It has been quite a while since I have really paid attention to my family history and my visits to Top Dog have been all too brief and infrequent too. Moving home after 36 years seems to absorb a lot of mental and physical activity I have discovered!
But our new home is now ours completely and...
The big lad was talking to his Dad earlier today and his Dad said he'd like someone to look into a Herbert Birchall who lived near his family (he is a Birchall). He didn't think that Herbert would be related but wondered who he was. So I did a little poking around and found him and his wife...
The big lad’s great grandfather, Harold, is proving extremely elusive, which is more than a little frustrating.
Harold Birchall married Lucinda Margaret Dinner at the Holy Trinity Church in Marong, Victoria, Australia on 23 Nov 1899. His marriage certificate tells us he was age 33, his...