Experts In Genealogy

JOHN FRANCIS WALSH - GALLIPOLI 100 YEARS ON... I first became aware of the Three Young Men from Charters Towers, whilst doing research  (2002-2015) on Samuel William HARRY whose life was detailed in 2015. You may read Samuel's story  here . Hugh Quinn the second (who had Quinns Post named after him) had his story told here ...these two men were mates in Charters Towers, Queensland. They had many common interests too. But, there was also a third young man, whose name was John Francis Walsh. One of the main reasons for doing John's story last, was that I truly believed that it would be difficult to tell his story. But, I was so, so wrong. MAJOR JOHN FRANCIS WALSH John Francis Walsh was the third son of John Walsh and Ellen Buckley born 1 February 1890 in Charters Towers. He had three brothers, Edward Peter, Robert Joseph, William John and an elder sister Mary Catherine Walsh. John was educated at the Boys' Central State School, Charters Towers and we

Goodbye 2016...Hello 2017 "Celebrate Your Genealogy Feats of 2016!" Thanks to an email I received late last year from Diane Haddad Editor, Family Tree Magazine ,  I’d like to finally bid goodbye to the year that was 2016…(better late, than never). It wasn’t one of my fav years, I had my biggest health challenge to date, a diagnosis of Leukaemia…but it is a battle that I’m currently winning. So whilst the year didn’t progress well for me initially, it ended up on a much happier note. So now I'm going to celebrate my genealogy feats of 2016... Genealogy was 'technically' put on ‘hold’ as I focused on getting well as quickly as possible. But I did manage a few wins… Completed the second blog about ‘Three Young Men From Charters Towers’ who went to Gallipoli and didn’t return home. This year will be about the third…it’s due for publication 25 April 2017 – Look out for it. The first one I did is here Cousin Michael & Fiona