----- Original Message ----- From: "Tocal convicts" <convicts@tocal.com> To: <AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 7:18 AM Subject: [PJ] Convicts Thomas Ward- Canada (3) 1815 & Kitty Sheene- Brothers (1) 1824 > Glen > a surprisingly high proportion of convicts had migrated from their > county of birth to another county or country before they were > transported. In fact one study found that 38 per cent of the English and > Irish convicts transported to NSW between 1817 and 1840 had already left > their county of birth before transportation. Source is "Convict Workers > - Reinterpreting Australia's Past", by Stephen Nicholas (ed.), > Cambridge, 1988, p54. > In the case of my Tocal convicts, 40 of them (29 per cent) were tried in > a county other than that of their birth, and eight of them in a > different country to that of their birth. > Regards > Brian > > > ==== AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to *thank* people should they reply to your question ! > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.1/104 - Release Date: 9/16/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.5/177 - Release Date: 11/21/05