It started with poor Kitty
19 August, 2020
What followed from the theft of the Gavin family’s milking cow? #familyhistory #genealogy #qldhistory … More It started with poor Kitty
Tag: Mary Gavin
Beyond the Internet: Week 38 Burial Registers
23 September, 2012
This is Week 38 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens and the topic is Burial Registers. This forms part of the cheerily named “Death” theme in the series and next week’s post on funeral directors’ registers will be the finale of this section. Cemeteries offer … More Beyond the Internet: Week 38 Burial Registers
First sighting of my elusive Gavin family in Dublin, Ireland…alleluia!
7 November, 2011
For years I’ve been trying to locate something, anything about one of my families while they were still in Ireland. Despite evidence on their shipping records, their death certificates, obituaries etc, the Irish lives of Denis Gavin and his wife Ellen nee Murphy have remained elusive. The daughter who arrived with them on the Fortune … More First sighting of my elusive Gavin family in Dublin, Ireland…alleluia!
Family history across the seas 