Most of us in Australia use Ancestry to build our family tree. There are limitations with the records available online and limitations with record sets that can’t be released until a time period has past. The limitations with this is that the records have a release date, so births, marriages and deaths are available onlyContinue reading “Looking beyond Ancestry”
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The wanderings of John McCarthy
When you research a family story for a person living in the 1800’s and even into the early 1900’s you don’t expect a person to move very far in their life. There are some however that move due to circumstances such as running from the law, running from a family or external events such asContinue reading “The wanderings of John McCarthy”
DNA helps build a tree
When records are searched and family trees are built, there can still be doubts about whether the person and family found is correct. A family tree is constructed by available records and often anecdotal evidence from descendants who are told about their family and where they came from. Records rely on the informant to provideContinue reading “DNA helps build a tree”
Trace Genealogy 