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Vol 47 No 4 December 2024
Shortlisted stories |
Gorn |
Jo Callaghan |
222 |
The Emerald Dove |
Kalhleen Ridgwell |
228 |
Lotus Feet |
Derek Chan |
234 |
The Biography of a DNA Segment |
Clare McGuiness |
240 |
A thin promise |
Christine Bell |
245 |
I Thought I Knew Something about this Place |
Stuart Campbell |
250 |
Little Henrietta |
Christine Fairhall |
255 |
Tragedy at Cascades Rd |
Elizabeth Friederich |
259 |
A place in time |
Roberta Madsen |
263 |
Nothing to Forgive |
KT Major |
269 |
The Gate |
Kathy Mexted |
274 |
She married a murderer |
Denise Newton |
278 |
The Gold Fish Club |
Michael Poe |
284 |
Lost and Found |
Karen Redlich |
289 |
Under the influence |
Anna Searls |
294 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Michele Rainger |
214 |
From the Editor’s Desk |
Clare McGuiness |
216 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
300 |
Obscure Library Resources |
Pauline Ramage |
303 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
305 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
308 |
Miscellany |
Celebrating Excellence in Writing |
|
217 |
AFFHO Annual Conference |
|
299 |
Vol 47 No 3 September 2024
Articles |
DNA ......but first a warning! |
Jenny Burgess |
144 |
Using DNA |
Margaret Nichols |
145 |
Cutting through a web of untruths |
Jenny Hawkins |
146 |
How do you solve a problem like Maria? |
Jo Callaghan |
148 |
The Byrne Link |
Grahame Thom |
155 |
The Morrisons from 7th White Hills |
Neville Morrison |
159 |
YDNA: a journey through generations |
Sue Pillans |
167 |
The search for the origin of Charles Normand |
Andrew Eliason |
170 |
Using DNA in Family History |
Clare McGuiness |
175 |
James Daniel |
Chris Oxley 1 |
083 |
An Aha Moment! |
Elaine Gifford |
187 |
Smith, Ward or Bailey? |
Jenny Burgess |
188 |
Meeting my matches |
Kelly Paxman |
192 |
AI and Genetic Genealogy |
Cheryl Bollard |
197 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Michele Rainger |
142 |
From the Editor’s Desk |
Clare McGuiness |
143 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
201 |
Obscure Resources in the Library |
Pauline Ramage |
206 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
208 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
211 |
Miscellany |
18th (and last) Unlock the Past Genealogy cruise |
|
154 |
AFFHO Annual Conference |
|
200 |
Vol 47 No 2 June 2024
Articles |
Adventures in Chancery |
Nina Johnson |
065 |
Mrs Garnett’s War |
Jo Callaghan |
070 |
AI and Genealogy |
Thomas MacEntee |
076 |
More about a relative of a relative |
Elaine Gifford |
087 |
Thomas Hennessy Corcoran |
Frances Corcoran |
094 |
The might of Mitochondrial DNA Clare McGuiness 99 |
Don’t get me started! |
Rosemary McKenzie |
107 |
Lindsays in Europe |
Chris Lindesay |
111 |
The Son of the Stormy Petrel |
Bev Richardson |
119 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Michele Rainger |
058 |
From the Editor’s Desk |
Clare McGuiness |
059 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
126 |
New Collection Items in the Library |
Barbara Moore |
132 |
Obscure Resources in the Library |
Pauline Ramage |
135 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
136 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
139 |
Miscellany |
Ulster Day |
|
060 |
FHACT Mini-conference |
|
062 |
E.M. Fletcher Writing Competition |
|
065 |
AFFHO Annual Conference |
|
125 |
Vol 47 No 1 March 2024
Articles |
Peter Dodds McCormick |
Jenny Burgess |
010 |
A Girl from the Bay - Alma Asquith |
Beverley Richardson |
017 |
Success at Last |
Grahame Thom |
023 |
How to Find a Vanishing Man |
Jo Callaghan |
025 |
Discovering a relative of a relative of a relative |
Elaine Gifford |
029 |
Out of the Shadows |
Sandra Barnbaum |
034 |
From Black Sheep to Hero - Thomas Morton |
Margaret Clough |
039 |
Write Yourself Into History |
Lynda Carmody |
044 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Michele Rainger |
002 |
From the Editor’s Desk |
Clare McGuiness |
004 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
047 |
New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore |
051 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
053 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
056 |
Miscellany |
FamilyHistoryACT Members Honoured |
|
005 |
E.M Fletcher Competition |
|
009 |
Heritage Month |
|
046 |
Vol 46 No 4 December 2023
Articles |
Celebrating Excellence in Writing |
Gina Tooke |
135 |
Competition Winner |
Standing on New Ground |
Glynis Cummins |
138 |
Second Prize, sponsored by UTAS |
Butterflies |
Mandy Gwan |
142 |
FHACT Member Prize |
Lucy Dorney’s Waterloo |
Jo Callaghan |
147 |
Passage |
Margaret Mackenzie |
151 |
Highly Commended |
One Man’s Life |
Giselda Ruth Bannister |
155 |
Honouring Introdacqua |
Robyn Heitmann |
159 |
Short Listed |
Family Secrets |
Kerry Anderson |
162 |
A Terrible Silence |
Catherine Bell |
167 |
Grave Journey to Latvia |
Ilse Jamonts |
170 |
Distorted Memories & Documents |
Ashlea Masters |
175 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Michele Rainger |
134 |
Obscure Library Resources |
Pauline Ramage |
181 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
182 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
187 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
190 |
