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McCarthy Jenkins Families
A new online resource for the McCarthy Jenkins Families blog has been published at http://mccarthyjenkinsfamilies.wordpress.com/ Initially created as part of my Web101 – Web Communications of the Bachelor of Internet Communications at the Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. The blog aims to provide access to stories about the family, in particular sharing, accessible, collaboration, and connecting of nodes on the WWW for family, friends and other researchers all over the world. The Kate … Read entire article »
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McCarthy Jenkins Families
A new online resource for the McCarthy Jenkins Families blog has been published at http://mccarthyjenkinsfamilies.wordpress.com/ Initially created … Read more »
Mayo History – the story revisited
A descendant of William junior’s sister Mary Jane who has been researching the Mayo family history in Great Britian contacted me recently via the website. I am waiting in anticipation to … Read more »
Irish coach service to honour city’s lost ‘Little Ireland’ community with plaque
Very thrilled to recieve a newspaper article in the snail-mail from my Welsh cousin. The article … Read more »
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Mrs William Owers Obituary 1922
This is the obituary of my Great x3 Grandmother Mrs W Owers. Unfortunately her first name … Read more »
Boy killed at Moonta Mine 1874
Monday, 9 November 1874 A boy, 14 years of age, named William George Penhall, was killed in Treuer’s Shaft in the Moonta Mine at 2 o’clock this morning. His worship the Mayor of … Read more »
Beyond Goyder’s Line – The Mayo Story
William Mayo worked as a ganger for the railways for sometime, firstly at Beltana. Then he and … Read more »
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Mayo History – the story revisited
A descendant of William junior’s sister Mary Jane who has been researching the Mayo family history in Great Britian contacted me recently via the website. I am waiting in anticipation to verify the below information but decided to post for relatives wanting the full picture especially because some of the research indicates some conflicting information about the story of William and Sarah Mayo’s daughter Susan. It appears the research has been verified with source documents. Information as follows: Mary Jane after she married in Victoria in 1863 and from her marriage certificate, she was born in Ireland, her birth date, her father’s name and she states her mother name as Sarah Sophia Mathews which is … Read entire article »
Irish coach service to honour city’s lost ‘Little Ireland’ community with plaque
Very thrilled to recieve a newspaper article in the snail-mail from my Welsh cousin. The article is about the Irish settlers who lived in Cardiff Wales during the 1800s and has been published by the South Wales Echo on Thursday 6 October 2011. The Eurolines Service has started a new coach service departing at the Memorial Gardens on the … Read entire article »
Thomas Eatts Obituary 1923
Mr Thomas Eatts of Aldinga, whos death is announced was born at Bennett’s Gully in 1848. Shortly afterwards the family went to the Victorian diggings, but meeting with no success, returned and settled in Yankalilla. Fifteen years later Mr Eatts purchased land naer Myponga Jetty, and settled there with Mr WH Sampson and T Stacey, who are still residents, adn … Read entire article »
Hannah McCarthy
Hannah McCarthy my great x2 Grandmother from Cardiff Wales originally born in County Cork Ireland. Send article as PDF … Read entire article »
Mrs William Owers Obituary 1922
This is the obituary of my Great x3 Grandmother Mrs W Owers. Unfortunately her first name unknown at this stage although this can be found at the South Autralian Genealogy Society and Heraldry. This incredible story provides a detailed account of her life in Burra leading back to her family in England. She was certainly an amazing lady. Mrs … Read entire article »
Getting started with family history
Recently a number of people have been asking me how to get started with family history research. Just going from my own experience I have put together some notes to help anyone interested. It might be easier to print this page because it is quite long otherwise just scroll down. You can send the page as a pdf to your email too. To kick start your … Read entire article »
Mayo Owers marriage announcement 1876
William Mayo and Mary Ann Jane Owers were married on the 6th September 1876 in Laura South Australia. The announcement: MAYO— OWERS — On tbe 6thSeptember, by licence, by the Rev. D. Badger, William Matthew, eldest son of Mr. W. Mayo, to Mary Ann Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Owers, North Laura. The Advertiser 7 October 1876 – Trove National Libraries Australia http://trove.nla.gov.au … Read entire article »
Sudden death at Laura 1875
Mr T W Ingram JP held an enquiry on 4th instant t the Laura Hotel on the body of Peter Stewart, who died suddenly the previous day. Mr Pluckrose was Foreman. William Owers, carter, said deceased had lived with him on and off for four or five years. Deceased had complained latterly of his chest, and was in the habit of … Read entire article »
Birth death marriage records privacy
Families often have privacy concerns when publishing family history especially birth, death and marriage records. Generally speaking people do not want their and loved ones personal information accessed by strangers especially on the internet. This is why Penhall.id.au uses the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs (OCBC) birth, death and marriage Access Policy as a guideline, although we do not publish birth details under 100 years. The OCBC endorsed Access Policy provides … Read entire article »
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