Celebrating Darwin & the Top End….Sydney might have the best Oz fireworks but in Darwin you can: walk to the waterfront to see the fireworks at 5 minutes to midnight enjoy the fireworks display with only a handful of people in the vicinity see the fireworks on one side of the bay accompanied by a lightning … More Happy New Year
I couldn’t resist including my cat’s enjoyment of our Christmas tree this year! And finally when the grandchildren and Xmas craft activity became too much.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to search Trove http://trove.nla.gov.au/ and found that my mother had won £1 submitting her recipe for Russian Walnut cake in 1952. On the flip side I could not find the picture of our wedding that I know was published in the AWW (in an indexed year)….more follow up is required. My … More Australian Women’s Weekly online
Having been in something of a blog-storm today I’ve responded to a number of comments made on my posts. I thought it worthwhile to consolidate some of the general tips I’ve passed on in case they’re useful to others. Although focused mainly on the German research under discussion, they have general applicability to other immigrants. … More German (and other) search tips
Apologies to all those who commented on my posts and who got very delayed responses. I’ve replied to everyone now I think. 2010 has been a mixed year for me with work taking an inordinate amount of my time and concentration however 2011 will be a more balanced year. We also had a fantastic opportunity … More Missing in Action -that was me!
The Toowoomba & Darling Downs Family History Society is collecting information for the second edition of the Darling Downs Biographical Pioneer Register. This lets family historians provide information on their families who lived on the Downs up to 1920. BTW you don’t have to be a member of the society to submit your forms 🙂 This … More Darling Downs Biographical Pioneer Register
Ancestry has announced the addition of Bavarian military service records for WWI. Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918 Bavaria had its own military even after Germany’s unification. In this collection of rosters, look for details including rank, birth date and place, religion, occupation, parent names and more. Don’t sprechen sie deutsch? You’ll find a simple … More World War I Bavarian military service
I’ve recently obtained the death certificates for my Offaly ancestors: Martin Furlong and Margaret Furlong nee Stanton or possibly Staunton. Although like British certificates they are frustratingly sparse in their details in comparison with Australian records, there was enough to effectivey confirm that these were the parents of Bridget Furlong. Margaret Furlong was 73 when … More Martin Furlong family Tullamore Offaly (Kings Co)
Thanks to Noel from the Toowoomba & Darling Downs Family History message boards (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TDD_Family_History_Group/messages) for posting about the new online Griffith Valuation search engine at: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml Not only does this let you search the GV across Ireland, it gives you a great deal of original information to build up the story of your family. A search by … More Griffith Valuation (GV) online
The first clue that something different was to happen yesterday was the sight of the gardeners hand-picking leaves that littered the stones covering the garden beds of the Chinese Garden. A very zen-like activity which I was told preceded an afternoon wedding. Late in the afternoon local office workers were distracted by an unusual sight: two Chinese … More Chinese dragons, Chinese wedding in the Chinese Garden
Family history across the seas 