Cover image for Register of Certificates of Freedom granted.
Series:
Register of Certificates of Freedom granted.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jan 1830
End Date:
31 Dec 1844
Excludes Dates:
01 Jun 1837 - 09 Mar 1841
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 181831 Dec 1877
Related Series:
CON113 Certificates of Freedom.09 Jun 184511 Feb 1873
How to Use:
Digital images of this record series are available to view online by clicking on the item links below to get to the Item Details pages. Copies may be made for private research/study but any other use requires permission from the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office
Series notes:
A certificate of freedom was issued on the expiration of a convict's sentence. There are 2 volumes in this series and the tabulation varies between the two - but essentially the records are performing the same activity - keeping a record of the issue of these certificates.

Item 1 - provides for: date and number of certificate, name, number and ship of convict, date of arrival, where and when tried, sentence, when certificate sent to Colonial Secretary's Office, when returned, where and when certificate sent to convict.

Item 2 provides for convict number, convict name, ship, when certificate received and when certificate delivered and remarks.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
The arrangement is chronological - first volume by date of certificate and second volume by date of when received.
Items: