Experts In Genealogy

WELCOME TO THE PARTY Elizabeth O'Neal has put forward this brilliant idea - it's a Genealogy Blog Party - here is her post -  Join the April 2016 Genealogy Blog Party!  (posted on 13th April 2016) on the  Little Bytes of Life   I've never viewed "Doctor Who"...but how could I knock back the invitation...I'm excited to join this party. Who is the ancestor you will meet? I would love to catch up with George TELLESSON an illiterate Norwegian Merchant Mariner who was born in Norway in 1837.  He is the 2xGGrandfather of my partner. What question(s) do you need him/her to answer? What are the names of your parents? Do you have a brother by the name of Thomas? Is there a problem you can help your ancestor solve? Where were you in the 1851 & 1861 UK Census? Will you reveal your true identity to your ancestor? If so, how will your visit impact the future? No...I don't want to change history... Will you bring y...

Major Hugh Quinn - The Man Behind Quinn's Post Gallipoli Turkey WW1 I first became aware of Quinn's Post whilst doing research on Samuel William HARRY whose life was detailed last year. You may read Samuel's story here . Samuel William Harry and Hugh Quinn were boyhood friends...pals in Charters Towers, Queensland. They had many common interests too. This is the story of Major Hugh Quinn - the man behind Quinn's Post Gallipoli . Major Hugh Quinn, eldest son of John Quinn and Mary Jane Irwin Early Life of Hugh Quinn He started out in his working life by taking up a position in Messrs. Cummins and Campbell's office and  worked  himself up to head clerk. He became a prominent athlete and proved himself one of  the best amateur  boxers in North Queensland. He was full of energy, perseverance and initiative, a manly man, and had a host of admirers among the Charters Towers youth.  He  followed up his profession of accoun...

GALLIPOLI HERO  CAPTAIN SAMUEL WILLIAM HARRY  100 YEARS ON Samuel William HARRY Every ANZAC Day there would be a ceremony held at the State School I attended. I would hear about Simpson and his Donkey and his gallant efforts to rescue the wounded soldiers fighting on the narrow peninsula, then known as the Dardanelles . (From, Wikipedia…The Dardanelles, formerly known as Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with its counterpart, the Bosporus.) I always felt I had a connection…but to my knowledge, as a 7/8 yr old, I didn’t know of any family member, nor extended family member who had fought at Gallipoli. Then in my early 20’s a cousin printed up a family history of the HARRY family. In that, there was mention of a Samuel William Harry who had died in Gallipoli…I was hooked. I had to find out EVERYTHING about Samuel William HARRY, who was my first cousin...