Just a couple of months after Mary Stevens was held at Ilchester gaol, Jane Leigh-Perrott was being held at the Ilchester gaol awaiting her own trial at Taunton. Unlike Mary Stevens, Jane Leigh-Perrott was in many of the local and … Continue reading
Over the last month and a half I have been working on my convict assignment for UTAS. There was a lot of other reading and research that I had to do as well. Some of what I have done has … 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
At some stage between 1855 and 1858 Edwin Gransden ended up at Mount Alexander near Melbourne. Mount Alexander was in the heart of Gold Country and Edwin certainly had an interest in gold as shown by a newspaper article in … 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
I have been so busy writing stories for the Convict unit of my Diploma Course that I have not had any time to put up any blog posts recently. So here is a break out story from the main one … Continue reading
Mary Stevens was Mary was sentenced at Ilchester Court during the Somerset Lent Circuit hearing on 28th March 1799 to “Stealing Goods val. 30/- of Thomas Andrews”. At the Lent Circuit at Taunton in 1800 her sentence was confirmed and she … Continue reading
I generated a copy of a Mothers Tree for my mother for Mothers Day. It is quite a lovely tree and has some wonderful women on it. But because it contained details of women who are still living it was … Continue reading
Back in 2011 Geneabloggers did a podcast that focussed on finding female ancestors. One of the things that was bought up very comprehensively in that podcast was the difficulties of tracing women because of their name changes. For example there … 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