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At the Annual General Meeting on 18 May 2025, the Military Interest Group committee was confirmed for 2025/2026. Angela Heymans, Gwyn Williams, Susan Salvair, and Kay Reynolds will remain as members, with Gwyn Williams taking over as Treasurer

Ancestry

• UK, Navy Board and Predecessors Prisoner of War Registers, 1755-1831
• UK, Postal Establishment Books, 1691-1979
• UK, World War II Audio, 1939-1945
• Buckinghamshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1971
• Isle of Man, UK, Civil Birth, Marriage

Memories of family and times past

At the Monday Chat this week, Ian Simon exhorted us to bring along a memento, or two, which were precious and part of our family stories, both past and present.

Every family has its secrets, and they are often revealed in The Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876 onwards), a valuable resource for researching people, police and criminals in Western Australia.

Information can be found under various headings:

• apprehensions (name of person

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

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

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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,