Richard Lees had a troubled career spanning a number of decades. Mostly he was a carpenter who ran to petty theft and other minor misdemeanours. In the early days, these seem to have been focussed on trying to provide food … Continue reading
I am still searching for the death of Mary Ann. One lead that myself and Sylvia Murray had been looking at was a death in Mandurama of a Mary Ann Russell. Sudden Death. A poor woman named Mary Ann Russell died very suddenly at … Continue reading
My computer is dying so I have not been able to put anything up on my blog for a while. More is coming but I need to get a new computer first. I have been creating an annotated map for … Continue reading
I haven’t stopped writing. I have just had so much writing to do for my Diploma of Family History from UTAS that I have not been able to keep up with it and with writing up my blog as well. Tomorrow … Continue reading
For my UTAS course on convicts I have to write a story about one of my convicts and a series of break out stories. Not all of them are assessed but some of them are. This is the break out … Continue reading
Between 1800-1803 a French expedition lead by Nicholas Baudin travelled along the coast of Australia with the intention of mapping the coast of “New Holland”. The expedition did not arrive in the Sydney area until 1801 just prior to the arrival … Continue reading
For many years my research, and that of others who had researched the Gransden Family in New South Wales, had lead me to believe that William Russell per Asia had been the husband of Mary Ann Russell nee Gransden. But … Continue reading
One of the Warnecke relatives passed away two weeks ago. He was in Germany and had been there for a number of years but all of his living descendants and his ex-wife still live in Australia. So we had a … Continue reading
Over the years I have been searching for the death of Mary Ann Russell nee Gransden and her husband William Russell. To date I have not been able to find them. The records that I do have for them seem … Continue reading
So far enjoying the Introduction to Family History course that I am doing. However, there are so many resources coming up that it is impossible to to keep track of them all. So I am putting up a link here … Continue reading