#31DaysOfGraves Day 7 #Angel when my grandfather’s brother died of wounds sustained in a shelling attack, his parents didn’t know whether he would have a grave. This is from his mother, Cissie’s little autograph book where she noted significant events in her life & the first memorial to him

#31DaysOfGraves #Gender Dearly Beloved Mother in the wild old CofE section at Rookwood & two sisters in the Catholic section - both dearly beloved wives of Joseph Thomas Rich. He’s buried in his mother’s plot, as is his sister. One of my early cemetery forays - a massive sprawling area in Sydney

#31DaysOfGraves Day 5 #Bird these are the panels at #MeninGates listing the soldiers of my Pop’s 1st. AIF 19th Battalion with no known grave, including J Swan. NAA records show he was a farm labourer, single & died “in the Field Belgium” I don’t think his mother truly had adequate means?

#31DaysOfGraves Charles Rae arrived in Australia in 1855 from Udny, Scotland, lived in Forbes NSW for many years & his granddaughter, born over 40 years later said his accent was so strong he may as well have been speaking another #language This plot is at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney NSW, Nov 2015

#31DaysOfGraves Day3 #Tomb As a teenager, i didnt see the point of those WW1 memorials in each suburb or town. But a physical location to mourn is important to many & this is the nation’s tribute www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11...

#31DaysOfGraves Day 2 #Nautical in the middle of this headstone at Waverley Cemetery is the name William Moreton Newman commemorated after falling overboard on a Syd-Mel trip. Waverley Cemetery has the most spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean - taken November 2020

#31DaysofGraves - belated day 1 - Flowers. This is my great uncles grave near Ypres. The black & white photo shows flowers laid by his parents in 1920in front of the cross erected by his fellow soldiers & the other I took in 2022 perhaps the first family to visit since 1920 & a photo sent in 1918

North - Inverness - Scotland South - Hobart (actually South west cape) East - Christchurch, NZ or Fiji West -Victoria island - Canada or Fiji

I’ve ignored the 5th, 3rd & 2nd bullet points & taken the plunge to post a new blog today, not holding back for #AncestryHour because #WomensHistoryMonth would be over jenniferirvinghart.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/1... inspired by @genealogystoriesuk.bsky.social prompt: Twelve

#GenHour this is the best parish baptism I’ve seen. If only they made this the standard issue parish baptism book! John was youngest sibling of my 4xg grandmother- Catherine Cordeaux née Lythe

Welcome to BlueSky @genealogysteffi.bsky.social Nice to see another #CuriousDescendant club member on here

This Trove article has some great suggestions & links for Aussie #OnePlaceStudies trove.nla.gov.au/blog/2024/12...

This is my favourite Advent calendar on this site. The descriptions are delightful. Over on Facebook I’m enjoying a school friend’s advent carols calendar

(Re)introducing myself to the #genealogy community Years researching: 9 Hobbyist or pro: Hobbyist Fun fact/Wildest discovery: my gg grandfather took my gg grandmother to court a year into their marriage for false pretences. Yay for Trove! My niche/s: east coast Australia & #CuriousDescendants

Remembrance Day - my grandfather, Pop with his brother-in-law, Roy - 20 years age difference, firm friends, one a WW1 veteran, the other a WW2 veteran & both united in hope that no one should ever experience the horror they witnessed