Services

Fees

The Female Factory Research Group can assist you with research into female convicts who spent time in Van Diemen's Land. 

 

Services

We offer the following services:

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provide copies and/or typed transcriptions of convict records, including:

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conduct records (example, example)

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indents (example)

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description lists (example)

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appropriation lists

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surgeon's reports

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permission to marry applications

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conduct searches to determine if an ancestor arrived as a convict

Our transcription services are particularly useful to those people who have difficulty reading and interpreting convict records, even those these records are now online.

 

Fees

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Minimum Fee - $35 (includes up to 1 hour search/transcription time)

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Hourly Rate - $35 per hour (or part thereof, in excess of 1 hour)

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Additional Costs include copies @ $0.70 per page, postage and handling

Most basic searches take 1-2 hours and are completed within 2-3 weeks of request.  You will be invoiced at the completion of the research. 

If you wish to engage our services, please complete the application form:

download in MS Word format  PDF format.

You can either the email or post the form to us.  If you have any queries, please contact:

Fiona MacFarlane

by email (click on the link)

If you are interested in a similar service for male convict records, go to the Port Arthur Historic Site.


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