Newspaper archives can uncover many aspects of a person’s life, but they can also uncover stories that are a surprise and even national news. Norman Niddrie married into the family in the 1940s, but it was his earlier life that was splashed across the news. On the night of 28 January 1939, the small townContinue reading “The Tragic Death of Dixie Downing”
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Unravelling truth from lies
August is Family History Month and it is a great time to get back into researching a branch of the family tree or taking a free course from the thousands available. I am at the end of the process of unravelling truths and non-truths left in a trail of documents by my 3x great-grandmother. SheContinue reading “Unravelling truth from lies”
Transported to Norfolk Island
On 6 March 1788, my 5x great-grandparents Edward Garth and Susannah Gough, stepped ashore on Norfolk Island with Lieutenant Governor Philip Gidley King and 22 others with the purpose of farming and providing food for the new colony in Sydney Cove. Edward and Susannah were convicts transported on the First Fleet to Sydney Cove. AfterContinue reading “Transported to Norfolk Island”
Trace Genealogy 