The Ancestral Searcher

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Current Table of contents

Vol 43 No 1 March 2020

Articles
Remarkable Woman Becomes Rural Fire Brigade Volunteer	Sandra Barnbaum	004
Thomas Oyston 1852-1933	Chris Oyston	006
A One Penny Stamp Leads to a Significant Find	Peter Browning	012
George Redmonds and Surnames	Peter Procter FHGSC	014
Neva Millicent Wilkinson 1899-1976	Cheryl Bollard	016
Memories of using the National Library of Australia	Grahame Thom FHGSC	024
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	003
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	002
Hot Sites	Cora Num	026
Hot Sources No. 147	Cora Num	028
New Collection Items In Brief	Barbara Moore FHGSC	030
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	032
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness	035
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		040
Miscellaney
E.M. Fletcher Writing Competition	Gina Tooke	011
The National Archive (TNA) UK Errors – Fixed	Cynthia Worringham	021
Do you have German ancestors?		022
Education Courses in 2020	Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness	023
Stories from the 2019 E.M. Fletcher Competition		025

Vol 42 No 4 December 2019

Articles
Competition Winner
All at Sea	Kathryn Coughran	153
HAGSOC Member Winner
Genealogy in the 25th Century	Clare McGuiness*	158
Highly Commended
A Popular Poplar Tree	Denise Burton*	162
My Father’s Grace	Everdene Orta	166
The Mother Wound	Naomi Barnbaum	170
Remainder of Judges’ Shortlist
Pinwill Plumbing	Georgiana Pinwill	173
Louisa - Time Travel	Marcia Moon	178
The Gun Metal Grey Trunk	Elsie Violet	182
Tilly’s Sorrow	Kris Jacobsen*	185
A Drover and a Gentleman	BernadetteThakur*	189
What Honey Saw	Kelly Paxman*	194
	* indicates HAGSOC member.
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	151
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	150
Hot Sites	Cora Num	204
Hot Sources No. 146	Cora Num	206
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	199
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness	208
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		212

Vol 42 No 3 September 2019

Articles
Why Did They Die - A Journey Into The Unknown	Gillian Kendrigan	108
Family History - Taking Up and Passing On the Baton	Elaine Gifford	113
William Langford/Sidebottom 1801-1849	Cheryl Bollard	118
Just a family story?	Elaine Gifford	122
A Winning Smile	Sandra Barnbaum	123
The Clarke Challenge Cup and Footscray’s Awesome Oarsmen	Sue O’Leary	126
HAGSOC Personal Papers Collection	Pam Ray FHGSC	130
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	107
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	106
Hot Sites	Cora Num	134
Hot Sources No. 145	Cora Num	136
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	138
HAGSOC Library - New Collection Items In Brief	Barbara Moore	141
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness	143
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		148
Miscellany
Convict Collaboration - A project to help researchers	Michele Rainger	111
E M Fletcher Writing Award Update	Gina Tooke	117
230th Anniversary of HMS Sirius wrecking		121
Advance notice - reunion - Joseph Preston b1803 convict Asia 1		121
Birthday Celebration!		129
A Day of English Genealogy Monday 7 October 2019		129
Family History Month - Mugga Mugga and Royal Australian Mint		132

Vol 42 No 2 June 2019

Articles
The Beleaguered Bishop	Nina Johnson	060
DNA Downunder Ambassadors Related	Marilyn Woodward	064
In search of Captain James Bontein of the British East India Army	Peter Grills	066
Robert Humphries - a failed Dickensian felon	Cathie Humphries	068
A Winter Wedding	Bernadette Hayes	072
Memories of games in the early 1950’s	June McKenzie	075
Striking Gold in Ireland - Hawkshaws Part 2	Julie Austin	076
Thomas Crump and his Marys	Jennifer Burgess	079
Nana’s Convicts	Barbara Toohey	081
150 Convicts		078
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	059
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	058
Hot Sites	Cora Num	088
Hot Sources No. 144	Cora Num	090
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	092
HAGSOC Library - New Collection Items In Brief	Barbara Moore	096
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness	098
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		104
Miscellany
What’s new at Education and Events?	Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness	071
Connect and Participate Expo		085
Whole Histories - weekend conference		086

