Migration was often a matter decided upon by the courts, and hundreds of thousands of convicts were to find themselves transported to the colonies from the late seventeenth century onwards. In territories with little or no census records these migration documents are invaluable.
Migration was often a matter decided upon by the courts, and hundreds of thousands of convicts were to find themselves transported to the colonies from the late seventeenth century onwards. In territories with little or no census records these migration documents are invaluable.