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The fate of parish registers!

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by Annalies Nutley Where would we be without these incredible records? Indeed, one could not trace back through the generations so succinctly if these ever-important registers had not been so thoughtfully preserved, and now made readily available.  But woe is to me!  or to any amateur or professional who comes to trace a parish where they have not survived!  Sadly, quite a few are not around today…their old pages not here for us to peruse, search, and enjoy… many hundreds of years since … Continue reading

Tributes to two Townson brothers from Toowoomba

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by Janice Cooper   Oh for the touch of a vanished hand            And the sound of a voice that is still. On the 18th September 2018, 100 years after the death of Toowoomba born Private Stanley Joseph Townson on the Western Front, Paul Shepperd will fulfil a wish the soldier’s father, William Townson had for his son’s grave by placing two lines of poetry at his memorial in Bellicourt British Cemetery, Picardie, France. Paul, an … Continue reading

What do they think we are?

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by Bob McAllister Have you fallen under the spell of the latest Australian series of Who do you think you are? [1] Have you been lured away from your own research to see what is being “discovered” by the celebrity of the week in the latest genea-porn episode? Why call it genea-porn? Because it is a public visual representation of an activity in which many of us engage in the privacy of our own home, but which has crucial elements … Continue reading

Better Google communication

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At the Bridging the Past & Future Congress held in Sydney in March this year, Lisa Louise Cooke kindly agreed to do a blog post for GSQ.  Google search expert Lisa Louise Cooke provides genealogists with three ways to improve Google search results. See how these small improvements can make a big difference in your own genealogy Google searches! Lisa Louise Cooke Imagine traveling to a foreign country where a different language is spoken. It would be very difficult indeed … Continue reading

Rosetta Johnson: a strong woman

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by Helen Connor Rosetta (Rose) Johnson – Johnston(e) – was born in County Louth, Ireland in about 1773. Rosetta was convicted at the Surrey Assizes – Lent 24 March 1814 [1] and sentenced to “Let them be transported beyond the seas for seven years.” Rose had stolen 18 yards of sheeting, value of seven shillings, and a shawl, value of 30 shillings, in the parish of St George the Martyr in Southwark, aged 29 years. There is no mention of … Continue reading