Convict Records is a free website which “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.”

Searches can be made by:

• Surname

• Year of Transport

• Ship Name

The site also allows users to add one of the 35,000 convicts who aren’t currently in the system.