by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Pioneers
I started researching my family history in the mid-1960s and quickly discovered that my 2nd great grandfather, John McNaughton, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1814. But I was never able to find out anything about his parents. I corresponded with some hard-working,...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Pioneers
Edward Gifford Pryce was born on 26 August 1814 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, the son of Edward Pryce, merchant, and his wife Eleanor, nee Gifford. He was educated for the ministry at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A.1837). On 21 April 1840 he arrived at Sydney, New...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Methods & Sources
For many of us, computers have become an essential tool in searching for information about our ancestors. Joy Roy, FGSV (1998) who is a member of GUM (Genealogists using Microcomputers) group, author of several books, and principal researcher for...
by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
This article is in response to a recent suggestion asking if I could tell more about finding “Alexander’s” journal. So here goes: After my father’s death in 1965 we found among his papers some notes and letters which indicated he had been...
by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
Thomas Rea was a native of Roxburghshire in Scotland. He is thought to have been baptised at Jedburgh, Roxburghshire on 26 June 1811, the son of John Rea and Isabella Armstrong who had been married at Kelso on 14 November 1806. Thomas was married on 7 October 1833 at...
by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
In the Supreme Court – Napier v. Snodgrass (defendant) & Chisholm v. Snodgrass On Monday, the 4th day of April 1842, at the Lamb Inn, Melbourne, the Deputy-Sherriff will cause to be sold, and to be delivered at the station –...
