New South Wales industrial school records 1867-1925

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added a new collection of industrial school records for New South Wales from 1867-1925 (Paramatta, Sydney and Biloela). Here's a list of the schools and records added:

• Court Ordered Admissions, 1867–1923 [Biloela, Cockatoo Island and Parramatta Training School, Parramatta]. Series 14722. State Records Reel 3850. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
• Admissions and Discharges, 1887–1925 [Parramatta Training School, Parramatta]. Series 14730. State Records Reel 3850. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
• Roll of Inmates, 1888–1897 [Shaftesbury Girls Reformatory, Sydney]. Series 2438. State Records Reel 3850. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
• Apprenticeships, 1895–1910 [Parramatta Training School, Parramatta]. Series 14739. State Records Reel 3851. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
• Discharges, 1869–1899 [Parramatta Training School, Parramatta]. Series 14723. State Records Reel 3852. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
• Committals, 1906–1918 [Parramatta Training School, Parramatta]. Series 14724. State Records Reel 3852. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.

If your ancestors ventured down under, well worth a look at http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2985.

Ancestry has also somehow updated its 1901 census for England, Wales, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. I have no idea what they have done to the collections though - it's possible that the search interface has more field options, but it's that long since I've accessed the collections on the site that I forget what was there before!

Chris

My new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, is now available from Pen and Sword. My next Pharos Scottish course, Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers, starts May 15th - see http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/scotland-1750-1850-beyond-oprs-starts.html. Time to smash a few brick walls...!