Vol 42 No 1 March 2019

Searching for Ann Shadwell	Jane Morrison	004
Came Free then a Convict - Sarah Middleton	Robyn Middleton	009
Striking Gold in Ireland - Hawkshaws Part 1	Julie Austin	012
Blogging with Sue No Place to Lay One’s Head - Book Review Deadshot Dick	Sue O’Leary	014
William Middleton – Forger	Robyn Middleton	018
In For The Long Haul - Book Review	Julie Austin	020
OCR and the Bleeding Obvious	Nick Reddan	022
150 Convicts		025
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	003
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	002
Hot Sites	Cora Num	038
Hot Sources No. 143	Cora Num	040
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	042
HAGSOC Library - New Collection Items In Brief	Barbara Moore	047
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness	050
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		056
Miscellany
Writing Competition – NOW OPEN!		017
Excitement on Census Night	Linda Beveridge	021
E & E News - what to look forward to in 2019	Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness	024

Vol 41 No 4 December 2018

Articles
An Irish Road Trip	Susan O’Leary	168
“Lost in DNA”	Marilyn Woodward	170
Robert Campbell and the Majura Cameron’s of Canberra	Jenny Wood	172
Experiences of Convicts Aboard Vessels	David Le Roy	176
Emily Jane Skelton	Gillian Kendrigan	180
“This is wonderful!” A DNA Success Story	Geof Watts	182
Convicts in Context	Clare McGuiness	184
Honora from the Hunter	Barbara Broad	188
My Convicts on the Asia 1	Jennifer Burgess	190
Eleven Convicts	Frances Corcoran	192
From Spirited Rascal to Brushy Creek Pioneer	Wendy Paterson	194
Isabella Farrier	David Le Roy	197
Bridget Murray – My Great Aunt Danny	O’Neill	200
Charles Bannister From the Workhouse to Australia	David Le Roy	202
150 Convicts		205
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	167
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	166
Hot Sites	Cora Num	212
Hot Sources No. 142	Cora Num	214
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	216
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness	222
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		228
Miscellany
Vale Rhonda Aynsley Kerr		210

Vol 41 No 3 September 2018

Articles
The Disappearing Musician	Barbara Moore	112
My Missing Convict Who Redeemed Himself	Jenny Burgess	115
Parramatta Female Factory Bicentennial	Alma Burg	118
Ardfinnan, Tipperary to Longbottom, New South Wales	Diana Heins	120
William the Highway Robber	Alma Burg	124
The Leamys	Tony FitzPatrick	127
Rascals or Ratbags Remembering our Convict Past	Michele Rainger	130
A Convict Life Drawn from Government Documentation	Clare McGuiness	134
Anne Beard/Beer	Jenny Burgess	138
150 Convicts		139
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	111
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	110
Hot Sites	Cora Num	148
Hot Sources No. 141	Cora Num	150
New Collection Items In Brief	Barbara Moore	152
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	154
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness	158
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		164
Miscellany
Convict SIG Mint Excursion		119
Looking for Relatives of Brogan, Ashworth, Collyer and Dando		137
Writing Competition		147
Family History Month	Clare McGuiness	163

Vol 41 No 2 June 2018

Articles
Meritorious Service Award - Cora Num		058
The Great Fire of Wellington 1879	Janice Borg Caruana	063
Sam Tongway - A Story of Assimilation	David Tongway	066
My ancestor was … an Innkeeper	Elaine Gifford	070
My ancestor was … a Piano Tuner	Sandra Barnbaum	074
My Husband’s ancestor was … a Foreign Soldier	Jean Main	076
My ancestor was … a Vagrant	Rosemary McKenzie	078
Negotiating Genealogical ‘Brick Walls’	Kris Jacobsen	082
The Curious Case of the Shared Relative	Peter Grills	086
Ballyfaudeen Eviction Notices	Jim Foley	089
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	057
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	056
Hot Sites	Cora Num	090
Hot Sources No. 140	Cora Num	092
New Collection Items In Brief	Barbara Moore	096
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	098
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness	103
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		108
Miscellany
Memories of Congress March 2018		060
The Canberra Rotary World Peace Bell	June Penny	069
Digitised Journals Through Trove	Lynne Curran	077
Education & Events this Quarter	Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness	095

Vol 41 No 1 March 2018

Articles
Using Heritage Building Assessments in Family History Research	Therese Lynch	004
Mrs Ellen Farrell nee Connell	Peter Mayberry	008
Gatenby Robert Bolton	Elaine Gifford	013
Things My Mother Used to Say	Michele Rainger	016
I Wish I Could Remember …	Sandra Barnbaum	018
My Grandmother …	Susan Pillans	018
Coronation Day June 1953	Bobby Pinkerton	020
Slab Hut to Colonial Homestead	Jenny Wood	022
Reverend Joseph Clampett	Jean Ffrench	025
Who Was Elizabeth Smith?	Jennifer Burgess	030
Planning Directions for Education and Events	Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness	032
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	003
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	002
Hot Sites	Cora Num	036
Hot Sources No. 139	Cora Num	038
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	040
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness	048
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		054
Miscellany
Wrestling With German Records	Raoul Middelmann	007
DAM Musings …	Danny O’Neill	019
Floating Prisons - Book Review	Jenny Morris	034
Looking for a Woodbridge Connection	John Castle	039

