Convict medical records go online

[Coromandel]

Two new Ancestry databases which may be of interest to anyone with transportees in the family . . .

'UK Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1857'
'This collection includes 671 volumes, each from a single ship and covering a particular time period. The majority are convict ships bound for Australia or Van Diemen’s Land.' Not all the records are for ships: I see that journals of the Bermuda Royal Naval Hospital are included, for example.

'UK Surgeon Superintendents' Journals of Convict Ships, 1858-1867'
which 'does what it says on the tin'

[Ladkyis]

So now I am wishing for a black sheep that was convicted and went to Australia - sigh. I shall check anyway.

[olcodger]

Thank you Coromandel. Really useful post and something else for me to check during the winter months!!! M.J. }