June Snippets

The Genealogist.  March 2018

The Carol Family…Robert Joseph Carrol and Georgina O’Brien from Ireland and came to Melbourne.

The Ships List……www.theshipslist.com/  This started up almost 20 years ago and now has an extensive assortment of shipping information, passenger lists, immigration reports, ship pictures and ship wrecks.   READ THIS ARTICLE

Treasures in the Victorian Library…..The Parish Atlas of England…the early ordnance surveys    Sands & McDougall Directory of Victoria 1917, 1941-1976

Melbourne and Townsville – The Link   The Hann Family…Joseph @ William

Rita goes Home…..a portrait of a young woman found in an OpShop is traced

Resources Online…..Australia & Uk……www.naval-history.net…..www.military-genealogy.com  …and many more

Cleveland FHS.    April 2018

Photos to identify…John Henry Mountain(1881-1949), Elizabeth Smith(1739-1800), John Rennison( ?)

Genealogical Corner – The 1939 Register

Know Your Parish  –  Barnard Castle….. a lengthy article with lots of interesting pictures….the castle, church, and Bowes Museum.

Local Heroes – Robert Thompson, a wood carver

Churches in the North Yorkshire Moors….St Anne’s with the martyr, Fr Postgate

Born, Married, and Died Elsewhere….a selection of families from Nth Riding of Yorkshire and Sth Durham…

Member’s Contributions…Wilfred’s War(Wilfred Laws)….Uncle Matt(Matt Young)

Glamorgan Family History Society.   June 2018.

Railway come to Llandow……in the late 19th century a railway was built by the Barry Railway Co. primarily to transport coal….

Illegal Marriage and other Extracts….Diary of William Thomas (1762-1795)…William Thomas frequently provides information about the movement of people due to the Settlement Laws.

My Family: Multiple Marriages, Multiple Joneses…….My father’s sister(since deceased) and brother were brimming with family knowledge ……

The Rest Convalescent Home, Porthcawl…..The Rest was established as a seaside convalescent hospital in 1862 …..

Carnival Memories 1967…..

Cherbounier to Coleman to the Garw Valley….a story of a Huguenot family

The Unconventional Constance Stedall: First Wife of Herbert Beynon Cory

Book Reviews: Tracing Your Georgian Ancestors 1714-1837 ISBN 9781 526 704 221…this expert guide to researching the Georgians will open up the field for experienced researcher and for newcomers alike.