Thank you Annie, I do my best. I have been interested in family history since childhood, so back in the 1950s when children were seen and not heard. Among my then living ancestors were various relatives who were very involved in family history. All four of my grandparents were born in NSW in the 19th century, and among their parents were two chaps who were with the NSW Registrar General's Office, which in 1856 dealt not just with the establishment of a civil bdm registration process but also with Deeds, including Land Titles. These chaps were NSW born too, and were particular with their paperwork trails. And their family history records were gifted to me in 1960s.
So long before the internet I was aware of the need to be 'pedantic'when seeking out NSW records.
I am most fortunate, as I have been able to continue family history studies as my past-time for decades, and it is all so very NSW centric. One of my lines goes back to 1790s, 'came free'ancestors ... see the flag that RChatter xinia made to flutter for me in my avatar. Another line or more are convicts arriving 1800s and 1810s ... others came free as part of garrison forces - regiments of foot, others came free for appointments in Col Secretarys and Col Treasurers offices. Most were here in NSW before convictism effectively ceased in 1840. Some though took their time and arrived with gold fever. Some came via New Zealand ... and some 'swam' all the way from Ireland, and two swam from landlocked Switzerland in 1850s ...
But along the way, the descendants of these assorted families include living retired C of E clergy, living retired NSW Archivist, living retired NSW BDM senior officers, and various other public servants .... the eldest sons all ended up ón the land, far western land division and western land division of NSW ...but the other sons and daughters ended up as employees. And, so over the years these families have all shared their private family papers with me, I have learnt conversing skills, I have continued with my great grandparents practices of lodging with the Mitchell Library (as in Sydney, not the Scottish one) and I continue to practice my family history skills (after retiring from various local family history groups) via RChat.
I find most RChatters to be friendly, courteous and interested in my posts, although sadly, sometimes I think there's the odd RChatter who skim reads my posts and seeks to discredit the info I post without actually pausing to take the time to analyse the post.
I am sure that Greg appreciates the info I am posting, and I hope we can figure out which Miss C Munro married his ancestor in 1840. I think we may need to eliminate all the other Miss C Munro lasses before we can be confident of which one is his.
Thanks Annie
JM