Miscellany |
Vale Rosemary McKenzie |
|
178 |
Vale Joan Hayhurst |
|
179 |
Vol 46 No 3 September 2023
Articles |
Revisiting the Golden Aunt |
Nina Johnson |
089 |
Was Herbert the black sheep of the Woodgate family? |
Elaine Gifford |
095 |
Learning to Blog |
Clare McGuiness |
103 |
Translating the Thesis |
Michele Rainger |
108 |
Pardey Photographic Collection No.2 |
Pauline Ramage |
113 |
Finding Jane Knight |
Jennifer Burgess |
117 |
The Father Brian Maher Files – File 279 Jigger Bulgary |
Cheryl Bollard |
118 |
Orphan and Destitute Children |
Pauline Ramage |
120 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
088 |
Obscure Library Resources |
Pauline Ramage |
116 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
124 |
New Collection Items In Brief compiled |
Barbara Moore |
128 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
129 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
132 |
Miscellany |
Discover Captivating Family Stories in a new Short Story Book |
Gina Tooke |
107 |
Unlock The Past Handy Guides |
Barbara Moore |
122 |
Unravelling the Tapestry of Time |
Gina Tooke |
131 |
Vol 46 No 2 June 2023
Articles |
Father Brian Maher Collection, Significance Assessment |
Cheryl Bollard |
055 |
Fact vs Fiction |
Tony FitzPatrick |
060 |
Looking for Twenty-nine Girls |
Rosemary McKenzie |
062 |
Studying Family History at theUniversity of Tasmania |
Dr Kate Bagnall |
066 |
The Chief Secretary’s Office Registered Papers |
Barbara Moore FHGSC |
076 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
052 |
Obscure Library Resources |
compiled by Pauline Ramage |
075 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
078 |
New Collection Items In Brief compiled by |
Barbara Moore |
081 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
082 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
086 |
Miscellaney |
Heritage Month Wrap Up |
|
053 |
Vale Patricia (Trish) Downes |
|
069 |
Vale Niel Gunson MA FGSV FHGSC |
|
070 |
Every Family has a Story 2022 stories |
|
085 |
Vol 46 No 1 March 2023
Articles |
1917 Envelope Reveals theTragic Story of a Boer War Veteran |
Eric J. Frazer |
003 |
My mother’s family came free! Or did they? |
Frances Corcoran |
009 |
A Salutary Tale |
Elaine Gifford |
015 |
The Muswellbrook Memorial of Mildred Ellis |
Gillian Kendrigan |
017 |
Writing Family History |
Beverley Richardson |
023 |
Irish Linen – a Galong connection |
Diana Heins |
026 |
Has a one-name-survey smashed my brickwall? |
Clare McGuiness |
029 |
Are You of Huguenot Descent? |
Dot Brownrigg |
037 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
002 |
New Collection Items In Brief compiled by |
Barbara Moore |
039 |
Book Review – Searching for Margaret Murphy |
Pam Ray |
040 |
Obscure Library Resources compiled by |
Pauline Ramage |
041 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
042 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
047 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
050 |
Miscellaney |
Canberra and Region Heritage Festival April 2023 |
|
003 |
E.M. Fletcher Writing Competition 2023 |
|
046 |
Vol 45 No 4 December 2022
Articles |
2022 E.M. Fletcher Writing Award |
Gina Tooke |
157 |
Competition Winner and FHACT Member Prize |
I Am Not In-sane |
Beverley Richardson |
161 |
Meet our Winner – Beverley Richardson |
Gina Tooke |
165 |
Second Prize, sponsored by UTAS |
The Butterfly Women |
Madeleine Cleary |
167 |
Highly Commended |
Tales From Our Grandfather |
Nang-Kai Lahpai |
172 |
Short Listed |
Bursting Bubbles |
Dan Davies |
177 |
Beneath the Surface |
Charlotte Mullens |
180 |
Da's Wake |
Cheryl O'Grady |
184 |
Limonka |
Indyana Horobin |
188 |
Listening In Hope |
Pat Sheil |
191 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
154 |
Obscure Library Resources |
compiled by Pauline Ramage |
195 |
New Collection Items In Brief |
compiled by Barbara Moore |
196 |
Book Review – A Soldier of the Company |
Pam Ray |
198 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
199 |
Society Education and Activities |
|
203 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
206 |
Miscellaney |
Library Closure |
|
155 |
Members’ Choice Award |
|
160 |
Vol 45 No 3 September 2022
Articles |
Tuggeranong School House 1880–1939 |
Cheryl Bollard |
104 |
A Colonial Scandal – and an Australian First |
Heather Allsopp |
110 |
Ready For War |
Jim Brigginshaw |
114 |
Johanna – Adventurer, Pioneer, Family Anchor |
Elaine Gifford |
118 |
Ancestral Soup |
Barbara Broad |
122 |
16th AFFHO Congress 2022, Norfolk Island |
Rosemary McKenzie, Frank Mitchell, Cheryl Bollard, Michele Rainger, Trish Downes and Robyn Duncan |
124 |
Convict Shame and Denial |
Graeme Bell |
130 |
Researching local ACT Genealogy – A guide to sources |
Cheryl Bollard and Sue Pillans |
136 |
Census and Musters – No Shortcuts |
Jennifer Burgess |
142 |
Regular Articles |
From the President Rosemary |
McKenzie |
102 |
Obscure Library Resources compiled |
Pauline Ramage |
139 |
Book Review – History of Nairnshire |
Pam Ray |
141 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
143 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans and Clare McGuiness |
148 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
152 |
Miscellaney |
E.M. Fletcher Writing Award Presentation |
Gina Tooke |
103 |
Canberra and Region Heritage Researchers |
