There are not a lot of primary records available on the Internet at present. Though the number is continually growing, microfiche and microfilm records will be the main source of these records for some time to come. Births, Deaths and Marriages Shipping Convicts Births, Deaths and Marriages Birth, Death and Marriage records are a good starting point when beginning your family history. The aim of these exchanges is to provide a free resource for those wanting to share information. This makes shipping records very important for our family history research.
Passenger lists can provide such details as an immigrant's native place, religion and family.
There are an increasing number of passenger lists appearing on the Internet, especially difficult to obtain records. The entries are listed by alphabetical order of ship's name regardless of the arrival port. A number of sites relating to a range of resources such as assignment lists, first, second and third fleets, and transportation lists are available on the Internet. This WWW page contains linkages to a series of special listings collected by the author, each detailing the names of convicts compiled in private collections. These collections are not available in this format in the archives offices in Australia.