9 minute read This week’s blog is a lesson in how to start recording your family’s history, starting with one photograph at a time. My paternal grandfather Charlie died when...
Read More14 minute read This week’s Sunday Storytelling blog is a tribute to my favourite ancestor, my paternal 2 x great grandmother, Ellen Broadie. Am I allowed to say favourite ancestor?...
Read More7 min read This week I examine the life of another Earl Grey Irish famine orphan girl who lived in Sydney in the mid-19th century. Anyone who has ever been...
Read More8 minute read I know I am reasonably rare in that I mostly live in the past. Whilst the present and the future are incredibly important and should be focused...
Read More6 minute read Tomorrow will be my paternal grandmother Irene’s 99th birthday. We lost her nearly nine years ago but her presence within our family still looms large. All these...
Read More9 minute read A few weeks ago, I wrote the sad story of the death of my Great Uncle Syd. (Blog: The dark heart of the harbour). He died in...
Read More10 minute read In 2011, I began work on a project to identify all the Earl Grey Irish famine orphans who had been gaoled in Sydney post their arrival in...
Read More8 minute read Welcome to this week’s Sunday Storytelling blog. Once a month I’ll be sharing a story about an ancestor’s connection to an event in history. At school we...
Read More(A tribute to my Uncle Phil. RIP 1942-2017) Once upon a time, There lived an uncle of mine, A true gentleman and humble to boot, A loving father no-one could...
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