Yearly Archives: 2024

Why? Why? Why? Question everything and learn the full story.

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I have been researching the Guy family of Madron, Cornwall for over 40 years. During that time, I have discovered all kinds of information about the family of three brothers who came to Queensland in the 19th century at different times. As everyone knows, we don’t discover everything about a family in a single session. Usually, bits and pieces of information are found as new records are indexed or digitized. Every so often we need to step back and review … Continue reading

The Neville family myth. False, true or maybe?

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Many researchers have discovered that one of the joys of being a blogger is the revision you may need to do while in the writing process, due to having researched the person prior to the age of online genealogy sites. There is a vast difference between scrolling a microfilm through a particular parish in a county and doing a wide search on the various sites. Gosh, these days we can even add wild-cards, extended periods to search and various counties … Continue reading

A soldier’s tale

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Horace Archibald Davies was born to Moses and Catherine on 3 April 1895 in Normanton, north Queensland, Australia.[1] This little town boomed briefly as a port following the discovery of gold nearby at Croydon in the 1880s, but by 1911 the population was down to about 541 people and falling.[2] Normanton is a long way from anywhere. Horace was the eldest child of his family, with a sister and three brothers. He was nine years younger than his cousin, my … Continue reading

Getting Started with AI in Family History.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become more prominent in our everyday lives, with almost daily news about the latest innovations. The field of Family History is no exception, with new tools being hailed as providing the holy grail of research and storytelling nirvana. Is AI New in Family History? The short answer is no. Many platforms have been using AI for years, including providing hints to our family trees, quickly indexing record sets such as the 1939 register, and suggesting links … Continue reading

Joseph Guidice: An Enigma wrapped in several Mysteries. An electronic records investigation.

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I came across Joe in the early 2010s while looking for photographs of Australian World War One soldiers for a presentation, I had found his photo on the State Library of New South Wales website.  He enlisted in the Australian Army in 1918, but as he was of Canadian nationality, I didn’t use his image for my talk. However, I didn’t forget him because the question intrigued me, what was a Canadian doing enlisting in the Australian Army? I eventually … Continue reading