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From: "Susie Zada" <>
Subject: Re: re "Unassisted inward passenger lists"
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:08 +1000
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Hi Dawn,

Records from the Prison Registers can be an absolute wealth of information
and depending on the years often include photographs.

A tip for ALL users of these new PROV indexes as well as all other PROV
records, try to take time to read the guides and explanations. For example,
instead of just clicking on the index, click on .......

Prison Records (PROVguide 58)
The guide will explain how, why and what ......... for example ........
============================================
Victorian prisons were required to submit information about the prisoners in
their custody to the Penal and Gaols Branch of the Chief Secretary's
Department. Central Registers were kept for both male and female prisoners.
The registers are arranged in prisoner registration number order which were
assigned sequentially. All later convictions were added under the prisoner's
original registration number. Some entries span long periods of time, and
include the prisoner's behaviour while incarcerated. The register gives
name, date of birth, country of origin, occupation and physical description,
as well as the reason for conviction, sentence and the dates served. The
entry under 'previous history' often gives the name of the ship on which the
prisoner arrived in Australia.
=============================================
How much more could you want?????

Regards ...... Susie Z

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn Webb" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 6:48 PM
Subject: RE: re "Unassisted inward passenger lists"


> Well on the updated website for PRO they have indexes - new ones - and
> there is a person there by the name of my missing gg grandfather James
> Burrows. Right timeframe.. Prisoner - would explain why he seems to
> have dropped off the face of the earth.
>
> Has anyone in the past accessed these records? I mean, if all there is
> available is a name and date, there is not much point in viewing it.
> But if there is more, then I will have to make time to get into PRO and
> view it.
>
> Thank you Wendy for pointing out the new info on the site!
>
> Dawn
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wendy Dent [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2004 7:35 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: re "Unassisted inward passenger lists"
>
>
> Unassisted passenger lists and some wonderful NEW
> indexes available via
>
> http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/access/online.htm#db
>
> Have fun...
>
> Wendy
>
>
>
> --- Diane Christensen <>
> wrote: > At the moment the PRO is moving from the city
> to
> > North Melbourne.The new
> > facility is to open this week
> > Meanwhile they are changing their website around.
> > This may be why you are having some problems with
> > the site and not able to
> > access the information you seek.
> >
> > Di
> > Melbourne.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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