Search for your Convict
| 1 ☰ | A list of sites compiled in the 'Family Tree' magazine Nov 2020 | www.family-tree.co.uk/useful-genealog... | |
| 2 ☰ | A site of Australian Settlers and Convicts - helpful URLs | www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Austral... | |
| 3 ☰ | Search by surname - for Convicts | www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/s... | |
| 4 ☰ | A research Guide for criminal transferees | www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/r... | |
| 5 ☰ | Kerry Farmer's Resources page for Convict research | familyhistoryresearch.com.au/courses/... | |
| 6 ☰ | Tasmanian Convicts (and others) | www.convictrecords.com.au/ | |
| 7 ☰ | Browse for Convict history plus much, much more | www.linc.tas.gov.au/Pages/PageNotFoun... | |
| 8 ☰ | Who knows what you will locate in here? | linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/... |
First Fleet Ships to Australia and its passengers
| 1 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet, 'Alexander' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_%2817... | |
| 2 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet Storeship, 'Borrowdale' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrowdale_%28s... | |
| 3 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet, 'Charlotte' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_%28sh... | |
| 4 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet Storeship, 'Fishburn' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishburn_%28shi... | |
| 5 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet, 'Friendship' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_%281... | |
| 6 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet, 'Golden Grove' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Grove_%2... | |
| 7 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet, 'Lady Penrhyn' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Penrhyn_%2... | |
| 8 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet, 'Prince of Wales' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales... | |
| 9 ☰ | 1788 - 1st Fleet, 'Scarborough' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_%28... | |
| 10 ☰ | HMS Sirius (1786) - Flagship of the First Fleet | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sirius_%281... |
Second Fleet Ship to Australia and its passengers
| 1 ☰ | 2nd Fleet, 'Lady Juliana' (sometimes called 'The Floating Brothel') | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Juliana_%2... | |
| 2 ☰ | Lady Juliana - 2nd Fleet 1790 - Convicts aboard | www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/... | |
| 3 ☰ | Graphic - 'Neptune' - 2nd Fleet Convict Ship to Australia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Convict_sh... | |
| 4 ☰ | 2nd Fleet, 'Surprize' | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surprize_%28shi... |
Miscellaneous
| 1 ☰ | 1707 to 1800 - Great Britain - the state of the politics of the day | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Grea... | |
| 2 ☰ | The British Empire - early penal colonies | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_colony | |
| 3 ☰ | A 1788 pen drawing of convict ships arriving NSW | foundingdocs.gov.au/resources/picture... | |
| 4 ☰ | Australia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia | |
| 5 ☰ | 1795 to 1800 - John Hunter served as 2nd Governor of NSW | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunter_%28... | |
| 6 ☰ | A New Zealand Family History site which includes many Australian families | www.famnet.net.nz/ | |
| 7 ☰ | A treasure trove of Genealogical links for your research | www.sardallas.org/GENEALOGYSITES.htm | |
| 8 ☰ | The LDS (Mormon) site for genealogical research | familysearch.org/search | |
| 9 ☰ | Prison Hulks in the Portsmouth Harbour of England | collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/obj... | |
| 10 ☰ | How to export your tree from Ancestry to your personal Genealogy software | www.tmgenealogy.com/2013/06/how-to-ex... | |
| 11 ☰ | Louise Coakley's fabulous website - for all sorts... | www.genie1.com.au/blog | |
| 12 ☰ | How to extract your family tree from Ancestry.com | www.nixternal.com/export-gedcom-file-... | |
| 13 ☰ | For numerous Australian records, please go to the "Australian Convicts FTDNA Project" | www.familytreedna.com/groups/australi... | |
| 14 ☰ | AncestryDNA testing reviewed - note that this is an autosomal test - this is all they do | www.myfamilydnatest.com/ancestrydna-r... | |
| 15 ☰ | Abbreviations used - aids with transcribing Tasmanian (van Diemens Land) convict records | www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austashs/c... |
Basics of DNA testing
| 1 ☰ | A set of animated simplistic videos for the types of tests | learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chrom... | |
| 2 ☰ | The best paper I have read for newcomers to DNA testing - by Donna Rutherford | donnarutherford.com/?p=297 | |
| 3 ☰ | Who is my cousin? | ruwoldt.wikispaces.com/Who+is+my+Cous... | |
| 4 ☰ | A set of "Understanding your DNA results" - by Gail Riddell | www.famnet.org.nz/newsletters/FamNet/... | |
| 5 ☰ | The basics of SNP testing and STR testing and more - by Mike Walsh (Well worth reading) | www.familytreedna.com/groups/r-1b/faq... |
Beyond the Basics
| 1 ☰ | A primer for the 'Big Y test' by Dennis Wright | dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14028750/... |
Australian Military
| 1 ☰ | A poignant link if you are Australian... | sputniknews.com/europe/20150406/10205... |
UK Research Links
| 1 ☰ | For numerous UK Links go to the NZ Project and use the <Link> page. You might also like to join it. | www.familytreedna.com/groups/new-zealand | |
| 2 ☰ | Scotland's Clan Histories | www.rampantscotland.com/clans/clans_i... |