Benjamin Lucas was born in Leeds in 1791, but an 1833 conviction for larceny and sentence to fourteen years transportation would change the course of his life for ever.

Join professional genealogist Janice Heppenstall as she takes us on a journey that starts with the nineteenth century criminal justice system in England, and ends up on the other side of the world. Her presentation includes wider information about the history of transportation, an outline of official records personal to Benjamin’s story, and how information located in those documents can be expanded by memoirs and accounts written by others involved in the process.

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Image: Lady Penrhyn by Frank Allen (Public domain). Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lady_Penrhyn_(sailing_ship).jpg