First Fleet, Project Team Activity List

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Australia
Surnames/tags: Convicts First_Fleet

This page has been developed to aid Australia Project Team Members to assist in completing the work to add all arrivals to Australia on the First Fleet to Wikitree. As at November 2022, 247 profiles were listed in the First Fleet category. We aim to steadily increase that number. Our first priority is to identify and create profiles with basic sources, then to complete the task of ensuring biographies and other sources are improved and connected to the main Wikitree.

For more information or help contact Veronica Williams or Heather Stevens.

Priority Tasks

1. For all arrivals listed on the First Fleet page, add a link to their Wikitree profile;

2. Where a Wikitree profile doesn't exist for a convict, check the First Fleet Online website. If the convict is listed there, create a new profile with basic information, adding the source as <ref>[http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/search.aspx First Fleet Online], accessed xxxdatexxx.</ref>, and create a link to the profile from the First Fleet page.

3. If a convict is not listed on the First Fleet Online website and a profile exists add the category: [[Category:Australia_Project,_Profile_Verification_Needed]]. These will be researched by our specialists.

If no profile exists - add their name to this page for further work by our specialists to verify the identity of the person.

4. For all First Fleet profiles reviewed, ensure they have the appropriate stickers and categories as per the Australia Project Guidelines.

5. When reviewing profiles from the main list, please add the following category if more work is needed on the profile: [[Category: Australia, Profile Improvement - First Fleet]]

When adding a profile to this category, please add a new section before the source list.

==Australia Project==

Details of what work is needed, sources, identity verification, biography etc. Please add your Wiki-ID and timestamp the note, using ~~~~.

6. Action the maintenance categories for First Fleet convicts, see the priority list Category: Australia, Profile Improvement - First Fleet, or access all Australia Maintenance Categories here.

Resources

• Wikitree - First Fleet
• Wikitree - First Fleet Voyages
• Fellowship of First Fleeters - List of Ships

Work in Progress

To enable the work to be distributed and to not duplicate effort, please add you name to the table when you are working on a particular group. Once completed, change your name to 'Complete'. If you have difficulty updating the table please contact Veronica or Heather who can add you.

To add your name, open this page via 'Edit'. Firstly, note the number of the ship you wish to work on, eg Scarborough = 11. Then go to the list and find the letter you wish to work on, eg 'X'. Find the letter in the list, count down the number of corresponding '|', then add your Wikitree profile - see my example in the table. The example indicates I am working on everyone with a surname starting with X, who arrived on the Scarborough.

	Alexander	Borrowdale	Charlotte	Fishburn	Friendship	Golden_Grove	HMS_Sirius	HMS_Supply	Lady Penrhyn	Prince_of Wales	Scarborough
A	Heather	None	Heather	Heather	Heather	None	Heather	None	Heather	Heather	Heather
B	Heather	Heather	Heather	Heather	Heather	Heather	Heather	Heather	Heather	Heather	Heather
C						None
D		None				None
E		None		None		None		None
F		None		None		None
G		None		None		None
H		None
I	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None		None
J		None		None		Complete
K		None		None	None	None		None
L		None		None		None
M				None
N		None	None	None		None
O		None		None		None		None
P		None				None
Q	None	None		None	None	None	None		None	None	None
R						None
S		None		None
T				None		None
U		None		None	None	None	None		None	None	None
V		None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
W				None		None
X	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Veronica
Y		None		None		None
Z	None	None	None	None	None	None	None		None	None	None