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Family History and Chinese Women in Aviation
This article was first drafted in July 2020 as a ‘From the Vault’ segment for the NT Chinese Museum e-News, but never completed. The draft was inspired by reading a 1930 newspaper article about the arrival in Darwin of the … Continue reading
2017 Bits and Pieces
I have been very recalcitrant! Almost a year since my last blog post! What can I say? 2017 has been thus far been a year of travel: January to Bali for pure relaxation and pleasure; April/May to Sydney and Arrowtown … Continue reading
2016 Bits and Pieces
My blogging activity in 2016 has not been great but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been active on the family history front.
1971 National Census, Territory Style
Some time ago, I read an amusing fictional account “The Census Taker Cometh”[1] describing the travails of census enumerators calling at a German immigrant household in Illinois over a 60-year period and concluding with the question “Ever wondered why some … Continue reading
Congress 2015
This a first and last post. The first being is this is a first time experience writing a post on the fly from a hotel room on iPad. The last because I am determined to become a better writer and … Continue reading
Family History Research – Bits and Pieces
Here we are and it’s mid-November already with only three Blog entries for the year and this will be the first since June – not the best of efforts! Yes, Neville Jones Services has been busy and but a lot … Continue reading
Memories of an Accident
In recent times the National Library of Australia has digitised and made available through its Trove project the newspaper The Great Southern Herald. This newspaper was, and still is today, published in Katanning just 26 miles from my home town … Continue reading
Mea Culpa
In my story of Oct 2012 “The ‘Young Thief’ was my Second Great Grandmother” I referred to Richard Norrish as a Private in the 51st Regiment. He was of course in the 96th (‘Manchester’) Regiment which relieved the last detachment … Continue reading
England Scotland and Europe – 2013
Well, we’re back in harness after seven weeks holiday in England, Scotland and Europe – with a rest break in Singapore and Bali. This instalment is only intended to be an interim account of our travels and in ensuing articles … Continue reading
Family History Research Update
After a promising 2012 start to my fledgling blogger career, 2013 has proved quite unproductive! Indeed my family history research activity has been sporadic and quite haphazard. Sadly, I have not been able to attend at the NT Genealogical Society … Continue reading
