Information for family historians worldwide, including Australia, UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Europe, South Africa etc. There are also links to my locality-specific genealogy blogs. Explore all the options in the tabs below, in the sidebar and at the bottom of the page, and on my main Web site. Explain how to research our British Isles and European ancestors. I also learned a great deal from .

Advice about family history research in Yorkshire, England. There are also specific references to Yorkshire-born folk, some of whom emigrated to Australia. Explore all the options in the tabs below, in the sidebar and at the bottom of the page, and on my main Web site. Yorkshire folk in Cooktown Hospital.

They used that on sprains too. A tough life for mothers. There was always that fear of accident, but we were pretty well drilled to look after .

Advice on sources and research strategies for genealogy in the United Kingdom and Australia, plus references to specific individuals. If your ancestor had a brother, sister or cousin who emigrated to Australia, our records including very informative death certificates may give family details not available in the UK. Explore the options in the tabs below, in the sidebar and at the bottom of the page.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Friday, January 14, 2011. To emigrate, or to remain at home? For many it was the mos.

I would love to receive feedback. My family history quest began over 30 years ago when I realised just how little that I knew about the history of my surname BLOND. Discussions with my father ALFRED JAMES BLOND. Like a lot of family researchers, I was in possession of a number of family stories about my forebears. The first and most consistent was that the name BLOND was originally LEBLOND and the second was that the name was of French origin. The same certificate also gave m.

Saturday, September 13, 2014. Gold in Victoria Park! Saturday, October 20, 2012. Brisbane Courier 11 September 1902. Rockhampton Bulletin 10 September 1902. Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia. Marriage of George Louis Blond to Johannah Beaumont nee Mulcahy. Wednesday, October 17, 2012.

Thursday, November 20, 2014. About nine oclock, the goodbye to my parents, the last. See the look on dads face now - he felt it my dad. Mum I think was too. Muddled, she would blame dad for it all. Wednesday, November 19, 2014. And then the last few words of my little sister, I wish you were. Wednesday, December 21, 2011. Thursday, January 27, 2011.

Friday, January 20, 2012. William Jackson Sparkes - Electoral Listing. In the Moreton Bay Courier, on 22nd April, 1848 there appeared a list of names. These names constituted the Electoral List for the town of Brisbane, District of Moreton, County of Stanley for 1848. To qualify for the list it appears that you had to have some freehold land or a household. William Jackson Sparkes is listed as Wm J. Sparkes, qualification - household, where propterty is situated - North Brisbane.

This is about my family history, my travels and my everyday life. It is a place to share news with friends, and a place to record and gather information about my family tree. Lists four places named Swinton in Yorkshire.