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The thief up the chimney: Old Bailey Online 10th anniversary post
This is a tale of larceny and pubs – and a certain amount of naivety. The combination was disastrous for James Thomas Richards, a 20-year-old Thames waterman, and lucky for me, since he’s my great-great grandfather and met my 2x … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Convicts, London, Trial
Tagged #OBO10, Central Criminal Court, Convict, Deptford, James Thomas Richards, London, New South Wales, Old Bailey, Old Bailey Online, Transportation, trial
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Welsh Newspapers Online – read all about it
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus! Happy St David’s Day! March 1st is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and what better day to write about an important new development in Welsh genealogical and historical research? I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy
Tagged Archives, Cymru, family history, genealogy, National Library, newspapers, online, research, Wales, Welsh
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My first Australian ancestor (Australia Day Challenge 2013)
This year’s challenge comes from Helen at From Helen V Smith’s Keyboard. She writes: “Your challenge… is to tell the story of your first Australian ancestor.” Now that does make it a challenge! Because the first-ever Australian in my family … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Convicts, Genealogy, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged Australia Day, Bayly, Elizabeth Bayley, Elizabeth Bayly, Elizabeth Delaney, John Delaney, Samuel Marsden
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Irish Family History Day
Have you got Irish ancestors? Today (January 24th) is the first-ever Irish Family History Day. It seems to be part of The Gathering, a year-long celebration of Ireland present and past. Their official website says: ”Communities throughout Ireland are showcasing … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged family history, genealogy, Ireland, Irish genealogy, Nicholas Delaney
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On the twelfth day of Christmas
So the decorations are down and the cards are ready to be recycled. It’s a flat sort of day. Especially since the next day is a Monday this year, and Real Life starts up in earnest for everyone. Until the … Continue reading
Posted in Nicholas Delaney
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More positivity in 2012 (Accentuate the Positive part 2)
Are you too hard on yourself about your genealogy or family history work in 2012? Do you think more about what you didn’t achieve, or that ancestor who is still hiding, or whose records seem all to have been destroyed? … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Genealogy
Tagged Archives, Australia, Blogging, book, Delany, family history, genealogy, John Simpson, libraries, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson
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Happy New Year! Accentuate the positive
It’s 2013 at last! I can’t deny that (except on the genealogy front) 2012 was a rubbish year. So I was delighted to see Geniaus suggesting a new geneameme: Accentuate the Positive 2012. What better way to start the new … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Genealogy, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 2012, Anglesey, Blogging, family history, genealogy, geneameme, Mary Maude Wilson, Moyne, New Year, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall
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Time to branch out?
It’s Start Your Family Tree Week again. How’s yours? Mine has grown a little, it’s less lop-sided than last year’s. But I’m going to be doing a bit of tree surgery and root-nourishing over the festive season. If you’d like … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged family history, family tree, Find My Past, genealogy
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Merry Christmas!
A century or two ago – the time I’m blogging about – Christmas celebrations began on the 24th or 25th of December. The feast went on until Twelfth Night (January 6th). So I’ll be blogging more about Christmas past over … Continue reading
Posted in Nicholas Delaney
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Calling all Delaney cousins!
I’ve got a question for you. Would you like an online forum for descendants of Nicholas Delaney where we can meet and share research, ask questions, swap stories, post photos or just get to know each other? I’ve just had … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged A Rebel Hand, cousin, descendant, family, family forum, family history, genealogy, Nicholas, Nicholas Delaney, relative
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Two today!
I nearly missed it. This blog’s second birthday, today, November 10th. In fact it was the wonderful Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers who reminded me in his Blogging Beat. Thanks, Thomas – here’s a virtual birthday cake for you and the … Continue reading
Nicholas’s murder – the editor, the judge and the doctor (Trove Tuesday post, part 3)
In my last post about Nicholas Delaney’s murder on September 3, 1834, I asked a few questions. Why would the editor of the Sydney Monitor add a note to the end of the report of John Kennedy’s trial in which … Continue reading
So was Nicholas Delaney murdered? Did John Kennedy hang? (Trove Tuesday post, part 2)
Last Trove Tuesday I started to tell the story of how Nicholas Delaney was attacked and robbed on September 2, 1834, and died the next day. It’s a story about my own ancestor I came across using the National Library … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged criminal court, Delany, John Kennedy, Murder, Nicholas Delaney, Penrith, Sydney Monitor, trial, Trove Tuesday
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How did Nicholas Delaney die? A murder mystery (Trove Tuesday post)
Nicholas Delaney is something of a hero to me and many of his other descendants. An Irish rebel in 1798, he escaped being hung and built a new life for himself and his family in early colonial New South Wales. … Continue reading
Posted in Nicholas Delaney
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Back to Blog – death and renewal
I’ve been away from this blog for several weeks because my mother has died. With the funeral to arrange, relatives from the UK, Australia and New Zealand to contact, and our grief to cope with as well as the usual … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Genealogy, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged A Rebel Hand, Australia, Blogging, Convict, family history, genealogy, mother, Nicholas Delaney
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