Comments on: Old Research, New Resources, Fresh Eyes

By: Judge Mathis 2012

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By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:22:51 +0000

Wow! Your perseverance has finally paid off. Great job! You should be very proud of breaking down this brick wall.

By: Shauna Hicks

Shauna Hicks — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:08:49 +0000

Hi Liz
Yes August 1977 was when Roots was on TV – it was my trigger to start looking for my own family. I then did a six week course with one of the people who was instrumental in setting up the Genealogical Society of Queensland. There wasn’t even a society back then in Brisbane!

By: Liz Pidgeon

Liz Pidgeon — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:33:53 +0000

Thanks Shauna. Just goes to show how how the story of our research journey can be as interesting to document as the story we uncover in our research. I remember August 1977 – Elvis Presley died! And was’nt that about the same times as “Roots” was on TV. What inspired you to start your research in the first place?

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By: Mavis Jones

Mavis Jones — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:39:07 +0000

Great work and I understand. I started in the 1980s and feel your pain. Left the research alone for years and when I returned a few years ago was amazed at all that I was able to start uncovering thanks to digitization.

By: Sharn White

Sharn White — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:58:12 +0000

What a marvelous breakthrough. You have inspired me to go back and re-examine those ancestors who ‘ don’t feel right’ !

By: Jenny Joyce

Jenny Joyce — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:18:57 +0000

Thanks Shauna,
A great example of a couple of lessons I always stress about the census – firstly, look for the person with the most unusual name, and secondly, look without a surname in case it has been misindexed, or in this case changed due to mothers remarriage (I have seen examples of that before).

You should now be on track to find Elizabeth Pollard’s birth as there are only two Elizabeths and two Elizabeth Anns in Brackley (the registration district covering Croughton) in the 1850s. The most likely looking is Elizabeth, registered QSep 1857, 3b 5

By: Carole Riley

Carole Riley — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:33:28 +0000

That’s a great story! I can see why you made the decisions you made at the time but you didn’t leave it alone and found the right answer in the end. It’s so much easier to find these things now!