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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Names of children in death registration help, please
« on: Saturday 01 June 24 02:29 BST (UK)  »
So pleased you got the certificate and it helped to solve your problem Rufous.  I have found the Victorian certificates to be most informative over the years.  Reading them can be the challenge  :o :o

Added: I wonder if William was his second name and he went by that.  My grandfather was named James Arthur, after a deceased older brother James Thomas.  He always went by Arthur. 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Names of children in death registration help, please
« on: Friday 31 May 24 12:03 BST (UK)  »
If you get the Victorian birth certificate for Ellen/Helen it should list previous issue.  That was how I found that my grandfather was number 11 and his older siblings.  I knew very little about them and mum only remembered a couple of names.  Many had died before she was born.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Where do you live?
« on: Saturday 25 May 24 13:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: BumbleB on Friday 24 May 24 17:27 BST (UK)
Problem is - does where you currently live bear any resemblance to your ancestral research?

I live in Tamworth, Staffordshire.  I was born in Chester and spent my childhood in Cheshire BUT both my parents and their ancestors were from The West Riding.  I married a Londoner, moved to London and had our daughter there.  Then moved to Cheshire, then Kent and now Staffordshire!   :-\ :-\ :o

Not in the least BB, but then most Australians would say the same.  My first ancestors to arrive here were from Keynsham, Somerset, next were from Anglesey and Denbighshire , Wales, then one from Cornwall and others from Devon and Kent.  Just to add to the confusion one from America or Canada. 
I was born in Mildura, which is on the Victoria, NSW border and very close to the South Australia border.  We moved to SA when I was a child, but came back to Victoria and there I’ve stayed.  I have no plans to move again, it’s too stressful.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Hints which have no relation to the person they are giving the hint for
« on: Monday 29 April 24 12:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: LizzieL on Monday 29 April 24 12:15 BST (UK)
I've often thought of putting a completely fictitious tree on Ancestry and seeing if that gets any hints!

They are offering pet dna now so you could always give them a tree.  A few NPE’s though I suppose.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Hints which have no relation to the person they are giving the hint for
« on: Sunday 28 April 24 13:40 BST (UK)  »
KG is right, it helps to have as much detail as possible.  My great grandparents are buried in Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.  I had left Australia off and ancestry decided it was Trinidad and Tobago.  I thought it was hysterical as I checked all other references to Bairnsdale and madly added Australia.  Just that record was changed.  Son suggested that we visit their graves next time we play the West Indies at cricket.   ;D

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 28th April 2024
« on: Sunday 28 April 24 12:13 BST (UK)  »
Compare with Australian conditions.  Not sure if I have correct award, but you can change it.

https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/hours-of-work-breaks-and-rosters/breaks


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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 28th April 2024
« on: Thursday 25 April 24 14:12 BST (UK)  »
What Jeff, no Two Up?  It is the only day it can be legally played.
They said over 40,000 attended the Dawn Service at the Shrine in Melbourne and every township either holds that or the March or both.  Afraid it was too cold for me to go to the local service this morning.  Lots of younger people attended though.
We will remember them.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Myths debunked when doing family histroy.
« on: Thursday 25 April 24 12:02 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: ThrelfallYorky on Thursday 25 April 24 10:15 BST (UK)
... Sometimes we almost wonder if we exist, or are we figments of someone's imagination!
"I research, therefore I am" or were we dropped down by aliens???
(Bad day, so far - need to stop taking things seriously"
TY

Oh TY, I was definitely dropped down by aliens.  More fun that way I’m sure.  If it wasn’t me then some of my ancestors.

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World War Two / Australian WW2 Patches and Ribbons
« on: Sunday 14 April 24 01:03 BST (UK)  »
This just appeared on my Facebook feed and I feel is too good not to share.

Are you familiar with the patches and ribbons used during World War II?

In ‘Australian Army Colour Patches & Ribbons of the Second World War’ you can learn about the meaning and significance of these items.

View the full book in Trove: https://brnw.ch/21wINcC

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