll down to List all databases - its in very small print - click on that

then scroll down to the search box

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 28 Jan 2010 09:03

there is also another way in. On the right hand side of the home page it says immigration and emmigration