|
140 |
FHACT Family Snapshots |
Gina Tooke |
151 |
Vol 45 No 2 June 2022
Articles |
Coal Dust and Orange Blossom |
Gail Reekie |
058 |
University of Tasmania’s Diploma of Family History |
Naomi Parry Duncan |
063 |
Six Levels of Ancestral Profiles – Level-up Challenge! |
Yvette Hoitink |
067 |
The Buchan Easter Hunt |
Clare McGuiness |
070 |
Oh! Susanna! |
Nina Johnson |
076 |
I Married an Heiress – Part 2 |
Peter Procter |
080 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
056 |
Obscure Library Resources compiled by |
Pauline Ramage |
088 |
New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore |
090 |
Book Review – Irish workhouse orphan emigration to Australia 1848-1850 |
Pam Ray |
091 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
092 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans and Clare McGuiness |
096 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
100 |
Miscellaney |
Vale Iain Spencer Swinnerton |
Pam Ray |
086 |
Advancing DNA with Michelle Leonard |
|
075 |
Writers Course over four weeks |
|
095 |
Vol 45 No 1 March 2022
Articles |
The 1874 Duntroon Exhibition and Bazaar |
Jenny Tomkins |
003 |
Fake News Is Not That New |
Marilyn Woodward |
006 |
Treating Asthma with Smoke |
Sue O’Leary |
011 |
The Convict Ship Alexander 1806 |
Grahame Thom FHGSC |
017 |
I Married an Heiress – Part 1 |
Peter Procter FHGSC |
022 |
Å spore mine norske forfedre (Tracing my Norwegian Ancestors) |
Bronwyn Paschalidis |
031 |
Write Right |
Pam Ray |
037 |
Chance Remarks and Coincidences |
June McKenzie |
040 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
002 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
042 |
New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore FHGSC |
046 |
Book Review – A good Templar: the life and times of Albert John Carter |
Pam Ray FHGSC |
049 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans and Clare McGuiness |
050 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
054 |
Miscellaney |
Vale William Henry Marsh |
|
026 |
Vol 44 No 4 December 2021
2021 E.M. Fletcher Writing Award |
Gina Tooke |
143 |
Competition Winner and HAGSOC Member Winner |
The Bitterness of their Woe |
Denise Newton |
146 |
Equal Highly Commended |
An Ordinary Life |
Georgia Morris |
151 |
E for Eternity |
Kathy Sharpe |
156 |
Equal Commended |
Ellen |
Jeannine Lee |
161 |
Hillcrest |
Narelle McCoy |
165 |
The Canada Girls |
Julie Webb |
168 |
Short Listed |
My Mum - My Genealogist |
Stephen Castley |
172 |
And I thought I was an only Child |
Noeline Gentle |
176 |
The Shotgun |
Mersija Illic |
179 |
The Woman in the Photograph |
Margaret Grover |
184 |
Ellen's Scheming |
Marcia Moon |
187 |
Yours Faithfully |
Colleen Russell |
192 |
FHACT Member Prize |
Tell me Again, Dad |
Margaret Clough |
197 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
142 |
Book Review - The Work of the Dead |
Nina Johnson |
202 |
Book Review - Every Family has a Story |
Pam Ray |
204 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Pauline Bygraves |
205 |
Pauline's Parlour Hints |
Pauline Ramage |
210 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
212 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
216 |
Vol 44 No 3 September 2021
Articles |
Bonfires, Fancy Dress and Decorated Bicycles |
Elaine Gifford |
096 |
Abigail Alger "The Grandma that might have been" |
Ellen E. Waite |
098 |
The Bruhn Family - A saga of tragic proportions |
Michele Rainger |
104 |
Bere Alston - A Mining Village in Devon |
Robyn Coghlan |
110 |
My Years at Boarding School |
Elaine Gifford |
114 |
Michael Keough and Jane Kennedy |
Janette James |
120 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
094 |
Book Review - Who’s been living in my Moruya Street? |
Pam Ray |
128 |
Pauline’s Parlour Hints |
Pauline Ramage |
129 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy and Pauline Bygraves |
130 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans and Clare McGuiness |
137 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
140 |
Miscellaney |
The Father Brian Maher Collection Digitisation Project |
Cheryl Bollard |
099 |
Guardianship of Minors |
Pauline Ramage |
103 |
Family History ACT Exhibition - Heritage Matters |
Kerrie Gray |
118 |
Vol 44 No 2 June 2021
Articles |
Patron’s address, 6 April 2021 |
Prof. Peter Stanley |
055 |
The Bank of Queensland’s first two chief executives |
Nick Reddan |
057 |
The Joy of Brick Walls |
John Temperly |
060 |
Black-Eyed Susan |
Robyn Coghlan |
064 |
The Murder of William Munday |
Chris Oyston |
066 |
Small Slices of a Social History |
Janelle Burns |
072 |
Census: Others in the Street |
Tony FitzPatrick |
076 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
054 |
Book Review - Unlocking land, Dr Terry Kass |
Pam Ray |
071 |
New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore |
078 |
Pauline’s Parlour Hints |
Pauline Ramage |
082 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy and Pauline Bygraves |
083 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans and Clare McGuiness |
088 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
092 |
Miscellaney |
Patron’s address, 6 April 2021 |
Prof. Peter Stanley |
055 |
The Father Brian Maher Collection, Then and Now |
Cheryl Bollard |
075 |
ACT Heritage Library - Heritage Matters |
