Welcome to Convict Records. This website allows you to search the British Convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia between 1787-1867.
Information available includes name of convict, known aliases, place convicted, port of departure, date of departure, port of arrival, and the source of the data.
We also welcome public contributions of additional information such as crime, occupation, gender and date of arrival. You can even add convicts who you cannot find a record for.
You can browse this website for convicts transported to Australia in the following ways:
Browse convicts by their surname. Select the first letter of the surname below to get started.
Select the year in which the convict departed from their place of origin. Note that the voyage could take around 250 days.
0000, 1787, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799
1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809
1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819
1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829
1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839
1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859
Select the starting letter for the vessel which the convict was transported on.
If you prefer, you can try searching for specific information, by searching this website with Google search.
If you have a convict record that is not listed on this website (there is 35,000 of them after all!), you can contribute it here.
See the resources page to find other online convict websites.
