-
Subscribe to feed
Google+ page
-
Link to ‘A Rebel Hand’ website
A Rebel Hand: Nicholas Delaney of 1798 - the book
Tag Archives: Transportation
Findmypast freebies this weekend
Good news from Findmypast UK and Findmypast Ireland for this weekend, 6-9 March. Not only is FMP Ireland free on Saturday and Sunday, but there’s a UK records bonanza lasting from Friday to Monday. Their press release says: … between … Continue reading
Posted in Convicts, Genealogy, Ireland
Tagged Australia, Banished, Convict, findmypast, FMP, free, genealogy, Ireland, Offer, shoestring genealogist, Transportation
Leave a comment
Australia Day Challenge 2014: C’mon Aussie
I do love the genealogy online community. People help one another, collaborate, chat and set up memes and challenges. Here’s the latest geneachallenge – it’s for Australia Day, from that bonza blogger Pauleen Cass of Family history across the seas. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Blogging, Convicts
Tagged 1798, Atlas II, Australia, Blogging, Convict, family history, Friendship, genealogy, James Thomas Richards, John Simpson, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall, Transportation
9 Comments
The thief up the chimney: Old Bailey Online 10th anniversary post
This is a tale of larceny and pubs – and a certain amount of naivety. The combination was disastrous for James Thomas Richards, a 20-year-old Thames waterman, and lucky for me, since he’s my great-great grandfather and met my 2x … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Convicts, London, Trial
Tagged #OBO10, Central Criminal Court, Convict, Deptford, James Thomas Richards, London, New South Wales, Old Bailey, Old Bailey Online, Transportation, trial
16 Comments
The Factory above the Gaol – women convicts in 1818
When my great-great-great grandmother Sarah Marshall stumbled off the convict transport Friendship on January 14, 1818, she emerged from a traumatic journey of confinement and scurvy which became notorious for ‘indecent and licentious intercourse’ to find herself in an … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Convicts, Transportation
Tagged Australia, Convict, Female Factory, John Simpson, Macquarie, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson, Sarah's grave, Transportation, women convicts
9 Comments
Was Sarah murdered? Is she a famous ghost?
For a change from thinking about Nicholas, I typed Sarah Marshall into Google. She’s my g-g-g grandmother, a convict who arrived in New South Wales on the Friendship in 1818. She married* John Simpson (Ocean II, arr 1818) and later … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Convicts
Tagged A Rebel Hand, family, genealogy, Heritage, history, Murder, New South Wales, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson, Sarah's grave, Transportation
71 Comments
On board the convict ship (for Australian National Family History Week)
It’s National Family History Week in Australia (until August 10). So I’m going to leave the Irish history theme for now and pick up some of Nicholas Delaney’s story in New South Wales. Starting with his arrival. Human cargo On … Continue reading
Posted in Convicts, Transportation
Tagged Atlas II, Australia, Bridget Dolan, Convict, convict ship, family, genealogy, Major George Johnston, Nicholas Delaney, Thomas Musgrave, Transportation
3 Comments
