Hi
I'm looking for James Cole, born c.1811; lived in Dorset, England, where he committed his crime in 1839. Transported to Van Dieman's Land, arriving on the Canton in 1840, with sentence of 15 years. There is a record in the Tasmanian Library, which gives details and confirms his conditional pardon in 1849. He was free to leave VDL after 1854. The Library has no information on James's fate. Tasmanian register of deaths, etc, has no search facility, so I can't even look for possibilities to make speculative purchases. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Many thanks.