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Monthly Archives: October 2016

The Wheeler Project

GSQ Blog Posted on October 23, 2016 by Geraldine LeeJanuary 13, 2017

One hundred years ago the world was engulfed in conflict. Men and women from every nation were conscripted or volunteered to fight when hostilities broke out in Europe in August 1914. Some 416,809 Australian men and women enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF), the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army.  By the end of the war, over 60,000 Australians had been killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed or taken prisoner.     One central Queensland woman who found … Continue reading

Posted in Annie Wheeler, First Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.), Genealogical Socity of Qeensland, National Archives of Australia (NAA), State Library of Queensland (SLQ), Uncategorised, Wheeler Project, World War I

An Unlucky Police Constable

GSQ Blog Posted on October 17, 2016 by Cathie SherwoodDecember 30, 2016

 I would like to tell you a story about my paternal great grandfather who was a police constable in the far north eastern region of New South Wales from 1880 to 1916. In 1900 he fell victim to a slight misadventure which caused him some notoriety in the district. At the time, he was stationed in Casino, a small town about 30 or so miles inland from the coast. In September of that year he was escorting a prisoner from … Continue reading

Posted in Lismore "lock up", The Genealogical Society of Queensland, Trove, Uncategorised

Where were you when …. ?

GSQ Blog Posted on October 10, 2016 by Pauline WilliamsJune 10, 2017

I’ve previously written about putting our ancestors’ lives in context so that they become more meaningful, especially when we’re writing a family history or a biography of a particular ancestor. The importance of context came home to me earlier this year when I read a book which focussed on events in a particular period. It caused me to think (yet again) about how to write up my research.   1960s montage For instance, can you remember where you were, who … Continue reading

Posted in 1960s events, America 1927, Bill Bryson, context in family history, sources for contextual material, Uncategorised, writing strategies

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