FamilyHistoryWA
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FamilyHistoryWA
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FHWA is the primary genealogy society in Western Australia. Our library and research centre is located in Bayswater.
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Driving down the road and you spy what looks like a grave in the middle of a park? Take the next right to circle back and check it out and discover the Apex Geraldton Pioneer Memorial Park. #taphophilia #gravestones #cemetery #memorials #familyhistory #genealogy
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The GhostsWA team are in Geraldton this weekend to meet with the people in the Mid West region and talk about all things "ghost town".
Irish help please! In this snip, from a Catholic Parish Register for the Parish of Freshford in Kilkenny, can someone please tell me what the last word says? The entry is for Nicholas Coogan. Thank you!
#genealogy #familyhistory #Irish #parishregister
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“The National Archives of Australia has digitised over a million service records from World War II, many of which haven’t been seen for 80 years.

The project has given a new perspective on women’s service during the conflict.”

By James Vyver
#Genealogy #History #OzHistory
Merle was one of many who served in WWII. Aged 104, she's seeing her records for the first time
The National Archives of Australia has digitised over a million service records from World War II, many of which haven't been seen for 80 years.
www.abc.net.au
I was asked what is the one piece of advice I would give to someone just starting out. That's easy - it is that every fact you add to your family history must have a recorded source.
Family history without sources is family fiction.
#genealogy #familyhistory #tipsandtricks
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Nooo! Stop colourising archive photos if you dont have actual evidence of original colours! (Or just stop altogether, actually...)
Sent this today - original not from our collections, but definitely London Hospital nurses. Uniforms colourised light blue, not the purple they would actually be wearing
The 11th Battalion AIF project aimed at naming all the soldiers in the famous photograph of the troops on the Cheops pyramid.
The project website is 11btn.wags.org.au/index.php.
#history #WWI #FHWA #FamilyHistoryWA #genealogy
Lest we forget. ❤️
Come and visit FamilyHistoryWA at Have A Go Day this coming Wednesday, from 9:00 til 3:00, at Burswood Park, Great Eastern Highway.
#genealogy #familyhistory #fhwa #familyhistorywa #HAGD