In 1835 Richard Less again found himself committed for trial at the Windsor Quarter sessions, this time in February of 1835. Once again the charge levelled against Richard Lees was for Larceny. This time Richard was charged with having stolen two … Continue reading
Richard Lees had a troubled career spanning a number of decades. Mostly he was a carpenter who ran to petty theft and other minor misdemeanours. In the early days, these seem to have been focussed on trying to provide food … Continue reading
On the second of June 1797 John Lees arrived in Sydney Cove aboard the Ganges.[1] Unlike many of those who were coming to Sydney, John was not a convict. He was there as one of the soldiers. John served in … Continue reading
Over the last month and a half I have been working on my convict assignment for UTAS. There was a lot of other reading and research that I had to do as well. Some of what I have done has … Continue reading
Back in 2011 Geneabloggers did a podcast that focussed on finding female ancestors. One of the things that was bought up very comprehensively in that podcast was the difficulties of tracing women because of their name changes. For example there … Continue reading
The next subject for my Diploma in Family History has started. We are researching Convicts. Unlike the first subject, ‘Introduction to Family History’, this one has jumped right in. We have had some information about convicts we are starting to … Continue reading