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by Maria Northcote
This blog records some information and stories about my family history and genealogical research. I am researching my father’s family (Northcote, Keneally, Riley, Butler, Licet, Maher, Fitzpatrick, Hickey) and my mother’s family (Walters, Kingsbury, Fleming, Carrick, Hoey, Torpy, Holloway, Higgins)
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Margaret Ann NORTHCOTE (nee RILEY) Margaret Northcote, nee Riley, had nine sons who were born between 1860 and 1887 in the NSW towns of Oran... -
On a trip to Bourke back in 2012, we visited a tiny town with a quirky name, Nevertire. My great-grandfather, William Walter NORTHCOTE (aka... -
Knowing your great-great grandparents personally is not something that many people can claim. However, thanks to great resources like TROVE... -
One of my grandmothers, my paternal grandmother, Ellen Mary/Maria Northcote (nee Keneally), had a job for a while during the 1920s at the ... -
I couldn't resist responding to Pauline's meme challenge for the merry month of May and following on in the inspirational footst...
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Census records. Week 1 - Sunday 7 August - 9 August is Census Night in Australia. What extraordinary things have you discovered about you... -
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Well, I suppose they can't really talk to each other! Even so, maybe we can do the talking for them now that they're gone. I'v...
You're really on a roll, Maria. An interesting variation on today"s theme.
ReplyDelete... inspired by Helen Smith who tracked her ancestors' causes of deaths. I was thinking of doing another one with occupations but farmer, farmer, labourer got a bit monotonous:)
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