I have 64 people on my Master List for the cemetery, 39 of which I have done my research on. I’m thinking of adding another 20 names to the list, as they fall in the public era, except for newspapers.  I have expanded information on some of the 39, looked at the priests, undertakers and […]

I’ve made a decision to extend the data-base to include those people who died before 31 December 1994. This is an increase of around 20 more people. The full data-base is 67 people. I’m also going to do potted bios of most of the people buried there, depending on the amount of information I can […]

 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.

 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 […]

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.

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 […]

 Back in January I wrote about what I was ‘planning’ for this year. You can read it here, https://researchbylily.com.au/a-new-year-what-will-it-bring/ As a year 2022 was better in some ways, as were weren’t locked-down and were able to travel but in other ways, it was difficult. Rain, rain and more rain, with some towns, even now still […]

Hi, it has been months since I last blogged here and that is very remiss of me. I have been doing some research, on a divorce and went to NSW State Archives, at Kingswood. Paul and I also had time away, looking a tulips, for the annual Tulip Time, in the NSW Southern Highlands. We […]