Kerrie Gray |
091 |
Vol 44 No 1 March 2021
Articles |
A Family Censored |
Barbara Broad |
004 |
Frustration, Serendipity and Beyond |
Andrew Simpson |
010 |
Bridget (Lahy) Murphy arsonist, Mexborough, 1841 |
Diana Heins and Patricia Murphy |
012 |
A Man Who Excelled in the Art of Blade Shearing Shearing - Eric Wilkie (1914-1998) |
Wendy Paterson |
016 |
My Memories of Nursing at Cowra District Hospital - early 1940s |
Vera Speer |
021 |
The Rev William Martin |
Sue Pillans |
024 |
Telling Half the Story |
Ross Cleary |
026 |
A Chaddesden Farmer’s Victorian Notebook |
Peter Cholerton |
028 |
Elizabeth Smith b. 1799 |
Jenny Burgess |
033 |
Secret Men’s Business |
Elaine Gifford |
035 |
Regular Articles |
From the President |
Rosemary McKenzie |
002 |
Book Review |
Pam Ray |
039 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy and Pauline Bygraves |
041 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans and Clare McGuiness |
047 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
052 |
Miscellaney |
Vale Ruth McEwen Rodgers |
|
038 |
Vol 43 No 4 December 2020
Articles |
E.M. Fletcher Writing Award |
Gina Tooke |
122 |
Remarks by Prof. Peter Stanley, UNSW Canberra |
|
124 |
Competition Winner and HAGSOC Member Winner |
A Lamb’s Tale |
David Wintrip* |
125 |
First Highly Commended |
Waterloo Bridge 1827 |
Gail Reekie* |
129 |
Highly Commended |
Unexpectedly Touching the Past |
Clare McGuiness* |
134 |
A Courageous Woman |
Robyn Hipkiss |
138 |
One Day in April |
David Wintrip* |
142 |
Encouragement Certificate |
Survival |
Kathryn Coughran* |
147 |
A View to Die For |
Penny Graham |
153 |
The Bookcase |
Julia Ryan |
157 |
Other short list |
Frank, 1941 |
Ross Cleary* |
161 |
The Shocking Story of One Man and his family |
Jane Robinson |
164 |
Currents and Tides |
Beverley Richardson |
168 |
How DNA Solved a Family Mystery |
Denise Page* |
173 |
Donny |
Ross Cleary* |
176 |
* indicates HAGSOC member |
Regular Articles |
From the President and Editor Note |
Rosemary McKenzie |
120 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
180 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
188 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
192 |
Miscellaney |
Additional Journal Copies |
|
179 |
Library Closure |
|
179 |
Vol 43 No 3 September 2020
Articles |
Was it murder? |
Grahame Thom FHSC |
078 |
Heraldry’s Place in Family History |
Niel Gunson |
080 |
A Patient of Seacliff Asylum |
Graham Wilson |
082 |
Harking Back |
Peter Procter |
088 |
Thomas and Mary Lynch |
Diana Heins |
094 |
John Jones – I found mine! |
Jeanette Hahn |
100 |
Rev Thomas Tomkins and the Charity School in Yeovil, Somerset |
Jenny Tomkins |
105 |
Her Brilliant Career – My Aunt Phoebe |
Bobby Pinkerton |
108 |
What makes the Irish so different! |
Barbara Moore FHGSC |
110 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
077 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
076 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
111 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
114 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
118 |
Miscellaney |
From the Archives – Family Connections |
Graeme Austin |
087 |
Social Distancing – for all but 5 seconds |
Pam Ray |
099 |
2020 E.M. Fletcher Writing Award |
Gina Tooke 1 |
017 |
Vol 43 No 2 June 2020
Articles |
Finding Susan - The rewards of researching in quarantine |
Julia Trainor |
044 |
Heraldry’s Place in Family History |
Niel Gunson |
048 |
Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson |
Sue Tongue |
050 |
Coincidental Families |
Robyn Coghlan nee Boxall |
052 |
Scavengers’ Rate Book of St Thomas’s Southwark, 1766 |
Elspeth A Bodley |
054 |
CSIRO’s First Women Scientist |
Rob Birtles, CSIRO |
056 |
What’s in a name? Bruce Annice Eve-Lyn Brittain (1912-1996) |
Tony FitzPatrick |
059 |
The Lost Boys |
Sue Pillans |
062 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
043 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
042 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
064 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
070 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
074 |
Miscellaney |
E.M. Fletcher Writing Competition |
|
051 |
Scanning slides & negatives workshop |
|
069 |
Vol 43 No 1 March 2020
Articles |
Remarkable Woman Becomes Rural Fire Brigade Volunteer |
Sandra Barnbaum |
004 |
Thomas Oyston 1852-1933 |
Chris Oyston |
006 |
A One Penny Stamp Leads to a Significant Find |
Peter Browning |
012 |
George Redmonds and Surnames |
Peter Procter FHGSC |
014 |
Neva Millicent Wilkinson 1899-1976 |
Cheryl Bollard |
016 |
Memories of using the National Library of Australia |
Grahame Thom FHGSC |
024 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
003 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
002 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
026 |
Hot Sources No. 147 |
Cora Num |
028 |
New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore FHGSC |
030 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
032 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
035 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
040 |
Miscellaney |
E.M. Fletcher Writing Competition |
Gina Tooke |
011 |
The National Archive (TNA) UK Errors – Fixed |
Cynthia Worringham |
021 |
Do you have German ancestors? |
|
022 |
