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Australasians who count in London.......
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Gift of a rare book - Who was Mrs Matters?
WAGS Foundation member Brian Croker was recently given a copy of the very rare book, Australasians who count in London and who counts in Western Australia written by Mrs. Leonard W Matters.
Brian indexed the content and generously shared his work with WAGS. The index can now be viewed on the Society’s website and a digital copy of the entire book can be freely viewed on the website of the National Library of Australia. Anyone interested in Australian and especially Western Australian social history, will find it a fascinating item.
The GOONS seminar at WAGS - Sunday 29th November
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On Sunday 29th November, the long term member of the Guild of One Name Studies and Queensland regional rep Helen Smith, whom you may have seen on a genie-cruise, presented two workshops at WAGS.
It was a great day organised by the GOONS Western Australian representative, Ann Spiro.
A chance genealogical find.........
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Browsing has its benefits...
It was in the year 2011, when one day I was sat in at the Birtwistle Local Histories Library waiting for a client to arrive. I’d been volunteering with genealogy there and that day, to pass the time while waiting, I picked up a magazine and began to browse.
Finding Elizabeth's last resting place
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Deceased Online...
I noticed recently that the subscription website Deceased Online had added burial and cremation records for the London Borough of Lewisham to its collection. Had this news arrived six years ago, I would have been scrambling for the credit card to transact a ‘pay per view’.
Now, that news only prompts vivid memories of a long drawn out hunt some years ago ….. let me explain
The GOONS are coming to Bayswater!!!!
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Chisholm: Hairy Scots, tonight we march north to England!
Secombe: But England's south!
Chisholm: Aye, we're gonna march right round the world and sneak up on them from behind!
Just teasing ….. not these GOONS........
Carrie of 'The Miner'
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Moya Sharp from the Outback Family History website has taken up the gauntlet and submitted an article for the WAGS Blog.
Welcome! 
Great to have you on our website Moya and thank you for your story about Carrie.