by Jenny Coates | 12 Jul 2023 | Australian Bloggers, Copyright, Family Tree
Sadly, like many other online publishers I am constantly attacked by varmints of one kind or another. Tonight I want to talk about the most insidious type of blood sucking leech – the Ancestry thief.I have just spent several days tracking down dozens of examples...
by Jenny Coates | 13 Mar 2023 | Hotels, North East Victoria, Wangaratta
Sending postcards in the early decades of the twentieth century was a past time with many uses. The sender could let someone know what train they would be arriving on, how their trip to Aunt Myrtle was going, or send good wishes on a special occasion. Sometimes...
by Jenny Coates | 19 Sep 2022 | Family Tree, First Nations people, New South Wales
I am lucky enough to have a number of cousins who are just as interested in the family history as I am. It is a wonderful thing to meet these cousins as we know we will always have something to talk about. One such cousin is Garry Moore who has managed to put together...
by Jenny Coates | 10 Jan 2022 | North East Victoria, Wangaratta
Recently I was alerted to the fact that fellow blogger Janelle Collins had photographed all the extant headstones at Boorhaman cemetery north of Wangaratta.* Janelle’s rellies were John King and Mary Anglim (sometimes Anglam), who came from the same area of...
by Jenny Coates | 18 Dec 2021 | North East Victoria, Trove Tuesday, Wangaratta
Before women in Victoria gained the right to vote in Commonwealth elections in 1902, there were few ways that they could exercise any democratic right. They were yet to be granted the same rights as men in state elections despite a huge push in 1891 with the...
by Jenny Coates | 16 Dec 2021 | First Nations people, Homes and Properties, Wangaratta
I recently stumbled upon a photo of the beautiful home below. This image was scanned by the State Library of Victoria but the cataloguers had not identified the house, the title being merely “House brick with porch and gabled roof, Wangaratta.” I asked the...