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Guide to Convict Records at the Archives Office of NSW
Compiled by the Newcastle Region Library and reproduced here with their kind permission.
| OUTLINE OF A CONVICT'S CAREER | INDEX IN ARCHIVES OFFICE OF NSW | ARCHIVES OFFICE FINDING AID |
| Trial in UK and removal to hulk | Convict Guide, Appendix T | |
| Transportation and arrival | See checklist for convicts arriving | For Indents see Convict Guide: Appendices A-E and supplement |
| Assignment (Private or Government) | Index, 1821-24 (GRK), Index to convicts arriving 1828-34 (COD 7-8) | Convict Guide, pp. 19-25, 72, 237-242 |
| Trial and punishment for colonial offences | Card Index, Bench of Magistrates Proceedings, 1788-1820 | Convict Guide, pp. 34-54, 56-60, 63, 72-73. Information leaflet No. 26. See also under the name of penal settlements, institutions, etc. (e.g. Female Factory) |
| Musters & Census | Card Index, 1841 Census | Information Leaflet No. 38 |
| Petition for Mitigation of Sentence (PMS) | Colonial Secretary's Index | Colonial Secretary: Correspondence (1826+), Convict Guide, pp. 255-256 |
| Ticket of Leave | Index 1810-14 | Convict Guide, pp. 115-9, 243-5, 272 |
| Pardon | Index | Convict Guide, pp. 93-7, 249-50, 272-4 |
| Certificate of Freedom | Convict Guide, pp.29-30, 251-253 | |
| Petition for wife/family to be brought out | Colonial Secretary's Indexes | Colonial Secretary: Correspondence (1826+) |
| Departure | Card Index to Ship's Musters (Departures) December 1816-1825 | Convict Guide, pp.61-2 |
| Memorials for Land Grants | Colonial Secretary's Indexes, letters received re Land | Information Leaflet No. 7 |
| Marriage | Colonial Secretary's Indexes | Convict Guide, pp. 74-77; Information Leaflet Nos 4, 33, 35 |
| Death | Convict Guide, pp. 56-60, Information Leaflet 4, 33, 35 |
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