Category: Dorfprozelten research

Research into the emigrants from Dorfprozelten who came to Australia in the 19th century

Remembrance Day: honouring the Australian-born Diggers with German ancestry

11 November, 2011

A couple of my family’s fallen Diggers, James Augustus Gavin and William Rudolph (Robert) Kunkel, were remembered in earlier posts. Today I want to focus on the service of the Australian Diggers in World War I who were descendants of the mid-19thcentury Dorfprozelten immigrants, five of whom gave their lives and another 17 served in … More Remembrance Day: honouring the Australian-born Diggers with German ancestry

The Ancestors’ Geneameme challenge from Geniaus

15 October, 2011

Geniaus has set us another challenge with The Ancestors’ Geneameme. This is my response to the challenge. The list should be annotated in the following manner: Things you have already done or found: bold face type Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional) Things you haven’t done or found and don’t … More The Ancestors’ Geneameme challenge from Geniaus

Labour Day: The occupations of my ancestors.

9 September, 2011

Geneabloggers has been running the 2011 Labor Day challenge to celebrate Labor Day in the US last weekend. Where I live Labour Day is celebrated on May Day, the first Monday in May. In other states it’s celebrated on dates in other months. Even though I’m out of kilter time-wise, this challenge looked pretty interesting … More Labour Day: The occupations of my ancestors.

Writing family history -roadblock in Dorfprozelten

6 February, 2011

The biggest roadblock in writing my Kunkel-O’Brien family history in 2003 was trying to give my readers a flavour of the ancestral home village in Bavaria. I struggled with this stumbling block for weeks, but during a day’s creative writing class at the NT Writers’ Centre a lateral approach came to me. Instead of being … More Writing family history -roadblock in Dorfprozelten

Australia Day 2011 meme: the importance of church records and archives to my early documents.

25 January, 2011

Shelley from http://twigsofyore.blogspot.com/ has invited us to submit an Australia Day post on our blogs. She suggests that we “Find the earliest piece of documentation you have about an ancestor in Australia. If you don’t have an Australian ancestor, then choose the earliest piece of documentation you have for a relative in Australia” On Wednesday … More Australia Day 2011 meme: the importance of church records and archives to my early documents.

Surname Sunday-my “families of interest”

9 January, 2011

It’s time to list my “families of interest” again: not just those on my own family tree, but those I’ve come to research:   KUNKEL:  George, son of Adam & Katharina from Dorfprozelten, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany to Australia -mid-C19th.  Brickwall is his brother Joseph Philip or Philip Joseph Kunkel who reportedly went to “America”. O’BRIEN: Mary … More Surname Sunday-my “families of interest”

Book reading: Jondaryan Station: the relationship between pastoral capital and pastoral labour 1840-1890

5 January, 2011

During the holidays I was reading this book by Jan Walker, published by UQ Press back in 1988. It’s been on my “to do” list for some time & I finally got down to reading it. The book was easy to read but also very informative and insightful, adding new information to previous readings I’d … More Book reading: Jondaryan Station: the relationship between pastoral capital and pastoral labour 1840-1890