Hi Christine I'm a little confused by your statement which says: Hamilton Hume father of Explorer was a convict. The explorer was Hamilton Hume and his father was Andrew Hamilton Hume who was a Superintendent of Convicts, certainly not a convict. Have I read something incorrectly? Regards Tom -----Original Message----- From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of christene Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 2:53 PM To: aus-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Query: What is max # of direct convict ancestorsonecould have? I have a few on my tree Hamilton Hume father of Explorer was a convict John Taber was a teacher and started the first private school in Sydney leaving a parcel of land that he was given for the first Jewish church and school and another was a poor Irish catholic farmer from Tyrone James Mcgrath who had a run in with the constabulary in 1827 and was sentenced to life in the colony Not 1 of these were from *villainous families * all 3 were what we in todays colloquialisms were *set up*..what ever the colony needed was supplied one way or the other I am sure when I go further I will find more It would be interesting to have the time to just collect a convict and bring him to modern time rather than just spending time on our own lines Christene ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 66 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len