War Bride
My latest family history project is trying to connect with the story of my cousin, Lyla Brown/Curtis, who married an
Tag: Genealogy
South Lismore
As a child growing up in South Lismore, one of my strongest earliest memories was of the arrival at the
James Rixon and Amelia Goodwin
“So you must be James, the blogger?”, I was asked today at the Anglican Church at Windsor. The question took
The Old Appin Inn
If you have an eye for history or architecture or hotels, and you’ve visited the town of Appin (near Campbelltown
James Patrick Terence O’Brien
At this stage, I don’t know for sure if I’m related to James Patrick Terence O’Brien of Lismore, NSW but
Jenny Kee and Me
On the weekend I finally got around to watching the brilliant television program “Friends Of Dorothy” by William Yang. William
Now Hear This
I didn’t expect to, but ended up telling a story at the “Now Hear This” story-telling night in Sydney tonight.
Searching for Ellen
In stark contrast to some of the impressive mausolea at Liverpool Cemetery (in Sydney’s west), my great-great grandmother, Ellen Lang
