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 48 No 1 March 2025

Articles
Miss Eleanora Lord Triumphs Nina Johnson 005
John George Nathaniel Gibbes - thirty years on Terry Jenkins 009
The Life and Crimes of John Netherwood Margaret Rowe 014
New evidence about the identity of William Johnstone VC Mikael Apel and Jean Ffrench 020
The Floating World of Elizabeth Rose Beverley Richardson 025
My Errant Ancestor Archibald Grigor Jeanette Hahn 030
The long story of a short biography Elaine Gifford 035
“Harry’s” Mate Kris Jacobsen 038
My Elusive Grandmother Jenny Smith 043
The Flute Jenny Smith 046
George Victor Browning Peter Browning 047
Anne Dawn Fitzgerald (nee Heycox) Annette Fitzgerald 052
Sapper Page’s War Helen Cohen 055
Wombat - “One of the Few” Sean Kelly 058
The Story of our Violin Sandra Barnbaum 062
Tracing an adopted relative born in Qld in 1922 Deb Hamilton 065
Regular Articles
From the President Michele Rainger 002
From the Editor’s Desk Clare McGuiness 003
E. M. Fletcher Writing Competition The Committee 004
From Our Contemporaries Pauline Bygraves 070
New Collection Items in Brief Barbara Moore 7 005
Society Education and Activities   077
Services for Members   081