Yesterday I went on an adventure to three cemeteries in Melbourne, to track down the graves of my ancestors. I was able to find the three graves I was searching for at the Melbourne General Cemetery, Boroondara Cemetery in Kew, and Box Hill Cemetery. It was a very rewarding experiences, […]
Family Research
It’s almost a year since I started researching and documenting my family tree. I’ve been gathering all my information and recording my tree online using Webtrees. I’ve found this to be a great tool for documenting my family tree because it’s easy to update and I can link all the […]
Throughout my family tree research, I’ve purchased a number of Marriage Certificates of my ancestors. For the older records, I’ve found that multiple records were often documents on a single page, so that along the way I’ve acquired several certificates for people who are not related to me. Thought I’d […]
Late last year, a group of people at work were discussing their family origins. Someone asked where my family is from, and I told them I wasn’t really sure. I knew my ancestors had come from England and Ireland at some point, but I didn’t know when or exactly where […]