My novels have focused on Australia, Scotland and England in the 19th century. In Australia, my main focus has been on Tasmania and Victoria, starting with the births of Mary Ann Goulding and Robert Bright, in London and Cambridge respectively, their

Hello, and welcome to Edition 26 of Traces! Like me, I hope you were able to fill your festive season with plenty of rest and relaxation. I also used my summer days wisely to find some great new articles for our first edition of the year, so there is

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Karelia, Births and Baptisms, 1685–1949: 4,786,438 records. Batavian-French Army Studiobooks, 1795–1813: 61,256 records. Stockholm City Census, 1855: 100,012 records. British Army and Air Force Nominal Roll, 1920: 371,696 records. California and Hawa

Editor: Eden Cox Designer: Sam Garland Editor in Chief: Giulia Heppell Editorial submissions: eden.cox@executivemedia.com.au Contributors (in order of first appearance): Duane Hamacher, David Huggonson, Mavis Kerinaiua, Laura Rademaker, Dr Peter Hobb

Sydney’s Australian Museum has repatriated the skulls of two Tongan males to their living descendants on the island of ‘Eua. The remains of an adult male and a child were laid to rest in a royal funeral service in January this year, more than 150 yea

My own research took me to many sources. I can recommend the following for those interested in looking further, but be aware that several of the earlier writings have inaccuracies – understandable, given the proliferation of stories around a man who

As more and more documents are digitised by patient historians and improved artificial intelligence text-reading technology, information about your ancestors may appear overnight, and you should be the first to know about it! Go to google.com/alerts

Compared with the terse details in naval personnel files, midshipmen’s journals offer valuable insights into this critical phase of an officer’s career. Because they provided a rigorous record of places, procedures, and protocols, journals were often

Editor: Eden Cox Designer: Sam Garland Editor in Chief: Giulia Heppell Contributors (in order of first appearance): Zoe Mailer, Terry Jenkins, Dr Peter Hobbins, Mel Tasker, Giulia Heppell, Lorraine Evans, Dr Judith Godden, Dr Peter Sheridan, Beth M.