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Robert Holloway gave us a presentation on his maternal family history. This included the discovery of his family's involvement in the creation of the Zig Zag brewery in Lithgow NSW.

Joanne Graham presented to us Success by Social Media. Joanne showed how she was able to confirm family members in an old photograph with the help of her newly discovered online cousins.

At our June meeting we investigated an article from the UK National Archives entitled Fallen Women of Albert Square. We looked at the occupants of Albert Square in London’s East End on the censuses of 1861, 1871

Ancestry

• Battle of Trafalgar Crew Lists, 1805-1806
• The Royal National Lifeboat Institution Records, 1824-1989
• Fold3.com, Memorials, 1600-current
• Isle of Man, Wills Index, 1600-1864
• RootsWeb WorldConnect Community Trees Index
• Australia, New South

The British Library of Political and Economic Science has uploaded high-resolution photos of Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9', which can be freely downloaded and used in recounting the stories of your

Enjoy a good podcast? If so, BBC4's latest offering, The Gift, will be sure to fascinate!

'Our lives were changed by unexpected DNA test results'

DNA tests used to be only the stuff of paternity suits

Exciting news from Ancestry! They have partnered with the UK National Archives to digitise 3 million Second World War MOD service personnel records. The first tranche has now been released on their site.

Ancestry is offering free, unlimited searches of their military records until 13 November 2024. After this date, if you don't have

Ancestry

• Clergy of the Church of England Index, 1540-1835
• British Army World War II Medal Cards, 1939-1945
• World War II Photographs, 1939-1945
• Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Service Records, 1942-1959
• Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers

When searching for details about a West Australian teacher, I stumbled across a small cache of gold on the Carnamah Historical Society website that deserves mentioning.

They have produced the following databases and made them freely available online. 

Have a rummage through HERE