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Hoping for some help with Byron Young's convict records, please.  He arrived in Van Diemen's Land in August 1843 on the 'Cressy'.
His indent record has quite a bit of extra information.  I have been able to work out a lot of it but need some help for the crucial parts!

1st box is under the heading of 'Surgeon's Report' and says 'most indefatigable as a schoolmaster on Board - Patient perservering very successful'
2nd box 'Trade' has 'Clerk - at a merchantile house to Mr Moses Benjamin'
3rd box 'Native Place' has 'I was educated at New York & kept a school there - I then *  N___r_[?]'
4th box 'Remarks' has '20th regt 5 or 6 mos.  I volunteered from the 83rd Regt in which I was 6 mos.  Aunt Maria Young - - I So___[?]  *I went to demarara about 5 yrs ago to obtain a situation - I got with Mr Moses Benjamin the American Concul.'

Can anyone read what the missing words are in the Native Place box and the Remarks box?  The fact that he's done all those jobs and he's only listed as 23 years old I find of interest too.

I have also attached a part of his description list where it looks to me like his Native Place is 'Co of Down'.  Do others agree?

Thank you,
Marlene

So my 4 x great grandparents - James and Ann - had 3 kids whose families intermarried and eventually produced me (and no, I don't have two heads).
Simply put:-
James and Ann had Tom, Mary and Kitty
Tom's daughter Mary Ann married Kitty's son Edward (1st cousins)
Mary's grandson Alan married Mary Ann and Edward's daughter Catherine (2nd cousins?)
Alan and Catherine's son is my grandfather.

Would this inbreeding show up as more inherited DNA from James and Ann than if they were just my 4 x great grandparents only one time?  If so does it mean cousin matches to descendents of James and Ann's other children may be more distant than predicted?

Thanks,
Marlene 

Hello 

I have two newspaper articles from 1825 about a robbery on the Paisley to Beith Road.  The post-boy was robbed on that road near a "planting called Mosswood" and/or "Risk Planting".
One article also says "the robber (an Irishman) was yesterday apprehended at Risk".

I've tried searching for Risk but have had no luck.  Can anyone give me more information on where this area was, please?

Thank you,
Marlene

PS Glasgow Herald articles attached
 

Hi 

A general question if I may 

Did convicts who had their Certificate of Freedom have to get Government permission to marry?

I believe the ones that had a Ticket of Leave did need permission, (is this correct?).

Thanks for any help,
Marlene

Hi 
I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on an old record of a burial.
The record came from a microfiche titled "Index to Burials (Old Records) fiche, Pre 1856 Burials Index, NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, 48X (a) 11 of 12 Tulk to Wyke".
On this microfiche was the following entry:-
Ward, Ann, age blank, year 1838, entry number 432, volume 128.
I have been in contact with NSW Registry about this record.  They gave me no information on the microfiche source document.  I followed their instructions and sent them all the information I had regarding the death and they did a search but found no death.
Does anyone know more about this Pre 1856 burial resource?  Is it still available to search somewhere? 
Information written by Anna's (yes Anna rather than Ann), sister said Anna Ward nee Best died on 21 Oct 1838 in Sydney.  She went to Sydney from Hobart after being released from prison there in mid 1837.  Another mystery is why she was sent to Sydney and not back to her family at Longford (in Tas).  She had no family in Sydney.
Anything about her time in Sydney would be great to find at this point.  Many years of nothing now! 
Thanks, Marlene