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@anneyoungau.bsky.socialA voyage to Hobart: “Princess Charlotte” arrived 19 January 1823
In January 2023, on the bicentenary of my Taylor ancestors’ arrival in Van Diemen's Land, I wrote about their voyage to Hobart on the Princess Charlotte. I have since found out much more. My fifth great-grandparents George Taylor…
@anneyoungau.bsky.socialImmigration to Australia: 53 immigrant ancestors and the bigger picture
In an earlier post about immigration I looked at the 53 overseas-born ancestors of our children who came to Australia. Most of them arrived in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, with 49 of the 53 here in Australia…
@anneyoungau.bsky.socialFrom 1823 to 1960: 53 immigrant ancestors Our children have 53 ancestors who immigrated to Australia. Most arrived during the nineteenth century. Fan chart of my children's ancestors showing immigrants highlighted in dark green. Those highlighted in purple came to Australia but returned home. We…
@anneyoungau.bsky.socialWhat happened to William Owen Mitchell?
A few days ago one of my cousins named Alan left a comment on a post I wrote in 2021. It was about my fourth great grandfather, a missionary William Mitchell. Alan wondered if I knew when William's father, William Owen Mitchell, died. His comment prompted me…
@anneyoungau.bsky.socialFriz Boltz at Verdun
In 2015 I wrote about the military career of my great-grandfather, Fritz Hermann Boltz (1879–1954). Fritz had been a career soldier before the First World War. He joined the 35th Fusilier Regiment, Füsilier-Regiment Prinz Heinrich von Preußen (Brandenburgisches) Nr. 35, in…
@anneyoungau.bsky.socialFive generations of birthplaces
I recently came across an idea from Amanda Cook in the Facebook group Genealogy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) of using ChatGPT to generate a five-generation birthplace chart that uses all 31 positions in a pedigree to look for geographical patterns. The important…