The following sources were used in compiling the story of my ancestors:
1. Allen and Thomas Airey Conviction, 1845 – Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 [database on-line]. Image here.
2. Allen Airey Conviction, 1846 – Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 [database on-line]. Image here.
3. Convict Record (www.linc.tas.gov.au) – Indents Male Convicts CON14-1-33_00156 and CON14-1-33_00157. Combined image here.
4. Shipping News, The Courier (Hobart) 27 July 2014. www.trove.nla.gov.au. Image here.
5. Miscellaneous News, The Examiner Launceston, 27 July 1850. www.trove.nla.gov.au. Image here.
6. Midland Agricultural Society, The Examiner Launceston, 27 July 1850. www.trove.nla.gov.au. Image here.
7. Davis, William Stearns (before 1923). A History of France From the Earliest Times to the Treaty of Versailles (Kindle Edition). Chapter III.
8. Boyce, James (2008). Van Dieman’s Land, Black Inc. Australia. pp. 52.
9. Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command – . pp.429. (image here)
10. Eldershaw, P.R, (1965, revised 2003). Guide to the Public Records of Tasmania. Section Three – Convict Department. Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart. pp. 67.
11. Boyce, James (2008). Van Dieman’s Land, Black Inc. Australia. pp. 225.
12. Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Commands, Volume 43. By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. (image here)
13. Convict discipline and transportation, Correspondence on the subject of convict discipline and transportation. (In continuation of the papers presented 16th February, 15th April, and 14th May, 1847.) Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty –
14. Allen Airey’s Official Description (source www.linc.tas.gov.au – CON18-1-53_00004) (image here)
15. Indent of Male Convicts (source www.linc.tas.gov.au – CON14-1-33_00156) (image here)
16. Allen Airey Conduct Record (source www.linc.tas.gov.au – CON33-1-95_00004 (image here)
17. Colonial Times, 15 November 1850. (on www.trove.nla.gov.au)
18. Bradbury, J (2007). The Capetians. Kings of France, 987-1328. Continuum Books, London.
19. http://www.dw.de/the-birth-of-two-states-the-oaths-of-strasbourg-842/a-4619104
20. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53133 – accessed 13 September 2014.
21. Darwen and its people, J.G Shaw, p 145
22. Masson, G (1897). Medieval France: From the Reign of Hughes Capet to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century. Waxkeep Publishing.
23. Davis, W.S. (1919). A History of France: from the Ealiest Times to the Treaty of Versailles.
22. Bradley, J. (2007). The Capetians. Kings of France 987-1328. Hambledon Continuum. UK