Category Archives: Australia

Discovering a new Italian family mystery… down under!

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Lately my family research has mainly focused on my Italian ancestors, and I’ve been extremely busy adding every single birth, marriage and death recorded in my great-grandmother’s village under the civil registry collection on FamilySearch, which covers the period 1866 … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Emigration, Genealogy, Marriage, San Marzano Oliveto, World War II | 1 Comment

Tragedy, the Lancastria and my Firkins cousins

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Susan Tippins was my great-great-great-grandmother’s youngest sister. As the paper trail went cold, until very recently I’d suspected she had died young, or fallen into obscurity. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago that a distant cousin of mine in … Continue reading →

Posted in 1911 Census, Australia, Death, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Liverpool, Ships, Wales, World War I, World War II | Leave a comment

The story of Charles Henry Vickress

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

During the summer of 1870, my great-great-great-great-grandparents Frederick and Ann Vickress welcomed their tenth (and last) child, a son whom they had baptised on 21 August in the local church of Lyonshall (Herefordshire), where Frederick worked as a humble carpenter … Continue reading →

Posted in 1871 Census, 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census, 1911 Census, Australia, Birth, Cheshire, Death, Emigration, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Lyonshall, Pembridge, Wales, World War I | Leave a comment

Researching Colwall’s WWI heroes

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Some months ago, with every single genealogical site and publication talking about the upcoming centenary of the breakout of the First World War, I came up with the idea of researching the life of the men from my grandmother’s home … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Colwall, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Killed In Action, Marriage, War | Leave a comment

Blooming Brides

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Next year will be the 100th anniversary of my great-grandparents’ wedding. I hope I will be able to arrange a big family gathering with my mother’s extended family, my great-grandparent’s 40-odd grandchildren. To freshen up my memory, I asked my … Continue reading →

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Henry W. Sherry: the lover and killer of Mrs Waldock

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

This is for my friend Belinda, whose interesting ancestor I have been very happy to research. Henry Walter Sherry was born in the first half of the year 1839 in the parish of Stourmouth, near Dover, in the English county … Continue reading →

Posted in 1841 Census, 1851 Census, Australia, Death, Emigration, England, Genealogy, Marriage, Murder, Property, Ships | 13 Comments