The Tree of Me

As I'm missing a holiday to Melbourne because of COVID-19 I'm spending more time researching and have made a few more interesting discoveries. Today, however, I thought I'd put together the photographs of the headstones of direct ancestors on my father's line. I've included links to any relevant previous posts. Grandparents James Malcolm Moore & Esme Eileen Moore (Merchant) Tenterfield, NSW Great Grandparents Knox Moore & Mary McColm Wallangarra, Queensland Phillip Merchant & Rose Allsop Tenterfield, NSW Great Great grandparents John Moore & Margaret Jane Moore (Henry) Wallangarra, Queensland Malcolm McColm Warwick, Queensland Mary Ann is not my ancestor J ane McColm (Fleming) Unmarked grave Wallangarra, Queensland Mentioned on her parent's headstone Sheuchan Cemetery, Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland Sarah Jane Merchant (Hooton) Tenterfield, NSW - no headstone betwe...

This is my post for week 14 of   Shauna Hicks  challenge for 2014.  Shauna said that t his blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably lots of other records that I could have included. The challenge has an Australian focus but most of these records will be found just about anywhere in the genealogy world. My husband's direct ancestors in Australia are buried from Glen Innes to Uralla - a mere 1.5 hours driving time. My direct ancestors however, are buried in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia. This means, that  wherever I go there just happens to be an ancestor buried there. My daughter once asked if a visitor wanted to see our holiday photos - yes they were headstones. There is now a proliferation of Websites suc...

Last week when I arrived back from holidays my copy of A Grave Look at History - Glimpses of a Vanishing Form of Folk Art by Lionel Gilbert had arrived from AbeBooks . I am a frequent visitor to AbeBooks both for work and my genealogy research. For those who are not familiar with AbeBooks it is a fantastic source for used, rare and out of print books. Wikipedia states that AbeBooks lists books from 12800 booksellers in 57 countries. I often purchase books for my school library for students who are completing individual research projects, particularly in history. My latest purchase is a book I remember looking at years ago - A Grave Look at History - Lionel Gilbert (1980) ( NLA catalogue ). Of particular interest are the chapters titled, Styles Symbols and Skills,  Letters and Figures, Epitaphs and Rails and Pickets. What clues can you interpret from your family headstones? The Victorians loved symbolism and many headstones in our cemeteries have many symbols in th...