Resources:

Reference Information

Website links providing useful reference information for convict, genealogical and historical research.

  • Web Link 19th Century Medical Terms

    A glossary of medical terms used in the 1800s—the Hunter Valley Colonial Medical Practitioners Index.

  • Web Link ancestry.com

    Search extensive records including convict musters, BDMs, electoral rolls, censuses.

  • Web Link Convict Record Abbreviations

    A list of abbreviations used in Tasmanian convict records, provided by Maree Ring on the AUS-Tasmanian Genealogy mailing list.

  • Web Link Families in British India Society

    FIBIS is a self-help organisation devoted to members researching their ancestors and the background against which they led their lives in 'British India'.

  • Web Link International Genealogical Index

    Search the world for baptism, marriage and burial records for your ancestors on this site operated by The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints.

  • Web Link Trove

    Search an ever-growing list of Australian newspapers and other resources online. A fabulous resource of the National Library of Australia.

  • Web Link UTAS eprints

    University of Tasmania Library open repository - it contains convict-related records and images

  • Web Link Sue Wyatt's Family History Research Blog

    Keen and experienced researcher Sue Wyatt shares her thoughts on tracing family history. Sue is based in Tasmania.

  • Web Link Anchor Books Australia

    Books about Australian history including female immigrant ships.

 

 

 

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For academic referencing (suggestion only) Database: [http address], FCRC Female Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land database, entry for xxxx ID no xxx, accessed [date].

For academic referencing (suggestion only) Website:  Female Convicts Research Centre Inc., accessed [date] from [http address].