Vol 40 No 4 December 2017

Articles
The 1891 Women’s Suffrage Petition. Did your ancestor support the cause?	Therese Lynch	132
The Women with No Name	Lee English	136
A Victorian Courtship	Gillian Kendrigan	138
Taking a Stand for the Women’s Vote	Jane Morrison	142
Emily’s Cross	Gina Tooke	148
Francis John McMillan Oyston Compiled	Chris Oyston	150
Traditional Marriages?	Mike Hutchinson	152
A Conversation With The Past	Paul Varsanyi	153
Christmas from the Writers SIG Compiled	Gina Tooke	156
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching on Sydney’s North Shore	Julia Ermert	160
Patrick O’Sullivan, NSW Railway Station Master	Janette James	162
The Last Piece of the Jigsaw	Beryl Strusz	165
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	131
From the Editor Rosemary	McKenzie	130
Hot Sites	Cora Num	168
Hot Sources No. 138	Cora Num	170
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	172
Society Education and Social Activities	Sue Pallins	174
New Collection Items in Brief	Barbara Moore FHGSC	177
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		180
Miscellany
Vale Andrew Pinkerton		159
Vale Shirely Grace Cameron		159

Vol 40 No 3 September 2017

Articles
Overview of Australian Copyright	Jennifer Barnes	082
Bob and Me	John Mercer	088
Lionel Leslie Eric North 1898 to 1997 (Father, Pop)	William North & Karenn Layne	089
HAGSOC 50 Years – Celebration Luncheon 19 Oct 2014	Pam Ray FHGSC	092
Steaming Southwards	Robyn Coghlan	096
My Journey as our Family Historian	Peter Grills	100
Did Your Ancestor Work For The Victorian Railways?	Therese Lynch	103
DNA – Breaking Down a Solid Brick Wall	Robyn Sharman Hawking	104
From Mountbellew Workhouse to Western Australia	Aleysha McGrath & Kathleen Connolly	108
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	080
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	081
Hot Sites	Cora Num	112
Hot Sources No. 137	Cora Num	114
New Collection Items in Brief	Barbara Moore FHGSC	116
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	120
Society Education and Social Activities	Danny O’Neill	124
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		128
Miscellany
Vale David Rymer		099
New DNA Special Interest Group!		107

Vol 40 No 2 June 2017

Articles
Never Give Up!	Barb Toohey	046
Finding Genealogy	Peter Snowdon	048
Finding the Parkin Family in Garston, Lancashire	Andrew Eliason	050
Success from an Unexpected Source	Barbara Moore FHGSC	054
Anzac Day in Mildura	Barb Toohey & Sue Pillans	057
Colin Christie – A Self-made Man of Many Talents	Marilyn Woodward	058
Sir Robert Menzies –A Cornish Mining Family’s Illustrious Descendant	Therese Lynch	062
Regular Articles
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	044
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	045
Hot Sites	Cora Num	064
Hot Sources No. 136	Cora Num	066
New Collection Items in Brief	Barbara Moore FHGSC 68
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	070
Society Education and Social Activities	Danny O’Neill	073
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		078
Miscellany
Baptisms in The Burial Registers	Niel Gunson FHGSC	061
Ways to Overcome Genealogy Brick Walls US Family Tree Magazine		067
Update on Red Cross Archives Information	David Palmer	072
Brickwalls, Old Dog, New Tricks	Shauna Hicks	077

Vol 40 No 1 March 2017

Articles
Mathew Mahide – At last, a convict in the family!	Therese Lynch	004
Miners and Migration	Robyn Coghlan	008
Family History Research	Denise Burton	011
'Taking the Cure' at Rotorua in 1880	Jane Morrison	012
My Family’s 175 year Association with the Canberra Area	John Clowry	016
Baptisms and Burials in Iden, 1785	Peter Snowdon	023
The Benaud-Pratt Family	Joan Pratt	024
Convict Identikit Mugshots	Therese Lynch	026
Regular Articles
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	002
President's Report	Nick Reddan	003
Hot Sites	Cora Num	028
Hot Sources No. 135	Cora Num	030
New Collection Items in Brief	Barbara Moore	032
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy	034
Society Education and Social Activities	Danny O’Neill	037
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors		042

