an oft neglected genealogy & history blog
I was rather amused to come across this series of correspondence within the Chronicle and The Advertiser and even more amused to find two of my maternal grandmothers branches claiming ownership of this title, one on her mother’s…
I mentioned yesterday my desire to map out my family history in some way and to this end, Trove has been a fabulous resource. I’ve previously used a family notice found in Trove to begin…
I have a bit of a weakness for maps, and lately I have been contemplating how to plot some of the never ending list of place names that appear in the course of digging around…
I headed to my parents for the Australia day long weekend, as not only was it Australia Day but brother #2 turned 40 on the 25th and an appropriate bash had been organised to celebrate.…