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Am going through the census images to see if I can find a miner whose name might bave been recorded with only is initials !!! Will get back to you in a mo!

Am still here !! Sadly nothing to report. I have downloaded 48 pages of census images from the Hulk and checked any names against miners or colliers - nothing I am afraid. There are about 20 page (approx 400 names) which have only been transcribed with initials for first name and surname - have looked at these as best as I can but cannot see any possibilities. Do you know how accurate the place of birth is - have you taken it from the trial reports? Do the places of birth for the other fellow convicts we have found match up to the trial reports? It seems such a shame as I am sure we are so close to finding him.

Have just googled for Warrior Hulk / convict ship etc and found this web page http://www(.)learningcurve(.)gov(.)uk/victorianbritain/lawless/source5t.htm it has a short list of prisoners on the Warrior in 1849 - ....... The source is a list of the prisoners who were aboard HMS Warrior in December 1849. HMS Warrior was one of the convict hulk ships used to keep prisoners before they were transported. This source is an extract taken from a list that shows the prisoners that were aboard HMS Warrior in December 1849. Now I don´t know whether they were still there in 1851 waiting to be transported or not but there is a reference quoted .... Catalogue ref: HO 8/102 HO presumably refers to Home Office - so I wonder if somewhere there is a full list of names of those awaiting transportation in 1851 Now I don´t know where you would find such a document - possibly National Archives or A2A - maybe someone on here may be able to help you with that one. Do hope you manage to solve it somehow!