Scottish-Australian Convict dataset

Find details of the around 8,500 criminals who were sentenced in Scotland and transported to Australia between 1787-1867 in the Old Scottish Genealogy & Family History Records of Transported Convicts. 

"This dataset links the transportation registers (HO11 series, held at the National Archives in London) to the records of the High Court of Justiciary/Circuit Courts in Scotland for the first time. The index on its own contains a lot more biographical and identifying information than is found in the transportation registers." Researchers may be happy just with the index, but they can also order the relevant court papers held in Edinburgh for a cost.