In my post Blogging from A to Z Challenge – A is for Avoca, I featured two transcriptions from the Maryborough Advertiser from 1937. Although Trove is a great resource for finding information about our families, there are still many newspapers that haven’t been added yet. For example, only the years 1914 to 1918 have been… Continue reading Australian State Libraries
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The Somerset Years
My 2x great grandfather Joseph Whimpey was born in Somerset, and he came to Australia with his wife Margaret, his brother John, and John’s wife Caroline, in 1841 on the Ward Chipman. After I found this information on the Assisted Immigrant lists, I wanted to know more about their voyage to Australia, so I went… Continue reading The Somerset Years
Genealogy Gophers website
Yesterday, a post was added Randy Seaver's Genea-musings blog: Genealogy Gophers Website is Launched - Free Genealogy Books I decided to check out the Genealogy Gophers website, using my maiden surname, Whimpey, and came up with a number of entries. One branch of the Whimpey family settled in Utah, and there were a number of books that… Continue reading Genealogy Gophers website
