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”
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Lest we forget
The Young Chronicle, on 24 August 1915 highlighted the fate of cousins William Sydney McCarthy and Frederick Prothero on Gallipoli and Thomas Leslie Debnam on Malta. Their story is recounted below: Three Cousins. TWO DEAD, ONE WOUNDED. Soon after the war started three cousins, all fine stamps of hardy Australian manhood, left Young to doContinue reading “Lest we forget”
Bitten by the bug
Do you remember when you first got the family history bug? Soon you were sifting through hints and staying up till 1am to discover your family. My first memory of an interest in my ancestors was during a car ride to a family get together. I was in my early teens when dad mentioned inContinue reading “Bitten by the bug”
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