Good question even I didn’t think of that. On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 6:02 pm, <aus-tasmania-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Send AUS-TASMANIA mailing list submissions to > aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > > To subscribe via email send a message with subject subscribe and body > subscribe to aus-tasmania-request@rootsweb.com > > To unsubscribe via email send a message with subject unsubscribe and > body unsubscribe to aus-tasmania-request@rootsweb.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > aus-tasmania-owner@rootsweb.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AUS-TASMANIA digest..."AUS-Tasmania Mailing List > Information Page > http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.comToday's Topics: > > 1. Ref: Literacy (K Market Associates) > 2. Re: Ref: Literacy (Chris Kealy) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: K Market Associates <kma-pr@kma-pr.com.au> > To: <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:12:12 +1000 > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Ref: Literacy > Hi Listers, > > > > This question may have a very logical answer but I thought I would call on > the collective wisdom and experience of my peers to advise me. > > > > Who helped convicts who were illiterate? > > > > If they couldn't read or write to their loved ones (back in the old > country) > who helped them and who in the old country would read the letter to their > illiterate spouse and children?? > > > > My gg grandfather was illiterate as was his wife and probably the children. > As I am still trying to find out what happened to them all - I wondered how > in the dickens did they know, understand what was happening to their father > - how did they communicate?? > > > > He eventually got a "Ticket of Leave" - and I wondered how did they know he > was free? From the document I saw online he still maintained he was married > with two children. I haven't found the family in the colony so I am still > searching. They didn't arrive on the ship with him. > > > > Many thanks > > Karen Kestigian > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Chris Kealy <ckealy@ozemail.com.au> > To: <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:01:05 +1000 > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: Ref: Literacy > I'll start the ball rolling. There were many convicts who were literate and > numerate and I would guess that they assisted others with writing skills. > Back home, some of the local shopkeepers would assist in the reading of the > letters. > People often listened to the messages and then passed on the news. That was > the power of listening! > Chris > In Melbourne > > -----Original Message----- > From: K Market Associates [mailto:kma-pr@kma-pr.com.au] > Sent: Monday, 29 April 2019 5:12 PM > To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Ref: Literacy > > Hi Listers, > > > > This question may have a very logical answer but I thought I would call on > the collective wisdom and experience of my peers to advise me. > > > > Who helped convicts who were illiterate? > > > > If they couldn't read or write to their loved ones (back in the old > country) > who helped them and who in the old country would read the letter to their > illiterate spouse and children?? > > > > My gg grandfather was illiterate as was his wife and probably the children. > As I am still trying to find out what happened to them all - I wondered how > in the dickens did they know, understand what was happening to their father > - how did they communicate?? > > > > He eventually got a "Ticket of Leave" - and I wondered how did they know he > was free? From the document I saw online he still maintained he was married > with two children. I haven't found the family in the colony so I am still > searching. They didn't arrive on the ship with him. > > > > Many thanks > > Karen Kestigian > > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > To contact the %(real_name)s list administrator, send an email to > %(real_name)s-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-TASMANIA mailing list -- > aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com, send an email to %(real_name)s@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > %(real_name)s-request@%(host_name)s > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. -- Kind Regards Kesa