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From the April 2025 issue of SROWA News - Djeran 

The SRO has commenced a long-term project to catalogue all criminal trials that were held in the Court of Quarter Sessions / Supreme Court of WA for the period 1830-1947.
 
This work is part of a larger, ongoing activity to

The SRO has commenced a project to digitise the Colonial Secretary’s Office records held in the State Archives collection. These records are considered the 'backbone' of WA Colonial history and record a wide range of activities about WA  in the 1800s, correspondence with Colonial

Ancestry

• UK, Recommendations for Honours and Awards, 1935-1943
• UK, WWI Hospital Registers, 1915-1919
• Birmingham, Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1825-2007
• Ireland, St Peter's, Little Bray, Wicklow, Cemetery Records, 1910-2016
• Australia,

Thanks to Neil Bradley and Gary Keath, who gave up their Saturday and Sunday to oversee the FHWA display at the Government House Open Weekend. 

In beautiful, relaxing garden surroundings, with the opportunity to wander through the Governor's home and Ballroom, FHWA volunteers spread the word about the Society

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Ancestry

• Select Counties, Scotland, Church of Scotland, Baptisms, 1615-1854
• Select Counties, Scotland, Church of Scotland, Marriages, 1615-1854
• Select Counties, Scotland, Church of Scotland, Burials, 1655-1854
• Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Prison Registers,

Ancestry

• UK, Societies Approved by the National Health Insurance Committee, 1912
• Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2024
• London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
• Kensington and Chelsea, World War II Related Records, 1939-1956
• Ireland,

This $89 AI companion device sticks to your head (literally) - Neowin
(instead of using a smartwatch)
 

Ancestry

• 1921 Census (does not include Ireland or Scotland)

• Northern Ireland, Ballymena, Antrim, Headstone Inscriptions, 1671-1996

• 1926 Prairie Census of Canada

• Australia, South Australia, Country Business Directory, 1952-1953

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DUMBLEYUNG AND DISTRICTS: THOSE WHO SERVED

On the 640 pages between the book's colourful A3 covers are the illustrated stories of the men and women who served their country in the armed forces and who have connections with the towns of Dumbleyung, Kukerin and surrounding areas. As Lake Grace