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All-Australian Convict Records

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Australian Convict Index, 1788-1868 includes more than 48,000 names of convicts sent to Australia betweenn 1788 and 1868.
Australian Convict Transportation Registers - First Fleet, 1787-1788 , Second Fleet, 1789-1790 and Third Fleet, 1791
Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall - List of all prisoners noted as transported to Australia 1851 - 1856
Canadian Convicts to Australia on the HMS Buffalo 1839-1840 a number of convicts were transported from the British colony of Canada (known then as Upper Canada) for taking part in the rebellions against the British crown.
Cape Banks Family History Society Members Convicts 1788-1850
Claim A Convict searchable index of all convicts arriving Australia 1788-1800
Convicts and Convict Ships Sent to Norfolk Island
Convicts and their Partners
Convict Bank Accounts, 1837-70 courtesy State Records NSW
Convict Savings Bank Books, 1824-1886 Information listed in these books includes: date, name of convict, arrival ship, and money amounts
Convict Central
Convict Certificates of Freedom Index 1823-69 over 40,000 entries courtesy State Records NSW
Convict Resources and Genealogy Links - Genseek huge collection convict databases here
Convict Message Board read and post messages with other researchers
Convict Transportation Registers - Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868
Convicts on the Censor (hulk)1787-1788  convicts were who were confined in the hulk CENSOR in England in 1787 & 1788,
including those who were sent to New South Wales aboard the convict transport "Scarborough"
The Convict Stockade
Convicts to Australia great resource by Perth DPS
Convicts to Australia from Kent, England 1851 and 1852
Convicts Australia Convict History and Genealogy Links  presented by Jenny Fawcett
Convict Ships to Australia a community site with the goal being to create a knowledge hub for everyone who is interested in Australia's convict origins
Cornish Convicts Transported to Australia
County Roscommon, Ireland  Criminals Transported To Australia 1836 to 1853
Devon, England Convicts Transported to Australia 1782-1821

Donegal, Ireland Convicts transported to Australia 1788 to 1868
Ireland; County Down Convicts to Australia  over 1300 convicts who were originally from County Down and were transported to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Some of them were in Downpatrick Gaol before transportation.
Irish Convicts & Exiles to Australia 41 convict ships, with convicts listed by Lesley Uebel over 5,000 convicts listed
Irish Convicts to Australia 1791 - 1820 
Lancaster Castle Convict Database lists all the people tried and sentenced at Lancaster Assize in Lancashire, England
List of Ships (& passengers) Transporting Irish  Convicts to NSW 1791-1820
List of Convict Ships to Norfolk Island, Sydney & Hobart 1840-1847
Old Bailey (England)  Court Records 1829-1830   Index 1 , Index 2 , Index 3 useful for finding  the sentence a person received upon being convicted in the court
New South Wales and Tasmania Convict Musters, 1806-1849
New South Wales and Tasmania Settler & Convict Lists, 1787-1834
New South Wales and Tasmania Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859
Prisoners Transported From Kent 1851
Some Shropshire Convicts Transported to Australia
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674 to 1834 A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court

Transportation of Convicts from Nottingham, England
Uncollected Convict Tickets of Leave as published in Launceston Advertiser published April 6th 1837 (Tasmania)
York Assizes 1785-1851 an index of prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes 1785 - 1851
1835..Female Convicts to Tasmania on "Newgrove"
1826..Female Convicts to Tasmania on "Providence II"
1835..Male Convicts to Tasmania on "Waterloo 4"
1835..Male Convicts to Tasmania on "Lady Kennaway"
1835..Male Convicts to Tasmania on "Augusta Jessie"
1835..Male Convicts to Tasmania on "Aurora 1"
1835..Male Convicts to Tasmania on "Mangles" A-J & K-Z
1835..Male Convicts to Tasmania on "Norfolk 4"
1836..Male Convicts to Tasmania on "Bardcaster"
1836..Male Convicts Portsmouth to Tasmania on "William Metcalfe"
1851 Shropshire Census Strays - Shropshire Convicts and Prisoners