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That all fits in with what I have. Thanks very much

Ammunition ?

Boo

Could be, certainly was his profession ten years later. Just strange how the 'tion' is spaced from the first part

Brill, thanks, I think I just needed a second pair of eyes to confirm I was seeing what I thought I was seeing. 

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to wrap my head around something I found on Ancestry and hope there may be some convict record experts here.

I’m looking at the "New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842" collection. Record type: “Bound Indentures”. But at the top of the first page of each ship it then “Muster Roll of (eg) 190 male English Convicts”.

My understanding was that a muster roll was taken when the convicts were in the colonies to keep tabs on them etc — but this is in the "Convict Indent" collection. But the “Muster Roll" wording at the top of the page when the images change from one ship to another is confusing me.

I found this page on Google while trying to work it out.

https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/Convict_Indents_(Ship_and_Arrival_Registers)_1788-1868

Am I right in thinking that the screenshots do show “Convict Indents” and not true “Muster Rolls”?

Link to a typical front page in the collection is here: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2024/images/32082_223765__0002-00097?usePUB=true&_phsrc=pxd17291&pId=123708

Thank you for your expertise in advance!