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St Patrick’s Day – My Irish Finn Family from County Wicklow, Ireland
St Patrick's Day and my thoughts turn to my Irish great great grandparents John Finn and Sarah Fegan. I first starting researching them in 1977 and over the years my research has turned up many questions, some still waiting to be solved. This blog post only looks at...
Review of 10th Unlock the Past Genealogy Cruise to New Zealand and Southern Australia
This is an overview report of Unlock the Past's 10th Genealogy Cruise. I have already done three daily reports. If you missed them, catch up with Days 1-6 here Days 7-12 here Days 13-19 here. Overall it was a great cruise and not just because I managed not to fall...
Genealogy Cruising Days 13 -19 with Unlock the Past around New Zealand and Southern Australia
This is the third post of a series of blog posts on the 10th Unlock the Past cruise to New Zealand and southern Australia through to Fremantle in Western Australia. If you missed Days 1-6, catch up here and Days 7-12 here. Day 13 was in Melbourne and as we used to...
World War One and The Finn Brothers – Trove Tuesday Blog
I have previously written about my three Finn great great uncles who fought in World War One. Read their story here. Last year I managed to find a photograph of Denis Finn courtesy of Trove but I had no luck finding photos of his brothers John and Robert. Today I had...
Genealogy Cruising Days 7-12 with Unlock the Past around New Zealand and Southern Australia
This is a continuing series of blog posts on the 10th Unlock the Past cruise to New Zealand and southern Australia through to Fremantle in Western Australia. If you missed Days 1-6, catch up here. Day 7 was at Port Chalmers, just a short bus ride away from Dunedin on...
Genealogy Cruising Days 1-6 with Unlock the Past around New Zealand and Southern Australia
This is the 10th Unlock the Past genealogy cruise and I am excited to be on this one because I have been wanting to hear Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist in person for some time. Plus there is a variety of other fantastic speakers covering a wide range of topics....
Herbert William White – Australia Day 2016 Tribute
For Australia Day this year I am writing about my great grandfather Herbert William White, born in the parish of Farley in Wiltshire, England in 1864. He was the son of Robert White and Emma nee Titt and had nine siblings. Herbert immigrated to Townsville, Queensland...
Brisbane River Pilot James Carnegie – Trove Tuesday blog
Trove Tuesday blogging has been happening for years but I have never participated in the challenge before. So in 2016 I thought it was time I did at least one Trove Tuesday post a month. Hopefully more but at least this is a start. Today I finished up a talk that I am...
Final post for 52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2015
This personal genealogy blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 – 2015 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy...
Week 43 Geographical Place Names in 52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2015
This personal genealogy blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 – 2015 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.