The Tree of Me

Congress 2018 Finally I have time to sit and reflect on a fantastic four days last week. I am very pleased with my decision to take two days LSL and attend Bridging the Past , the 15 th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry. I was always going to wait until I retired to do something like this. My takeaways and homework include: Avoid being sucked into the never-ending hole - only when you start writing do you see the gaps in your research Don't forget about the Government Gazettes and Journals on Trove If we don't tell the stories of those who came before, the history will be lost in just three generations Don't forget to revisit the Historical Land Records Viewer Phase my DNA to work out maternal and paternal lines Check our Scotland's Places in more detail Download Phillamore's Atlas from archive.org Learn more about clandestine marriages Check out Dusty Docs Add more of my family images to Flickr

When my great great grandmother Margaret Jane Moore (Henry) died on 1st August 1923 her death certificate stated that she had two deceased sons. Margaret Henry had  married John Moore on 21 September 1871 at Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland. Upon her death she had 5 surviving children. Knox            b     c1873     Ireland Rosetta         b       18 February 1875     Ballymoney, Ireland Elizabeth      b       1884     Glencoe, NSW, Australia James            b      1887     Queensland Margaret       b       1889    Brisbane, Queensland My previous research had discovered two sons not mentioned on her death certificate. John             b       28 December 1872  Dervock, Ballymoney, Antrim James           b        25 September 1881, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland A visit to Scotland's people today solved the mystery. I decided to purchase the birth certificate of James and discovered that he was a twin. He and his brother John were born in the early hours of 25th Se