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Interesting sites on the web:

Lastpass says hackers accessed customer data in new breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lastpass-says-hackers-accessed-customer-data-in-new-breach/

Australia

The Eastern Australia Interest Group met on Feb 18 and saw a general presentation on cemeteries in and around Sydney.  The presentation concluded with the announcement of a series of Blog posts that will start here on the website on March

Microsoft is rebranding 'Office' to Microsoft 365 (affects the Office app)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-rebranding-office-to-microsoft-365/

Magniber ransomware now

If you enjoy social history and the decorative arts, I suggest you watch the third series of Secrets of the Museum, currently available on ABC iView. 

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Ancestry

• East Sussex, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963
• West Sussex, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963
• North Yorkshire Parish Registers 1558 onwards
• Scotland, Sheriff Court Paternity Processes or Case Papers, 1752-1921
• Denmark 1916 Census
• Estonia: Lutheran

Thirteen years in the making, this index of the Mead Funeral Directors records is a rich resource for FHWA members researching their family history.

The Mead collection comprises the funeral details of 22,267 people

Yvonne Coate OAM 1937 - 2022

Foundation Member No 7

Life Fellow

Thank you to all who attended our recent December meeting. 

Ancestry

• London Gazettes World War II Military Notices, 1939-1945 
• Hampshire, Wills and Probates, 1398-1858 
• Lancashire, Police Staff Indexes, 1836-1937
• Ireland, National Army Census, 1922
• Australia, Queensland, Queensland Railway Employee

Marcia Watson has written this teaser to the story of the life of convict No. 589, John Godderd who was transported to WA on the Pyrenees in 1851.

John Godderd, 589, Pyrenees