Ancestry now has a full-text search feature, which allows you to search within transcribed documents using keywords. Similar to FamilySearch's advanced search, it focuses on OCR-processed records and can be accessed via the Search menu.
Police Gazettes are a critical resource for anyone researching criminal history, as well as family historians who are researching an ancestor who may have been on the wrong side of the law. In many cases, they provide the best starting point for such research, before moving on to check if there are more detailed
The State Records Office is often asked if there are existing photographs of convicts sent to Western Australia. While convicts were not photographed during transportation to WA or upon arrival, photography was still in its early stages in the mid-1800s. However, there are existing photographs of a number of convicts who were later reconvicted
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