Education Courses in 2020 |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
023 |
Stories from the 2019 E.M. Fletcher Competition |
|
025 |
Vol 42 No 4 December 2019
Articles |
Competition Winner |
All at Sea |
Kathryn Coughran |
153 |
HAGSOC Member Winner |
Genealogy in the 25th Century |
Clare McGuiness* |
158 |
Highly Commended |
A Popular Poplar Tree |
Denise Burton* |
162 |
My Father’s Grace |
Everdene Orta |
166 |
The Mother Wound |
Naomi Barnbaum |
170 |
Remainder of Judges’ Shortlist |
Pinwill Plumbing |
Georgiana Pinwill |
173 |
Louisa - Time Travel |
Marcia Moon |
178 |
The Gun Metal Grey Trunk |
Elsie Violet |
182 |
Tilly’s Sorrow |
Kris Jacobsen* |
185 |
A Drover and a Gentleman |
BernadetteThakur* |
189 |
What Honey Saw |
Kelly Paxman* |
194 |
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Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
151 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
150 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
204 |
Hot Sources No. 146 |
Cora Num |
206 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
199 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
208 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
212 |
Vol 42 No 3 September 2019
Articles |
Why Did They Die - A Journey Into The Unknown |
Gillian Kendrigan |
108 |
Family History - Taking Up and Passing On the Baton |
Elaine Gifford |
113 |
William Langford/Sidebottom 1801-1849 |
Cheryl Bollard |
118 |
Just a family story? |
Elaine Gifford |
122 |
A Winning Smile |
Sandra Barnbaum |
123 |
The Clarke Challenge Cup and Footscray’s Awesome Oarsmen |
Sue O’Leary |
126 |
HAGSOC Personal Papers Collection |
Pam Ray FHGSC |
130 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
107 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
106 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
134 |
Hot Sources No. 145 |
Cora Num |
136 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
138 |
HAGSOC Library - New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore |
141 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
143 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
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148 |
Miscellany |
Convict Collaboration - A project to help researchers |
Michele Rainger |
111 |
E M Fletcher Writing Award Update |
Gina Tooke |
117 |
230th Anniversary of HMS Sirius wrecking |
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121 |
Advance notice - reunion - Joseph Preston b1803 convict Asia 1 |
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121 |
Birthday Celebration! |
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129 |
A Day of English Genealogy Monday 7 October 2019 |
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129 |
Family History Month - Mugga Mugga and Royal Australian Mint |
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132 |
Vol 42 No 2 June 2019
Articles |
The Beleaguered Bishop |
Nina Johnson |
060 |
DNA Downunder Ambassadors Related |
Marilyn Woodward |
064 |
In search of Captain James Bontein of the British East India Army |
Peter Grills |
066 |
Robert Humphries - a failed Dickensian felon |
Cathie Humphries |
068 |
A Winter Wedding |
Bernadette Hayes |
072 |
Memories of games in the early 1950’s |
June McKenzie |
075 |
Striking Gold in Ireland - Hawkshaws Part 2 |
Julie Austin |
076 |
Thomas Crump and his Marys |
Jennifer Burgess |
079 |
Nana’s Convicts |
Barbara Toohey |
081 |
150 Convicts |
|
078 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
059 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
058 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
088 |
Hot Sources No. 144 |
Cora Num |
090 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
092 |
HAGSOC Library - New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore |
096 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
098 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
104 |
Miscellany |
What’s new at Education and Events? |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
071 |
Connect and Participate Expo |
|
085 |
Whole Histories - weekend conference |
|
086 |
Vol 42 No 1 March 2019
Searching for Ann Shadwell |
Jane Morrison |
004 |
Came Free then a Convict - Sarah Middleton |
Robyn Middleton |
009 |
Striking Gold in Ireland - Hawkshaws Part 1 |
Julie Austin |
012 |
Blogging with Sue
No Place to Lay One’s Head - Book Review
Deadshot Dick |
Sue O’Leary |
014 |
William Middleton – Forger |
Robyn Middleton |
018 |
In For The Long Haul - Book Review |
Julie Austin |
020 |
OCR and the Bleeding Obvious |
Nick Reddan |
022 |
150 Convicts |
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025 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
003 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
002 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
038 |
Hot Sources No. 143 |
Cora Num |
040 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
042 |
HAGSOC Library - New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore |
047 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
050 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
056 |
Miscellany |
Writing Competition – NOW OPEN! |
|
017 |
Excitement on Census Night |
Linda Beveridge |
021 |
E & E News - what to look forward to in 2019 |
Sue Pillans & Clare McGuiness |
