From the Convicts to the Anzacs

Are you researching your family history?

Have you found a Tasmanian convict?

Have you seen their full convict records?

Do you know the story of how they survived and became founders of modern Australia?

If you do, would you like to join Australia’s biggest family history?

Founders & Survivors will become one of the world’s great historical studies of immigration, forced labour and settlement. It will eventually follow convict founders and their descendants over five generations and build a unique portrait of modern Australian society in the making.

We invite you to join this first stage of our quest—to find Australia’s Founders and Survivors and submit a convict you have researched.

Female Factory Research Group

Submitted by claudine on 2 September, 2010 - 10:29

Please note that the Female Factory Research Group only works on the 12,5000 female convicts sent to Van Diemen's Land, not those sent to New South Wales. It would be wonderful to get a similar group active in New South Wales.

Founders and Survivors Newsletter No. 5, August 2010

Submitted by claudine on 30 August, 2010 - 11:13

In this second issue of Chainletter for 2010 we bring good news about the start of research projects and the final policy on the public release of data submitted by donor historians and convict descendants. This issue also features news about our partnership with the Female Factory Research Group, and an article about the Queen's Orphan Schools.

There are two files available for download. FAS_Newsletter05_Aug2010_BIG.pdf is a larger file with a larger image resolution (higher quality images) while FAS_Newsletter05_Aug2010_Small.pdf is more suitable if you have a slow internet connection.

New volunteer group and discussion forums added

Submitted by claudine on 27 July, 2010 - 16:03

Dear volunteers,

At the Melbourne volunteers' workshop on 25 June, we identified a number of research tasks that volunteers can start working on. Some of these require physical access to sources, while others can be done online from any location. I have created a new group for coordinating Volunteers' projects, along with discussion forums for some of the tasks. If you are interested in helping with these or any other research tasks, please join the Volunteers' projects group at http://www.foundersandsurvivors.org/node/86860

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