Hi,
Since my last post I have been in contact with a lot of other people who have descended from the Aldington Gang. The Aus-tasmania mailing list is a great way of making contact with other family history researchers. At the moment there are five of us who are interested in the Bailey family and in particular descendants of John Bailey. I am providing information on Elizabeth Bailey, Rae is researching Emily Bailey, Bob is researching Rhoda Bailey and Lynne is interested in the Higgins connections. A lot of the smugglers families intermarried in Tasmania. They seem to have stayed around the New Norfolk/Broadmarsh area.

John Bailey, Smugglers

I created this blog to document my research into the smuggling ring called the Aldington Blues, which operated in Kent in the south of England. My x4 great grandfather, John Baily, and his family where part of the group. John and many of his family members were eventually caught and transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1827.