EASTER SNIPPETS 2025 from John Sparks

The GENEALOGIST    Summer 2024/25

An Engineer’s Story…  “Henry Woodruffe Mould was born 15 August 1852…South Shields, Durham, England…migrated to Victoria c.1854…. he ventured into business in 11879…and (it) became known as the Clyde Works, specialising in making axles and heavy iron work…. A fascinating story to read

Within Walking Distance – Boyd Park and the Outer Circle Railway (Murrumbeena)… “The Outer City Railway opened in 1890-91 as a steam-era suburban railway…

Ancestry – Find My past: New Features and Tips

KITH & KIN March   2025

Folklore Unravelled and Discoveries – Adie/Morris/Calderon….  “Photo of Elsie Leigh (nee Adie) and Rosamund Sarah (nne Adie) with their dog ‘Lassie’ taken 1913…. some interesting documentation re. Osmond House (NSW heritage listed) …and further ‘Darlo Stories” from Liverpool Street Darlinghurst

The Past Catching Up…. Beryl Morrin and Eileen Kinsey…nurses at Canterbury Hospital in 1935

My Convict Ancestors. Robert Addlam and Mary Brown… “from Wilshire in England…sentenced to death…arrived in Sydney 1818…. Mary Brown born 1805, convict arrived 1927…

GHOSTBUSTERS March 2025

Missing! My Great, great, great Grandmother…. Ann McKay was born at Farr, Sutherland Shire Scotland in 1771…

My missing ancestor…. George Arthur Francis Coffey…. discovery of gold at Ophir

My lost ancestor…. William Elias Burton, born 1843, Preston Lancashire….

WENDISH NEWS March 2025

Centenary of the Walla Walla Zion Lutheran Church Building……story and photo…

The Amazing Needlework Skill of Augusta Lange….

DESCENT SAGS MARCH 2025

Crafting Your Family History…..   Various Articles and Stories…… Crafting Inspiration/ Samplers/Scottish Sampler/Scrapbooking/Yarning My Worries Away/ Temperature Blanket 2021/ From Fact to Fiction

Wagga Soldier’ Comfort Fund

Serbian Stamps

Cavan Station Farm Diaries

On the Record…..Changes to probate packets access

WIKITREE CHALLENGE….” Wiki tree’ is a one-world family history site where genealogists and SAG members collaborate on a single-family tree for everyone to enjoy – for free, working together, carefully evaluating sources including DNA

Searching for your Family in Germany?   New book by Sven Grewel …..