2010

28th February 2010

Blog Posting "A Ghost Train to Toronto" is about Kevin and Mary's trip to Toronto, Lake Macquarie and the historical information they discovered about Reverend Lancelot Edward Threlkeld (1788 - 1859) and his convict servant, Charles Adams. Read more about Reverend Lancelot Edward Threlkeld

24th February 2010

Resource Materials section of this website has been reorganised.

17th February 2010

Kevin's research on Governor Bligh and the Rum Rebellion has been included in Resource Materials section of this website.

2nd February 2010
  
Kevin is currently researching Governor Bligh and recently this research lead him to the Winsor area of Sydney.

Read about his trip to Green Hills Burial Ground.

26th January 2010

• Australia Day and your Convict Ancestor
In this blog, Kevin presents detailed information about PM Kevin Rudd's Convict Ancestor, Thomas Rudd, reported in the Sydney Morning Herald's article on the the PM's speech, "Rudd speaks fondly of black sheep Tom"

 

23rd January 2010 The German  (NDR TV) Documentary "With 80,000 issues around the world program" with anchor man, Dennis Gastmann, interviewed Kevin McGuinness on the 23rd January 2010 about Australia being a Convict Nation. Kevin was approached about six weeks ago through the website to do the interview. The interview, which went for one hour, was conducted in Hyde Park, Sydney, with the high city buildings in the background. It was a very interesting experience. The small bag on the ground is a well known to persons who view the program in Germany, as it has been filmed in interviews conducted all over the world. See Kevin's blog: A German Convict about this interview.

In 2009, Kevin McGuinness helped with the convict women's data for the Parragirls website.

 

History Services NSW will consider undertaking further searches of its databases to accommodate any special research requests. Please email your request.

Kevin McGuinness