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

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: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julie Gough Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2008 7:33 AM To: aus-convicts@rootsweb.com 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

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" <julie.gough@jcu.edu.au> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> 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 > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com 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