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MC
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Oh Dear
Poor James! 
I was down there a couple of years ago and went in the Ferry that showed all the crosses on the Island.
I imagine that you have sent to Archives Tasmania and got all his papers?
They are a bit slow but very cheap! I was tracing three convicts and it only cost me A$26 and a bit.
The ones I got included such things as names of spouses, siblings, and native place. But strangely, not the names of their own children left behind, just how many there were - (can't expect too much or it might make it to easy for us!)
Have you tried subscribing to the mailing list? The people on it will go to a lot of trouble to get info for you - or they did for me.
I will keep an eye out for your James, I cant imagine that he ever thought of Tasmania as a place for a holiday.
Cheers MC
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Down, Ire: Rourke;
Armagh, Ire: Quinn, Read;
London, Eng: Clunne;
Kent, Eng: Clunne, Outred, Piplar;
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MC
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Hi Dawn
Re - Mailing list - as given to you from above
Tasmanian Convicts
http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/convicts/con_main.htm
Click onto Mailing List and follow the directions - They give you an email address where you send an email without a subject name, just the word subscribe in the body of the email, and that's it.
You will be asked to chose if you want 'Mail Mode' which is each email arriving at a time or 'Digest Mode', where they all arrive in one lot. I have tried both. There is no cost.
When you want to stop, just do the same again but this time put the word Unsubscribe in the body of the email - and they remove you.
I go in and out of it - depending what I want to ask.
Re - the crosses - we did not get any
The day we were there, we went on a different trip to the one where they disembark and go onto the island itself - The ferry we were on just came alongside and you could see all the crosses, and they did a talk on it. It was too late in the day for the other trip. I have to tell you I was too tired anyway...
That day we had gone to Cornelian Bay Cemetery - left there and raced off and did the 'walk over the trees' thing,(forget where it was) it goes up to about 11 stories and then cantilevers over the river (it swayed too much) then on to Hawkesnest, that's where they had vicious dogs lined up to stop prisoners escaping in their day from Port Arthur & now they have fake ones (it didn't stop them all, they swam around to the beach) - then late afternoon we did the tour of Port Arthur.
The entrance to the Port did not impress me in that it was run like a franchise place with gimmicky things, and too many people - outside it was different - Hauntingly Beautiful in itself, and the surrounds lovely - huge expanses of grassed areas, but isolated - the choice for escape was the deep bush behind you or the ocean in front...
We went back to our motel at Hawkesnest for a shower and left to find a restaurant, dying for a meal, and they were all closed!! Lucky I had a tin of baked beans!!
Going to Tassie is like going back in time - we drove down the West Coast and went for hours without seeing a car - forget about a house or shop!
The East Coast was different - there is something about the place though
My convicts were Irish - William Rourke, stole during the potato famine, & Rose and Mary Quinn (during time of famine also) & infant dau of Mary also called Rose (Rose who was 20 died on board ship ) - all this for having a stolen petticoat in their possession! Mary left behind three other children - never to see them again.
I believe in 'callings' I hope you get there.
They did it hard in those days... but their legacy they left is that we have it good!
Cheers Maureen
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Down, Ire: Rourke;
Armagh, Ire: Quinn, Read;
London, Eng: Clunne;
Kent, Eng: Clunne, Outred, Piplar;
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Nellie-Bear
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Hi all, i am doing alot of Early Tasmanian Pioneers we arrived in Tasmania and have scattered through out the Island and Victoria, A site i often look at is the Mersy Vale cemetery in the area of Devonport.
http://cms.dcc.tas.gov.au/Internet/City/Facilities/Cemeteries/CemeterySearch.htm
http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/
[Elliott,Burr,Woodhall,Cooper,Muir]
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R u realted to Muir's, Elliott's, Woodhall's, Burr's, Deacon's.
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tropicalj
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HELLO THERE
no link to add but the following information may be usefull
what is on Tasmanian Records
Early Registrations 1803 - 1839
Prior to 1839 there was no official registration of births, deaths and marriages. Between 1803 and 1839, the only records are Church Registers, many of which are kept at the Registry Office.
Births
Baptisms are the earliest form of Birth Records in Tasmania and contain:
registration number
Parish name, County and the year
date of baptism
date of birth
child's given name/s
parents' given name/s
father's surname (mother's maiden name not mentioned in most cases)
abode (ie Hobart Town or a street name)
father's quality or profession
name of Minister who performed the ceremony
Births 1840's - 1890's
registration number
date of birth
name of child
sex
father's full name and profession
mother's full name and Maiden Name
informant's name, description and abode
date of registration
signature of registrar
Births 1896 - onwards
registration number
date of birth
name of child
sex
father's full name and profession
mother's full name and Maiden Name
date and place of parents' marriage
informant's name, description and abode
date of registration
signature of registrar
In 1902 the parents' age and birthplace is included. In 1909, previous issue of the marriage is included.
