Persons of interest...

Australian vaudeville, Rev F. A. Marsh, Philo-Semitism in Cromwell's England, Washington Territory pioneer Alonzo M. Poe, and the Darjeeling tea industry to 1947 - 'strangers in a strange land'.

31 August 2017

Noel Patrick Hilton…circus boy comes to town

The story starts with the accidental electrocution of lines worker Harold Patrick Keys on 23 March 1925 in Sydney. The death was ruled an a...

24 August 2017

Lucy Poe Blandy – DC’s last ‘real’ daughter of 1812

Lucy Jane Poe was the eldest child of William R Poe's second marriage to Mary Jane Dale and the longest-lived of any of his children. B...

16 August 2017

Alonzo Marion Poe: a recurring family name

When I began researching the Poe family one recurring name was Alonzo Marion. My grandfather’s middle name was ‘Marion’ and his father was ...

10 August 2017

The first Margaret – history of a picture

For many people, a major goal of genealogy is to trace their male line back. Following the female line can be just as interesting and will...

03 August 2017

Jottings of interest: August 2017

The Sabbath Sentinel published a slightly different version of my article ‘ The Seventh Day Men Part 1: The Sabbath under James I & Cha...

27 July 2017

Joseph Swan: engraver, publisher and supporter of the arts

One of my more respectable ancestors is Joseph Swan. He was born on 11 November 1796 in Manchester England to Thomas Swan and Janet Russel...

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