Family History Journals
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My grandfather, Albert Messer, of Haywood Co., NC left his family when my dad, Ernest Messer, was a toddler; this would have been about 1925-26. He was never heard from again. Rumors are he was killed by a wild animal or he went to east TN & started ...
A trove search for KALKALLO in the 1840's, revealed that almost every mention of Kalkallo was about the pound and COMPLAINTS, dismissals, allegations of corruption. It is almost certain that Donnybrook was named after a place in the old country but i...
Surnames:
DOUGLASS, JOHNSTON, MALCOLM, MANNING, MITCHELL
and 4 more
My Great grandparents were James Traill and Elizabeth Brown Traill. They had 8 children of which I have accounted for 6 of them. If you are interested please let me know?
James Traill and Elizabeth Brown Traill descendants went all over
James Bro...
Surnames:
TRAILL
This journal was prompted by my post on the CRAIGIEBURN HISTORICAL INTEREST GROUP'S Facebook page. Mount Fraser is indeed a spectacular monument to the Fraser family.
MOUNT FRASER, BEVERIDGE. Mount Fraser near Beveridge is heritage-listed, probabl...
Surnames:
CARMICHAEL, FLETCHER, FRASER, GARDINER
LUND marriages 1854-1905 Victoria Australia.
Males
Stephen.
Married: Elispeth HUME 1854.
John.
Married: Ellen TALBOT 1854.
Robert.
Married: Mary Stewart BAXTER 1859.
Charles.
Married: Alice EDWARDS 1861.
Louis.
Married: Johanna...
Surnames:
BAXTER, BIDDLE, BOADE, COOMS, COULSON
and 23 more
Barzilla Lee Watkins is related to me through my maternal grandmothers side of the family. More specifically, my maternal great grandmothers line. I have recently DNA matched with a descendants of Barzilla, so I know the paper trail is correct. The ...
BLUFF burials
* excludes still born
* birth date may be calculated from age at death
* date could be that of death or burial
* names grouped together not necessarily related
* a lot more info available by reading the headstones at above link...
Surnames:
GATEHOUSE, GOESSLING, GOODWILLIE, GOOMES, GOSTELOW
and 7 more
John Stead was an apothecary or doctor of Physick and also something of a property speculator. I am looking for anything which will link him to the family of Samuel Stead (18th-19th century) who were builders in Ludlow.
Surnames:
STEAD
I am endeavouring to find and record my ancestors from the starting point of my grand-parents and have made some progress despite dealing with what appear to be very common names: Dean, Walker, Evans and Corns. There is a disconnect in the Corns line...
Surnames:
CORNS, DEAN, EVANS, WALKER
Hello from Lanarkshire, Scotland. I am a "newbie" to genealogy and find it fascinating just how much of my ancestors were from the same areas and never knew the other existed then each in their own directions spread roots all over the world and some ...
Surnames:
BELL, CAMPBELL, CAVANAGH, DEARIE, DOLAN
and 8 more
Burial recorded as George Wayman YOUNG. A Weyman YOUNG has been found in 1920 Houlton census, as lodger, with age stated as 36, whereas Wayman would have been 56 at this time. Is it possible the head of house had no idea of his correct age and made a...
Looking for information on a Nellie Gillman, she worked as a fancy neck wear maker, maybe at chard lace? In Nottingham around 1900-1907
MARSDEN Martha (born Cal 1868 to 8 Nov 1942)
Buried 10 Nov 1942 KaarraKatta Cemetery Perth, WA, Aust)
married Thomas MCINTOSH ( 1866 -1Mar 1901)in 1890.
had three children;-
1)Adam Bruce MCINTOSH 1891 _ 2Jun 1891)
2)George MCINTOSH (1892 - 2 ...
Surnames:
HUNTER, MARSDEN, MCINTOSH
Esperance WA. She later changed her name to Mahjani Cheykina (not sure on the spelling). Daughter of Jack & Hazel Cahill & sister to Peter, Paul & John. Last I knew she lives in Kalgoorlie. If anyone has information at all it would be greatly appreci...
born 1628, died 1698
Ludlow area
This is Exciting:
The Convict Brick Trail at Campbell Town commemorates some of the nearly 200,000 convicts who were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868. The first brick was laid by Mayor Kim Polley on the 28 August 2003. Each brick detai...
Surnames:
MILKINS
Im searching for his parents. Who,where, siblings
LABY Deaths
Victoria Australia 1945-1974
Males
Thomas Howell.
Born: 1880 Creswick, Victoria.
Father: Named as Thomas James LABY.
Mother: Named as Jane Endora LEWIS.
Died: 1946 Parkville, Victoria.
Age: 66 years.
Parents: James LABY & Ja...
Surnames:
BARTLEMAN, BIDDLESTON, BIDDLESTONE, BIRMINGHAM, CONDELY
and 23 more
During 2015, I spent a lot of time researching my (Watkin) family roots, both in New Zealand (Taranaki) and the UK (Shropshire and Montgomeryshire).
Having discovered quite a lot, I then make contact with the wife of a distant cousin, who lives in...
Surnames:
HART, REES, WATKIN, WILLIAMS