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= ….married
ABGR … Australian Biographical & Genealogical Record
AGCI …. Australian Genealogical Computer Index
AJCP ..…Australian Joint Copying Project
AO or SAO …. (State) Archives Office now State Records
AP …….. Absolute Pardon
ARK ..… State Records of NSW Archives Resource Research Kit
AS …. Assigned Servant
……....born
BC …..... Born in colony
Bond ……. A convict still serving their time
CoF …..Certificate of Freedom
Census NSW 1828 … a survey of those in the colony in November 1828
CF …. Came Free
Circa. Or c. …. Approximately or about
Col. Sec. …Colonial Secretary
CP ….Conditional Pardon
Currency lad or lasses ….free born children of convicts in NSW
Deal and Downs ….. Ships anchored in the Downs of the town of Deal and here they awaited for favourable winds. The Downs is the harbour of Deal and is enclosed by the North and South Forelands, as well as the deadly Goodwin Sands
E ….Emancipated
Exclusives …. Free settler (usually wealthy colonists)
F …….Free (arrived free)
FS or FBS …. Free by Servitude
General Return of Convicts 1837 …..A muster of convicts still serving their term in 1836/7 in NSW--this does not include them all.
GS …. Government Servant (convict)
HPB …Hyde Park Barracks
HRA ….Historical Records of Australia
HRA NSW ...Historical Records of New South Wales
IGI …International Genealogical Index
Indent …Convict passenger list
m. …..married
Moreton Bay …now Brisbane Queensland (Penal colony established 1824)
Muster …. A listing/counting people in the colony, free and convict
NAI …..National Records of Ireland
NLA …National Library of Australia Canberra
OB ….Old Bailey
PJ …Port Jackson, Sydney
Port Phillip - Melbourne, Victoria
PRO …Public Records Office (Kew, England)
Pure Merinos or Sterling…... Children of the Exclusives (non convicts)
SAG … Society of Australian Genealogists
SLV - State Library of Victoria
SRNSW ….State Records of New South Wales
T of E …Ticket of Exemption
TOL or ToL ….. Ticket of Leave
VDL ….Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
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