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A Family History Tour 2023:

Exploring the Victorian Connections We were extremely lucky in 2023 to have had a number of family history tours all thanks to Xander joining the Australian Army and us getting the chance to visit him at the various locations he was stationed. Of course, our main priority was to catch up with Xander and support…

Family History

Part 3: Life at Kooringal, and So Much More

My 2x Great Grandparent’s Home in Wagga Wagga Here we go the final chapter of Jessie, Alexander and the rest of the family’s story revolving around Kooringal. Part 2 ended with Captain Jack Macvean, Jessie and Alexander’s nephew, lecturing as a returned soldier on the Manly Corso to try and boost those ever-dwindling enlistment numbers.…

Family History

Part 2: Life at Kooringal, Wagga Wagga

My 2x Great Grandparent’s Home in Wagga Wagga Hello, welcome back to the world of Jessie and Alexander and their life at Kooringal. Also thank you so much for the wonderful response to part one of their story, it is most appreciated. To pick up where we left off, I mentioned that I had some…

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Dr Richard Macvean Nicholson and Family.

my 1st Cousin 3Times Removed Richard is a cousin of Alexander Ballantyne Smith Macvean, my Great-grandfather whom I have been posting about recently. Richard’s mother was Margaret Macvean, sister to Alexander Macvean my 2x Great-Grandfather (father of Alexander above). Daughter of Hannah Macvean, nee Hill, and John Hugh Macvean (my 3x Great-Grandparents). Richard’s father was…

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About Me (2024)
Hi, I’m John, and pictured here with me is my beautiful family, Alex, my best friend, and our amazing sons, Xander and Calan.

I started this blog five years ago as a place to store all those lost stories of my family that I have been lucky enough to uncover over that time.

My hope is that my family and any future family might find them as valuable as I have, in helping them discover who they are.

An unexpected gift of writing this blog has been the amazing connections I have made all over the globe with unknown family members. Some are close on the branches of the family tree and others distant but all are appreciated. As to, the unrelated connections as well.

I hope you find something of interest here and please, don’t be shy, leave me a comment on a post or send me a message on the contact page if you have anything you would like to feedback.

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