Deaths
Burials 1803 - 1838
given name/s
abode
date of burial
age
how person died
quality or profession
who performed the burial
Deaths 1840 - 1890's
registration number
date of death
given name/s
surname
sex
age
profession
cause of death (medical attendant included from the late 1880's)
date of registration
registrar's name
Later in the 1890's some records show where the person died. From 1897 the birth place of the deceased is included. By 1908 the name of spouse (or parents if single) is included. In 1914 age at marriage and issue of the marriage is included.
Marriages
Marriages 1840 - 1895
registration number
date of marriage
place of marriage
given name/s and surname
age
rank/profession
signature and description of both parties
name of clergyman or Minister who performed the ceremony
date of registration
signature of registrar
names of witnesses to marriage
denomination of church
Marriages after 1896
All of the above plus birth place of both bride and groom, age of both parties, address of both parties and names of both bride and groom's parents.
Date and place of birth.
Names of parents.
Maiden surname of mother.
Fathers occupation.
In 1896 the date and place of the parents' marriage were added.
In 1902 the ages and birthplaces of the parents were added.
In 1909 previous children were added.
regards jenn
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When you search for ancestors, you find great friends! I live in Townsville, Australia researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire,, SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE, Kent BAYLEY, Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR, Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, EDSALL, Cornwall, MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER, Ireland. In Australia Hennessy, Hair, Bayley, Townsend, Shoebridge, Edsall, Adamson, All Census Look Ups Are Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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trish251
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Just a note
I have become very wary of RootsWeb mailing lists - use a free internet addres if you join one - mine was swamped - like 50-100 per day - with spam after I joined one. I also didn't get much useful information - many emails, mainly about pre 1500 stories that could never be verified.
On the other side - if you get a chance to visit Tas - it is so worthwhile - also relatively small so easy to get around. History is so well looked after - unlike some other states! The archives and library are almost next door to each other in Hobart & wonderful help from both places
Trish
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tropicalj
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http://gravesoftas.dynup.net/Graves%20of%20Tasmania/Paupers%20A-Z/Paupers%20C.htm
here is site that list paupers who were buried in Tasmania 's
Cornelian Bay Cemetery the list of names is so big a very sad thin to read but a very interesting site
regards jenn
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When you search for ancestors, you find great friends! I live in Townsville, Australia researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire,, SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE, Kent BAYLEY, Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR, Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, EDSALL, Cornwall, MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER, Ireland. In Australia Hennessy, Hair, Bayley, Townsend, Shoebridge, Edsall, Adamson, All Census Look Ups Are Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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SueLean
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi
I'd just like to say a big thanks to those who have posted information on this list.
I first started reseaching my convict ancestors (William Gray on Katherine Stewart Forbes & Louisa Ellis on Angelina) 15 years ago but have only just started up again. In just an hour or so using the online sources suggested by this list I've added another 2 children to my convict family and I've also found both parents as paupers the Cornelian Bay Cemetery. I'd had no idea that they had stayed on in Tasmania, family sources had suggested that they may have been living in Melbourne.
Thanks again
Sue
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Lean - Cornwall, Aust, NZ
Ramsay - Cambridgeshire, Auckland NZ
Pickett - Oxfordshire, Morrinsville NZ
Neels - Devon, Hertfordshire, Morrinsville NZ
Harding - Northamptonshire, Tauranga & Morrinsville NZ
Gray - Newburn Northumberland, Tasmania, Auckland NZ
Ellis - Shoreditch London, Tasmania
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PrueM
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Excellent news, Sue! 
Watch out though...now you're on Rootschat, you'll never leave!! It's very addictive  
Good luck with your searching 
Prue
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I live in NSW, and am researching:
BALFOUR (Derry) – BIGG (Kent) – BONSALL (DBY, NTT, CHS) – BRISBANE (Fife) – DANKS (STS) – DOBSON (BRK) – FRANCIS (ESS) – GOODE (HAM) – HAYNES (Cork) – INGRAM (MDX, SOM) – LANGWORTHY (Jersey, DEV) – MCKAY (Fife, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray) – MORRISH (LND) – NANCARROW (CON) – OGILVIE (Moray, LND) – STRATHDEE (LND, Banff) - SWAN (Fife)
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sjohnstone
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Burial Grounds of Tasmania - an extensive database of headstone photographs.
http://www.bgot.org
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