by Warren Nunn
Hertfordshire village with Australian connection In 1883, first cousins Henry Aldridge and James Westwood set up a carrying business in Hertfordshire, England, supplying mostly corn and chaff. Henry and his family had not long arrived back in his home country from...
by Warren Nunn
Nearly 50 years at same alehouse When newspapers record details of a funeral, it greatly helps family researchers to identify more than one generation. When a publican named William Avis died in Whepstead, Suffolk, England in 1941, it ended his 50-year association...
by Warren Nunn
Old images give up their secrets For anyone fortunate enough to have photographs of family members going back multiple generations, identifying people can be almost impossible. Fortunately some images have names on them and others are recognisable from later pictures....
by Warren Nunn
Enduring message for the generations Updated 8 September 2020 What to make of a small, rectangular piece of needlework into which is stitched a plaited lock of hair and on which is inscribed: “TOKEN (or TOKEII) A TO W S”? …. Or should it in fact read: “A...
by Warren Nunn
But our memories live on By Warren Nunn In several trips to Boolburra over the years, I’ve photographed the site where my grandparents Alex and Bella Dobbs onced lived. In about 1995 my uncle, Jim Dobbs, had the house removed from the site and relocated to...
