Hi Elaine Does the DC give place of birth and names of parents? Was the family RC? Why I ask is that if these fields are blank then chase the church register. Grahame On 31/01/2009, at 9:45 PM, ELAINE LEONIE SWEET wrote: > Thank you to Brent, Lesley and Graham for responding to my email. > First Brent, thank you I will followup on the information you have > provided. I believe the birth registration for James is a child > belonging to Michael Minton who arrived on the PrInce Regent 1 (2) > or (3) on 15th July 1824. He was convicted in Dublin County in > 1820, his crime being -having forged notes, he was aged 36 yrs. and > his term was 14yrs This MM had 3 children to Rose Murray > (John,James and Michael). I have found that there are many cases > where information on the MM arriving1821 and the MM arriving 1824 > have been combined and presented as one persons history; probably > because there are several similarities eg. name' place and year of > conviction. > > Lesley,I found the records on MM Prince Regent1 (2) or (3) 1824 at > Kingswood on roll 2662. In the Melbourne State Library they only > had the Microfiche. This MM was not mentioned on the list of > convicts leaving the Prince Regent1 (2) at Port Jackson, however, > he is mentioned on microfiche 658 Masters and Other Papers. Here > they have him as Michael Menton. Prince Regent 1 (3) and the words > Prince Regent 1 (2) hand written on the top of the microfiche.? I > checked the microfiche re the list of names at the place of > departure for the convicts on the prince Regent 1824 and there was > no M Menton just M Minton so I thought it was safe to think that M > Menton and M Minton are the same convict. > However, it is the Michael Minton arriving in 1821 and indented to > John Wylde that I am following. I hope I have got this right but I > am more then happy to be corrected and I am open to any ideas. > > Graham, the first death certificate I have belongs to my g/ > grandfather John Minton. John died on the 21st Feb, 1912 , 76yrs., > place of death Coonabarabran Hospital, NSW. There is no birth > certificate for John but he must have been born around 1836. > Thank You all, I really appreciate your help > Regards > Elaine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT- > JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message