Vol 39 No 4 December 2016

Articles
A Place to Call Home	Gina Tooke	160
Captain Arthur Holmes	Jenny Holmes	162
My Convict Ancestor - Charlotte Foster	Helen Digan	164
Captain Percy Hunt, Harry Morant and James McConnell	Diana Heins	167
Our Family History Holiday	Gillian Kendrigan	170
Uncovering Your Tommies Story	M H Stutters	174
A Son of Erin	Colin McJannett	180
A Man for All Seasons	Paul Varsanyi	184
Wiener Riesenrad - Ferris Wheel	Jan Grant	188
Forensic Portraiture	Ross Andrews	189
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	159
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	158
Hot Sites	Cora Num	196
Hot Sources No. 134	Cora Num	198
New Collection Items in Brief	Barbara Moore	200
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy	203
Society Education and Social Activities	Danny O’Neill	206
Services for Members		210
Miscellany
South of England SIG 2017 Program	Dick Stevens	192
Vale Cedric Francis Pratt		193
Vale Pamela Leslie Rothwell		193
Vale Eunice Marian Fletcher		194

Vol 39 No 3 September 2016

Articles
Mick Jagger and His Australian Connection	Frances Corcoran	110
The Great Manure Theft	Frank M Mitchell	112
From the Trenches of WW1 (Part 2)	Malcolm Murray	116
Little Grandma – From Orange to Bondi Junction	Cathy Raper	120
Exiled!	Pam and Neil Body	124
The Three Medical Gentlemen of Bombala	Eleanor Vardanega	127
The Vicissitudes of Three Convict Lives (Part 2)	Brendan O’Keefe	130
Eight Generations of Separation	Kevin McMahon	133
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	109
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	108
Hot Sites	Cora Num	140
Hot Sources No. 133	Cora Num	150
HAGSOC Library - New Acquisitions	Barbara Moore	146
From Our Overseas Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	142
Society Education and Social Activities	Danny O’Neill 151	151
Services for Members		156
Miscellany
Vale Richard McCluskey		126
Vale Mollie Meadows		126

Vol 39 No 2 June 2016

Articles
George Peart and the Austral Wheel Race	Andrew Eliason	056
Amazing Addresses	Jenny Smith	058
A Sudden Death	Barbara Broad	060
From the Trenches of WW1 (Part 1)	Malcolm Murray	062
Then Along Came Trove	Barbara Moore	066
Beyond the WW1 Service Record – Filling in the Gaps	Mary H Stutters	070
Four Weddings and an Execution	Robyn Coghlan	074
The Vicissitudes of Three Convict Lives (Part 1)	Brendan O’Keefe	078
A Soldier and his Watch	Wendy Benson	082
Robert Wallbutton Probation Officer and Deacon	Elizabeth Smith	085
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	055
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	054
Hot Sites	Cora Num	088
Hot Sources No. 132	Cora Num	092
HAGSOC Library - New Acquisitions	Barbara Moore	094
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves	098
Society Education and Social Activities	Danny O’Neill	101
Services for Members		106
Miscellany
100 ANZACS		097
Address, email & website changes and eJournals		73, 81
Library News	Pam Ray	090
‘What would my grandfather think of the choices I’ve made?’	Dr Christine Deane	091

Vol 39 No 1 March 2016

Articles
How a DNA Test Solved a Mystery	Marily Woodward	004
The 1939 German “Minority Census”	Raoul Middelmann	007
Dictionary of Irish Biography	Nick Reddan	008
Dutch Nobility Books	Jennifer Barnes	011
100 Anzacs Part 4		012
On The Money	Peter Procter	019
Where’d You Find That?	Tony FitzPatrick	022
Book Review - Elizabeth Jack	Pam Ray	025
New Acquisitions at HAGSOC	Barbara Moore	029
Regular Articles
President’s Report	Nick Reddan	002
From the Editor	Rosemary McKenzie	003
Hot Sites	Cora Num	037
Hot Sources No. 131	Cora Num	038
From Our Contemporaries	Peter Kennedy	040
Society Education and Social Activities	Danny O’Neill	046
Services for Members		052
Miscellany
Vale Gladys Clarke	Dick Stevens	026
Vale Rhoda Csucsy	Barbara Moore	027
Vale Betty Iggo	Pam Ray	028
Writing Your Story Your Way	Jennifer Barnes	044
South of England SIG 2016 Program	Dick Stevens	045