024 |
Vol 41 No 4 December 2018
Articles |
An Irish Road Trip |
Susan O’Leary |
168 |
“Lost in DNA” |
Marilyn Woodward |
170 |
Robert Campbell and the Majura Cameron’s of Canberra |
Jenny Wood |
172 |
Experiences of Convicts Aboard Vessels |
David Le Roy |
176 |
Emily Jane Skelton |
Gillian Kendrigan |
180 |
“This is wonderful!” A DNA Success Story |
Geof Watts |
182 |
Convicts in Context |
Clare McGuiness |
184 |
Honora from the Hunter |
Barbara Broad |
188 |
My Convicts on the Asia 1 |
Jennifer Burgess |
190 |
Eleven Convicts |
Frances Corcoran |
192 |
From Spirited Rascal to Brushy Creek Pioneer |
Wendy Paterson |
194 |
Isabella Farrier |
David Le Roy |
197 |
Bridget Murray – My Great Aunt Danny |
O’Neill |
200 |
Charles Bannister From the Workhouse to Australia |
David Le Roy |
202 |
150 Convicts |
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205 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
167 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
166 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
212 |
Hot Sources No. 142 |
Cora Num |
214 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
216 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness |
222 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
228 |
Miscellany |
Vale Rhonda Aynsley Kerr |
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210 |
Vol 41 No 3 September 2018
Articles |
The Disappearing Musician |
Barbara Moore |
112 |
My Missing Convict Who Redeemed Himself |
Jenny Burgess |
115 |
Parramatta Female Factory Bicentennial |
Alma Burg |
118 |
Ardfinnan, Tipperary to Longbottom, New South Wales |
Diana Heins |
120 |
William the Highway Robber |
Alma Burg |
124 |
The Leamys |
Tony FitzPatrick |
127 |
Rascals or Ratbags Remembering our Convict Past |
Michele Rainger |
130 |
A Convict Life Drawn from Government Documentation |
Clare McGuiness |
134 |
Anne Beard/Beer |
Jenny Burgess |
138 |
150 Convicts |
|
139 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
111 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
110 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
148 |
Hot Sources No. 141 |
Cora Num |
150 |
New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore |
152 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
154 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness |
158 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
164 |
Miscellany |
Convict SIG Mint Excursion |
|
119 |
Looking for Relatives of Brogan, Ashworth, Collyer and Dando |
|
137 |
Writing Competition |
|
147 |
Family History Month |
Clare McGuiness |
163 |
Vol 41 No 2 June 2018
Articles |
Meritorious Service Award - Cora Num |
|
058 |
The Great Fire of Wellington 1879 |
Janice Borg Caruana |
063 |
Sam Tongway - A Story of Assimilation |
David Tongway |
066 |
My ancestor was … an Innkeeper |
Elaine Gifford |
070 |
My ancestor was … a Piano Tuner |
Sandra Barnbaum |
074 |
My Husband’s ancestor was … a Foreign Soldier |
Jean Main |
076 |
My ancestor was … a Vagrant |
Rosemary McKenzie |
078 |
Negotiating Genealogical ‘Brick Walls’ |
Kris Jacobsen |
082 |
The Curious Case of the Shared Relative |
Peter Grills |
086 |
Ballyfaudeen Eviction Notices |
Jim Foley |
089 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
057 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
056 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
090 |
Hot Sources No. 140 |
Cora Num |
092 |
New Collection Items In Brief |
Barbara Moore |
096 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
098 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness |
103 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
108 |
Miscellany |
Memories of Congress March 2018 |
|
060 |
The Canberra Rotary World Peace Bell |
June Penny |
069 |
Digitised Journals Through Trove |
Lynne Curran |
077 |
Education & Events this Quarter |
Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness |
095 |
Vol 41 No 1 March 2018
Articles |
Using Heritage Building Assessments in Family History Research |
Therese Lynch |
004 |
Mrs Ellen Farrell nee Connell |
Peter Mayberry |
008 |
Gatenby Robert Bolton |
Elaine Gifford |
013 |
Things My Mother Used to Say |
Michele Rainger |
016 |
I Wish I Could Remember … |
Sandra Barnbaum |
018 |
My Grandmother … |
Susan Pillans |
018 |
Coronation Day June 1953 |
Bobby Pinkerton |
020 |
Slab Hut to Colonial Homestead |
Jenny Wood |
022 |
Reverend Joseph Clampett |
Jean Ffrench |
025 |
Who Was Elizabeth Smith? |
Jennifer Burgess |
030 |
Planning Directions for Education and Events |
Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness |
032 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
003 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
002 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
036 |
Hot Sources No. 139 |
Cora Num |
038 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
040 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pallins & Clare McGuiness |
048 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
054 |
Miscellany |
Wrestling With German Records |
Raoul Middelmann |
007 |
DAM Musings … |
Danny O’Neill |
019 |
Floating Prisons - Book Review |
Jenny Morris |
034 |
Looking for a Woodbridge Connection |
John Castle |
039 |
Vol 40 No 4 December 2017
Articles |
The 1891 Women’s Suffrage Petition.
Did your ancestor support the cause? |
Therese Lynch |
132 |
The Women with No Name |
Lee English |
136 |
A Victorian Courtship |
Gillian Kendrigan |
138 |
Taking a Stand for the Women’s Vote |
Jane Morrison |
142 |
Emily’s Cross |
Gina Tooke |
148 |
Francis John McMillan Oyston Compiled |
Chris Oyston |
150 |
Traditional Marriages? |
Mike Hutchinson |
152 |
A Conversation With The Past |
Paul Varsanyi |
153 |
Christmas from the Writers SIG Compiled |
Gina Tooke |
156 |
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching on Sydney’s North Shore |
Julia Ermert |
160 |
Patrick O’Sullivan, NSW Railway Station Master |
Janette James |
162 |
The Last Piece of the Jigsaw |
Beryl Strusz |
165 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
131 |
From the Editor Rosemary |
McKenzie |
130 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
168 |
Hot Sources No. 138 |
Cora Num |
170 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
172 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Sue Pallins |
174 |
New Collection Items in Brief |
Barbara Moore FHGSC |
177 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
180 |
Miscellany |
Vale Andrew Pinkerton |
|
159 |
Vale Shirely Grace Cameron |
|
159 |
Vol 40 No 3 September 2017
Articles |
Overview of Australian Copyright |
Jennifer Barnes |
082 |
Bob and Me |
John Mercer |
088 |
Lionel Leslie Eric North 1898 to 1997 (Father, Pop) |
William North & Karenn Layne |
089 |
HAGSOC 50 Years – Celebration Luncheon 19 Oct 2014 |
Pam Ray FHGSC |
092 |
Steaming Southwards |
Robyn Coghlan |
096 |
My Journey as our Family Historian |
Peter Grills |
100 |
Did Your Ancestor Work For The Victorian Railways? |
Therese Lynch |
103 |
DNA – Breaking Down a Solid Brick Wall |
Robyn Sharman Hawking |
104 |
From Mountbellew Workhouse to Western Australia |
Aleysha McGrath & Kathleen Connolly |
108 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
080 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
081 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
112 |
Hot Sources No. 137 |
Cora Num |
114 |
New Collection Items in Brief |
Barbara Moore FHGSC |
116 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
120 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Danny O’Neill |
124 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
128 |
Miscellany |
Vale David Rymer |
|
099 |
New DNA Special Interest Group! |
|
107 |
Vol 40 No 2 June 2017
Articles |
Never Give Up! |
Barb Toohey |
046 |
Finding Genealogy |
Peter Snowdon |
048 |
Finding the Parkin Family in Garston, Lancashire |
Andrew Eliason |
050 |
Success from an Unexpected Source |
Barbara Moore FHGSC |
054 |
Anzac Day in Mildura |
Barb Toohey & Sue Pillans |
057 |
Colin Christie – A Self-made Man of Many Talents |
Marilyn Woodward |
058 |
Sir Robert Menzies –A Cornish Mining Family’s Illustrious Descendant |
Therese Lynch |
062 |
Regular Articles |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
044 |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
045 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
064 |
Hot Sources No. 136 |
Cora Num |
066 |
New Collection Items in Brief |
Barbara Moore FHGSC 68 |
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From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
070 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Danny O’Neill |
073 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
078 |
Miscellany |
Baptisms in The Burial Registers |
Niel Gunson FHGSC |
061 |
Ways to Overcome Genealogy Brick Walls US Family Tree Magazine |
|
067 |
Update on Red Cross Archives Information |
David Palmer |
072 |
Brickwalls, Old Dog, New Tricks |
Shauna Hicks |
077 |
Vol 40 No 1 March 2017
Articles |
Mathew Mahide – At last, a convict in the family! |
Therese Lynch |
004 |
Miners and Migration |
Robyn Coghlan |
008 |
Family History Research |
Denise Burton |
011 |
'Taking the Cure' at Rotorua in 1880 |
Jane Morrison |
012 |
My Family’s 175 year Association with the Canberra Area |
John Clowry |
016 |
Baptisms and Burials in Iden, 1785 |
Peter Snowdon |
023 |
The Benaud-Pratt Family |
Joan Pratt |
024 |
Convict Identikit Mugshots |
Therese Lynch |
026 |
Regular Articles |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
002 |
President's Report |
Nick Reddan |
003 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
028 |
Hot Sources No. 135 |
Cora Num |
030 |
New Collection Items in Brief |
Barbara Moore |
032 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy |
034 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Danny O’Neill |
037 |
Services for Members & Notice to Contributors |
|
042 |
Vol 39 No 4 December 2016
Articles |
A Place to Call Home |
Gina Tooke |
160 |
Captain Arthur Holmes |
Jenny Holmes |
162 |
My Convict Ancestor - Charlotte Foster |
Helen Digan |
164 |
Captain Percy Hunt, Harry Morant and James McConnell |
Diana Heins |
167 |
Our Family History Holiday |
Gillian Kendrigan |
170 |
Uncovering Your Tommies Story |
M H Stutters |
174 |
A Son of Erin |
Colin McJannett |
180 |
A Man for All Seasons |
Paul Varsanyi |
184 |
Wiener Riesenrad - Ferris Wheel |
Jan Grant |
188 |
Forensic Portraiture |
Ross Andrews |
189 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
159 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
158 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
196 |
Hot Sources No. 134 |
Cora Num |
198 |
New Collection Items in Brief |
Barbara Moore |
200 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy |
203 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Danny O’Neill |
206 |
Services for Members |
|
210 |
Miscellany |
South of England SIG 2017 Program |
Dick Stevens |
192 |
Vale Cedric Francis Pratt |
|
193 |
Vale Pamela Leslie Rothwell |
|
193 |
Vale Eunice Marian Fletcher |
|
194 |
Vol 39 No 3 September 2016
Articles |
Mick Jagger and His Australian Connection |
Frances Corcoran |
110 |
The Great Manure Theft |
Frank M Mitchell |
112 |
From the Trenches of WW1 (Part 2) |
Malcolm Murray |
116 |
Little Grandma – From Orange to Bondi Junction |
Cathy Raper |
120 |
Exiled! |
Pam and Neil Body |
124 |
The Three Medical Gentlemen of Bombala |
Eleanor Vardanega |
127 |
The Vicissitudes of Three Convict Lives (Part 2) |
Brendan O’Keefe |
130 |
Eight Generations of Separation |
Kevin McMahon |
133 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
109 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
108 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
140 |
Hot Sources No. 133 |
Cora Num |
150 |
HAGSOC Library - New Acquisitions |
Barbara Moore |
146 |
From Our Overseas Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
142 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Danny O’Neill 151 |
151 |
Services for Members |
|
156 |
Miscellany |
Vale Richard McCluskey |
|
126 |
Vale Mollie Meadows |
|
126 |
Vol 39 No 2 June 2016
Articles |
George Peart and the Austral Wheel Race |
Andrew Eliason |
056 |
Amazing Addresses |
Jenny Smith |
058 |
A Sudden Death |
Barbara Broad |
060 |
From the Trenches of WW1 (Part 1) |
Malcolm Murray |
062 |
Then Along Came Trove |
Barbara Moore |
066 |
Beyond the WW1 Service Record – Filling in the Gaps |
Mary H Stutters |
070 |
Four Weddings and an Execution |
Robyn Coghlan |
074 |
The Vicissitudes of Three Convict Lives (Part 1) |
Brendan O’Keefe |
078 |
A Soldier and his Watch |
Wendy Benson |
082 |
Robert Wallbutton Probation Officer and Deacon |
Elizabeth Smith |
085 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
055 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
054 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
088 |
Hot Sources No. 132 |
Cora Num |
092 |
HAGSOC Library - New Acquisitions |
Barbara Moore |
094 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy & Pauline Bygraves |
098 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Danny O’Neill |
101 |
Services for Members |
|
106 |
Miscellany |
100 ANZACS |
|
097 |
Address, email & website changes and eJournals |
|
73, 81 |
Library News |
Pam Ray |
090 |
‘What would my grandfather think of the choices I’ve made?’ |
Dr Christine Deane |
091 |
Vol 39 No 1 March 2016
Articles |
How a DNA Test Solved a Mystery |
Marily Woodward |
004 |
The 1939 German “Minority Census” |
Raoul Middelmann |
007 |
Dictionary of Irish Biography |
Nick Reddan |
008 |
Dutch Nobility Books |
Jennifer Barnes |
011 |
100 Anzacs Part 4 |
|
012 |
On The Money |
Peter Procter |
019 |
Where’d You Find That? |
Tony FitzPatrick |
022 |
Book Review - Elizabeth Jack |
Pam Ray |
025 |
New Acquisitions at HAGSOC |
Barbara Moore |
029 |
Regular Articles |
President’s Report |
Nick Reddan |
002 |
From the Editor |
Rosemary McKenzie |
003 |
Hot Sites |
Cora Num |
037 |
Hot Sources No. 131 |
Cora Num |
038 |
From Our Contemporaries |
Peter Kennedy |
040 |
Society Education and Social Activities |
Danny O’Neill |
046 |
Services for Members |
|
052 |
Miscellany |
Vale Gladys Clarke |
Dick Stevens |
026 |
Vale Rhoda Csucsy |
Barbara Moore |
027 |
Vale Betty Iggo |
Pam Ray |
028 |
Writing Your Story Your Way |
Jennifer Barnes |
044 |
South of England SIG 2016 Program |
Dick Stevens |
045 |