The Ancestral Searcher Current Journal

The journal of Family History ACT is the Ancestral Searcher which is published quarterly. Members receive a copy as part of their membership. Back numbers and articles are available for purchase.

Table of Contents

Vol 44 No 1 March 2025

Articles
Patrick Murphy - convicts’ son and nephew - Tipperary to Kiama	Diana Heins	004
My Ancestor, the Lord Mayor of London	Barbara Moore	011
Henry Stevens - An Unexpected Life	Nina Johnston	014
Richard Walker - A Convict of Character	David Le Roy	017
Finding the Real Mary Rowe	Jenny Burgess	022
The Plunkett Twins	Grahame Thom	026
John Boxall - Seeking a Simple Answer	Robyn Coghlan	031
Thomas Ramage - Where are you?	Pauline Ramage	035
Ingredients of a biography	Elaine Gifford	038
Meabella Catherine Smith	Tony Fitzpatrick	041
John Murray (1869-1938)	Danny O’Neill	046
Rev. Charles Bayliss Hill - Anglo-Indian Missionary and Educator	Sean Kelly	056
The Men from Snowy River	Annette Fitzgerald	063
Alice Amelia Lazelles - A Short Biography	Sue Goard	068
LtCol Sir Dring - End of Empires	Cathy Day	074
Albert William Bridges - A Pommy Emigrant	Jenny Smith	080
The mysterious disappearance of Victor Varty	Wendy Paterson	087
James Henderson McAdam - A Ten-Pound Pom	Mae Mulheran	093
Betty Trott, My Centenarian Cousin	Sandra Barnbaum	098
Derk Koning	Ben Hickey	104
Regular Articles
From the President and Editor		002
Book Review	Helen Cohen	110
From our Contemporaries	Pauline Bygraves	112
Society Education and Activities, Services		117