Hi Eric, I have a DNA match in Texas who has done some research herself and had some done professionally. I contributed a bit to the process. As regards the convict history, that is well documented here in Australia. There are also DNA matches in the Azores, Oregon, California and I am trying to do my own research by whatever means is available. I've contacted other DNA matches, but cannot establish the link. The internet opens a lot of possibilities, but family history gets very complex with each generation, 2 parents, four grand, eight greats etc etc.
Michael On Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:04:36 UTC+11, luiznoia wrote: > > How do you have his birthdate and place ? > > Eric Edgar > > On Jan 2, 2018 6:07 PM, "Mickey Blue" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi all, I'm an Australian, descendant of Manuel Jacinto, born Sao Joao >> Pico 9 December 1825, son of Manuel Jacinto De Avila and Rosa Francesca. I >> can only speak English, so I struggle with Portuguese language and naming >> practices, any information in that regard would much appreciated. I'm also >> interested in history and hope, one day, to write a novel, based on my >> Great great grandfather's life and times. He was charged with stealing a >> Frenchman's watch in Trinidad in 1836, at 11 years of age, he was tried , >> under British law, transported to Van Diemen's land (now Tasmania >> Australia) after two years on prison hulks in England. It is a tale of >> terrible hardship, survival and redemption. He had four daughters and >> through them, many hundreds of direct descendants. >> >> Naturally I'm interested in all my family history, but also would also >> love to know cultural, social and religious customs around 1820's. On his >> convict records, he was listed as being from Madeira, but I know he was >> born in Pico, so I think he may have arrived in Trinidad from Madeira (I >> believe the British recruited workers from Madeira during the transition >> from slavery to sate demands made by plantation owners for compensation). >> >> Kind Regards >> Michael >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
