Hi Karen I suggest you have a read of the early chapters of the book The Second Fleet by Michael Flynn. He goes into a lot of detail as to the forming of the Fleet. Also you will get some idea of the sources you could look at from his references. cheers Grahame On 08/03/2009, at 2:31 PM, Karen Hodges wrote: > Hi List > > I have a second fleet convict John Rowling aka Rawling, Rollings who > has been associated with two ships. Most records I have collected say > he came out on the Neptune [this is the ship I have recorded him as > ,arriving on] some records mention the Surprize. The word > 'transferred' has also been written eg He was initially on one, then > transferred to the other. I believe the transfer was before sailing > from England. > > I have a some questions regarding the 2nd fleet, why would someone be > transferred between the ships before they left please? Were the > convicts assigned to set ships based on the goal they came from,their > sex, their crime, their sentence or was it just pot luck? > > Whats would be the best record[s] to consult to find out the truth if > he was indeed placed on one ship, then transfer to the other or just > on one ship the whole time? Would the reason why be recorded? > > Thank you > > Karen >

Thanks Grahame On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Grahame & Rosslyn Thom <grthom@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi Karen > > I suggest you have a read of the early chapters of the book The > Second Fleet by Michael Flynn.  He goes into a lot of detail as to > the forming of the Fleet.  Also you will get some idea of the sources > you could look at from his references. > > cheers > > Grahame > > On 08/03/2009, at 2:31 PM, Karen Hodges wrote: > >>  Hi List >> >> I have a second fleet convict John Rowling  aka Rawling, Rollings who >> has been associated with two ships. Most records I have collected say >> he came out on the Neptune [this is the ship I have recorded him as >> ,arriving on] some records mention the Surprize. The word >> 'transferred' has also been written eg He was initially on one, then >> transferred to the other. I believe the transfer was before sailing >> from England. >> >> I have a some questions regarding the 2nd fleet, why would someone be >> transferred between the ships before they left please? Were the >> convicts assigned to set ships based on the goal they came from,their >> sex, their crime, their sentence or was it just pot luck? >> >> Whats would be the best record[s] to consult to find out the truth if >> he was indeed placed on one ship, then transfer to the other or just >> on one ship the whole time? Would the reason why be recorded? >> >> Thank you >> >> Karen >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >