New South Wales Convict Records

Online Resources

 * 1787-1834: New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists at Ancestry; images only ($)
 * 1787-1859: New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
 * 1787-1976: New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records at Ancestry; images only ($)
 * 1788-1842: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents at Ancestry; index & images ($); Also at FindMyPast ($)
 * 1788-1856: New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1788-1870: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1806-1849: New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1810-1867: New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1810-1869: New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1810-1891: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1821-1825: Convict Assignments 1821 to 1825, NSW Archives, index
 * 1824-1886: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Savings Bank Books at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1825-1840: New South Wales, Australia, Wives & Children of Irish Convicts at Ancestry; index only ($)
 * 1825-1851: New South Wales Registers Of Convicts Applications To Marry at FindMyPast; index & images ($); Also at Ancestry ($). Also at NSW Archives, free.
 * 1826-1856: New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1826-1879: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1827-1867: New South Wales, Butts Of Convicts' Certificates Of Freedom at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
 * 1828-1839: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1829-1879: New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1834-1859: New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1849-1850: Convict Exiles Index 1849-1850, NSW Archives, index
 * 1871-1969 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Australia Records

 * 1788-1842 Australia List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867 at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
 * 1786-1849 Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849 at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
 * 1824-1874 Australia Convict Tickets Of Leave 1824-1874 at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
 * Australia's First Fleet
 * Australia's Second Fleet
 * Australia's Third Fleet
 * Convict transportation registers database
 * Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland
 * Convicts to Australia

Archive Resources Kit
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1621/browse
 * The Archive Resources Kit includes the following convict records:
 * Index to Convict Indents, 1837-42
 * Convict Indents, 1788-1842
 * Musters and other papers relating to convict ships, 1790-1849	NRS 1155
 * Registers of convicts' applications to marry, 1825-51
 * Assignment Registers, 1821-24
 * Register of Tickets of Leave, 1824-27
 * Ticket of Leave butts, 1827-67
 * Registers of Conditional Pardons, 1791-1825
 * Registers of convicts recommended for Conditional Pardons, 1826-56
 * Registers of Absolute Pardons, 1791-1843 and Registers of recommendations for Absolute Pardons, 1826-46
 * Convict Deaths, 1828-79


 * Community Access Points A list of libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records A list of libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records.