📣 Introducing the Supporters Club

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Convict Ancestors.

Convict Records helps you explore and preserve the stories of Australia’s transported convicts, whether you’re tracing family or researching history.

Search the convicts that were transported to Australia, or browse the ships and voyages that carried them.

Discover the stories of convicts transported to Australia from 1787 to 1867.

Built on the British Convict Transportation Register, courtesy of the State Library of Queensland, and growing every day with contributions from our members.

Currently, with the contributions of our community, we have details on 156,117 out of an estimated 160,000 convicts.

Explore convicts, ships, and voyages.

Join our Supporters Club

Help keep Australia’s convict history free to explore, and unlock some handy research tools along the way.

Your continuous support helps us to grow Convict Records as we work alongside our community to bring new features and improvements to the platform.
As a supporter, you’ll be able to keep Australia’s convict history alive for future generations. Your supporter badge shows you’re helping preserve Australia’s history.

Also you can enjoy exclusive benefits, including:

Upload Your Own Photos and Documents

Preserve your heritage for researchers and kin. You can upload and attach images to individual convicts, bringing their stories to life.

Connect Directly with Other Members

Share stories, ask questions, and uncover hidden connections within your family tree to enrich your research. Click 'Message User' on the profile page of a selected member via the Members tab.

Export Your Research to Excel

Easily export your research and share it with family or use it for further research. Download the complete convict list from any voyage in Excel format (.csv) via the voyage page.

Unlock Deep Insights

The records at a glance: voyages over time, destinations, sentence lengths and the busiest ships, right on the index pages.

Supporters Club

Support the ongoing development of Convict Records.

New supporters start with a 7-day free trial.

$12/month

AUD, GST inclusive

  • 7-day free trial for new supporters
  • Access to new exclusive features as they are released
  • Start new conversations with other members
  • Supporter badge attached to your account
  • Your name will be proudly displayed as a Supporter on our website
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Convict of the Day

Ann Forbes

Born
Sep 1771
Conviction
Unknown
Departure
Mar 1787
Arrival
Jan 1788
Death
Dec 1851
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Personal Information

Name: Ann Forbes
Gender: Female
Born: 15th Sep 1771
Death: 28th Dec 1851
Age at death: 80
Occupation: Dressmaker/Needlewoman
Aliases: Ann Dring, Ann Huxley, Ann Bannister

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Surrey. Kingston upon Thames Assizes
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st Mar 1787
Ship: Prince Of Wales
Arrival: 22nd Jan 1788
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Join our Community

When you contribute information about convicts, you not only enrich our database but also gain experience and level up. As your level grows, so do your benefits – like the ability to update ships and voyages, and the chance to review changes made by fellow contributors.
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