Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 213
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
who arrived as convicts may provide details of
their condition or life since arrival.
Indexes and registers to letters received,
1826-1900, 1901-21
See interim guide for a full listing of Indexes and
Registers for the period 1826-1900.
Skeleton Register
NRS 922
Microfilm copy:
Reels 2929-2973,
2563-2619, 1705,
[5/2336-596;
5/2597-661]
Skeleton register, 1826–44
State Records has compiled a 'skeleton register'
of letters received for the period 1826–45. This
in-house finding aid is designed to assist in
locating individual letters. It is available in the
reading rooms.
Minutes and Memoranda
Governor's and Colonial Secretary's minutes
and memoranda, 1826–1927
NRS 909
These form a separate series but have a close
relationship with the in-letters with crossreferencing in the registers of each. See
Appendix D of the interim finding aid for further
details and an item listing.
Registers of minutes and memoranda,
1826–17 Aug 1927
NRS 910, Reels
2725–2727
Indexes are located in the front of each volume.
18.5
Letters Sent, 1826+
Copies of letters sent re convicts, Oct 1826–
May 1855
Copies of letters mainly to the Principal
Superintendent of Convicts and to the Land
Board in relation to the assignment of convict
servants. In 1831 this Board became the Board
for the Assignment of Convict Servants and it in
turn was replaced by a Commissioner for the
Assignment of Convict Servants in 1836.
NRS 962
Microfilm copy:
Reels 1041-55,
2649-50,
[4/3665-94]
The Office of Principal Superintendent was
discontinued in December 1855, the functions
being largely taken over by the Convict Branch of
the Police Department.
While most volumes have an index at the front,
these contemporary indexes are incomplete.
They have been fully indexed by Joan Reese in
Colonial Secretary's Correspondence: Index to
letters sent re convicts, 1826–May 1855.
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