I have found an extra piece of information to fill out the picture of Elizabeth Catherine Hamilton, who married 1) Henry Nell, 2) Alexander Barreau. It is regards to the death of her first husband, Henry Nell. He died in … Continue reading →
I think we may have struck gold with our Dawson family history research. Well, a little nugget. John Hughes Dawson had a great uncle called Uncle Tom – or rather, Thomas Hughes. He was JHD’s grandmother’s brother. Well, Thomas married … Continue reading →
Old website from SA State Library on historical memories of SA. http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1437 …
Found a very useful article on researching parish records in the UK with tips of baptism and marriage ages etc. http://www.gwoodward.co.uk/guides/baptisms.htm
OK, so this year it might be 100 years since the bungled military campaign at Gallipoli, but it is 200 years since a much more successful battle in Europe – at least for Britain and Prussia, that is WATERLOO. June 18th 1815, was the date for the Battle of Waterloo, which finally put an end […]
Now here is an interesting website for those with German ancestors. It is a German site which lists gravestones of German immigrants and descendents in Australia. “German” Headstones in Australia “Deutsche” Grabsteine in Australien
Have I mentioned this? I was traversing through a family tree linked to mine via marriage, when I discovered one of the descendants in that tree was a first cousin of mine, via my direct line. So I was related to him, and his entire family of course, twice. He is my first cousin, so one of […]
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