Hi Julie, In my tree I have 3 convict brothers married 3 convict women, a sister of the brothers also married a convict and I am looking at the possibility of the father also marrying a convict. Fantastic stuff. Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: AUS-CONVICTS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 283 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Query - # of convicts sent from same family (determinable?) > (Julie Gough) > 2. Re: Query - # of convicts sent from same family > (determinable?) (kaye vernon) > 3. Re: Query - # of convicts sent from same family > (determinable?) (Betty Keep) > 4. FW: Dave & Jim (Peter Strauss) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:33:03 +1000 (EST) > From: Julie Gough <[email protected]> > Subject: [AUS-CON] Query - # of convicts sent from same family > (determinable?) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > hi listers > > I have been wondering about something and would value anyone > ideas/findings > about this. > > Given that convicts were sent across to various parts of Australia for 4 > generations and given the drastic circumstances that brought people here - > wouldn't it be not only possible but likely that if one member of a > family was > sent across that in the same generation - or adjacent generations. at > least > another family member was also sent to Australia? > > I have only focussed on my direct convict ancestors, but know a little > about an > uncle of one ancestor also sent to Australia. > > To find the data on all families affected with multiple members sent to > Australia is very interesting. It seems more holistic to think about the > implications for the whole famiy left behind, and about the members > heading > to Australia knowing even which others may follow, or which others are > already > here to possibly seek. This is very different to the one-by-one single > person > search approach in ancestral research. > > Julie > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:04:14 +1000 > From: "kaye vernon" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Query - # of convicts sent from same family > (determinable?) > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I found a family of brothers who came out as convicts one went to > Tasmania, > two to Victoria and one to NSW. Only in recent times,have the families > connected. To add to this,I found that they had left a sister behind in > England and she has descendents who have contacted me with a whole new > branch of the family tree. > I have not followed this line with any other branch of my family but you > have prompted me to consider the possibility. > Kaye Vernon > www.bananatv.com/familytreechecklist.hrm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Julie Gough > Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2008 7:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AUS-CON] Query - # of convicts sent from same family > (determinable?) > > hi listers > > I have been wondering about something and would value anyone > ideas/findings > about this. > > Given that convicts were sent across to various parts of Australia for 4 > generations and given the drastic circumstances that brought people here - > wouldn't it be > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:44:15 +1000 > From: "Betty Keep" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Query - # of convicts sent from same family > (determinable?) > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi Julie > I have often thought of all that you say in your email. I have a g g > grandfather whose father and uncle were already in Aus - in the Sydney > area > when he was convicted. My gg grandfather also had a wife and some family > prior to his conviction, but they never came to Aus and my convict > remarried > after he was free. (This is not our mutual rellies that I am talking > about!). > Cheers > Betty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie Gough" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:33 AM > Subject: [AUS-CON] Query - # of convicts sent from same family > (determinable?) > > >> hi listers >> >> I have been wondering about something and would value anyone >> ideas/findings >> about this. >> >> Given that convicts were sent across to various parts of Australia for 4 >> generations and given the drastic circumstances that brought people >> here - >> wouldn't it be not only possible but likely that if one member of a >> family was >> sent across that in the same generation - or adjacent generations. at >> least >> another family member was also sent to Australia? >> >> I have only focussed on my direct convict ancestors, but know a little >> about an >> uncle of one ancestor also sent to Australia. >> >> To find the data on all families affected with multiple members sent >> to >> Australia is very interesting. It seems more holistic to think about the >> implications for the whole famiy left behind, and about the members >> heading >> to Australia knowing even which others may follow, or which others are >> already >> here to possibly seek. This is very different to the one-by-one single >> person >> search approach in ancestral research. >> >> Julie >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.0/1685 - Release Date: 9/22/2008 > 4:08 PM > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:44 +1000 > From: "Peter Strauss" <[email protected]> > Subject: [AUS-CON] FW: Dave & Jim > To: "List AUS Convicts" <[email protected]>, "WILMA" > <[email protected]>, "'Paula T Rieger'" <[email protected]>, > "Marty Rieger" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > From: colin strauss [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2008 3:28 PM > To: Peter William Strauss; Greta Vargas; Les Law; Phil Evans; Colliss > Parrett > Subject: Fw: Dave & Jim > > > > > > : Fw: Dave & Jim > > > > > > > > > > Dave & Jim > > > > > Dave and Jim were a couple of drinking buddies who worked as Aircraft > mechanics in Melbourne . > > One day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the hangar with > nothing to do. > > Dave said, 'Man, I wish we had something to drink!' > Jim says, 'Me too. Y'know, I've heard you can drink jet fuel and get a > buzz. > > You wanna try it?' > So they pour themselves a couple of glasses of high octane booze and get > completely smashed. > The next morning Dave wakes up and is surprised at how good he feels. > > In fact he feels GREAT! NO hangover! NO bad side effects. > > Nothing! > > Then the phone rings. It's Jim . Jim says, 'Hey, how do you feel this > morning?' > > Dave says, 'I feel great, how about you?' > Jim says, 'I feel great, too. You don't have a hangover?' > Dave says, 'No that jet fuel is great stuff -- no hangover, nothing. We > ought to do this more often.' > > ' Yeah, well there's just one thing.' > 'What's that?' > > 'Have you farted yet?' > > 'No.' > > 'Well, DON'T, ' cause I'm in Perth .' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 3300 (20080725) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _____ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.0/1685 - Release Date: 9/22/2008 > 4:08 PM > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AUS-CONVICTS list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the AUS-CONVICTS mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of AUS-CONVICTS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 283 > ******************************************** >