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Finding Maps.
Back in on February 23, 2023, I posted about working out the area of the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Mummell. It was using Google Earth and its tools BUT there was an easier way. A good friend, Andrew suggested that I use the NSW Historical Land Records Viewer, https://hlrv.nswlrs.com.au/ Doing that I searched for Mummell […]
Surnames for the Mummel Cemetery.
I have updated the list of surnames, to the best of my knowledge these are all the people buried in the cemetery. Please contact me at lily@researchbylily.com.au if you have more names. SURNAME FIRST NAME PLACE DATE OF DEATH AGE ATKINS Harry Mummell 22/01/2015 BURGESS Mary Margaret Mummell 29/11/1989 81yrs DALGLISH Alexander Augustus Mummell […]
Mummel One-Place Study.
Well after much frustration, time, effort and in the end no luck, I’m still unable to access the backend of my blog on Blogger. So with that in mind, I’m cloning the blog by transferring ALL the posts to this new site and thus I will now be able to blog new and interesting information […]
Developing a New Talk.
Just a short post to say that I am in the process of developing a new talk, on the City of Sydney Archives. This site is very interesting and I would love to share the details with your society. I can do in person or via Zoom.
Cemetery Wanderings
I went looking for some family graves, at Rookwood Cemetery, this morning and as one does, I found an interesting one and have done some research on this poor person. George HALSE, died 8 September 1900. George was injured in an explosion on Spectacle Island, in the ordnance depot.. Now I hadn’t heard […]
No Posts
Well I don’t know where 2023 went but I know there were no posts, so I will try to add more in 2024. There could also be a surprise in March on this website, watch and see.
WORKING OUT THE SIZE OF THE CEMETERY.
I’ve spent weeks asking people, looking in records and I haven’t been able to find out the size of he cemetery. A friend suggested that I use Google Earth and play with their tools. Well it worked! Here are the steps I did to work out, roughly how many square meters Mummell cemetery is. You […]
Looking at Old Postcards.
Do you have old postcards from trips away, pre-digital cameras and mobile phones, when family and friends would send one while away? Don’t throw them away as apart from the details on the back, the actual photo could show you what a place was like, years ago. I’ve a collection of early 1900’s postcards, like […]
A DAY OF RESEARCH
Now that the Christmas/New Year break is over, I’ve started to expand where I’m researching and today I spent several delightful hours in at the Society of Australian Genealogists, researching. I have confirmed that James McAleer is buried in Mummell Cemetery, so that makes the 38 I thought I had BUT, I’ve found a new […]