Wow thats really cool stuff LB. It may even help my dad in his quest to trace the family tree. Its much appreciated. However it seems that I am destined to be a pauper if not a criminal!
Lord B speaketh the truth. In 1842 the Rye Guardians shipped off 1,500 people to Australia and that was out of a total population of 12,000. Read more here:
Rye's poor past uncovered by archive project, 13 September 2010 - East Sussex County Council press release