HEADLINES OF OLD: February 2023

Tuesday 28 February 2023

TROVE TUESDAY 28th Feb 2023 Convict Pardons

Government Gazettes are the Treasure Chest of information for anyone with a colonial background or just a passion for history. One of my most interesting finds was the discovery of a pardon published re a man I'd been searching for as a favour to someone else. He was adamant that his ancestor had worked for the government, therefore a public servant.

I'd searched so many lists to no avail, till one day I found him.. he had indeed worked for the government.. on a road gang along with a whole lot of other 'public servants' .. thought so highly of that they were all chained together. That find was years ago, in a government gazette... he decided not to tell his grandmother anything different, rather let her believe the family story. I have often wondered if she knew all along and had tried to shelter her family. These days, most are delighted to have some Australian Royalty in their ancestry.

If the above lead in seems familiar, it is because I have posted this previously, however I thought it was worth repeating. Any time I research convicts, I often wonder if 'grandmother' ever knew just how connected to the government her ancestor had been...

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New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 9 January 1839 (No.381), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230382461

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 26 June 1839 (No.427), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230383965

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 31 July 1839 (No.437), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230384181

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 27 November 1839 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230385122

For further information re particular convicts, you can search TROVE or go to https://convictrecords.com.au

https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/convicts

https://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/convicts-bound-for-australia/trial_court_records

https://www.bda-online.org.au/sources/convict-records/

just to name a few..

You can also use the search bar at the end of each page.

Tuesday 21 February 2023

TROVE TUESDAY 21st Feb 2023 Absconded Convicts

Details can include names, home, name of ship of arrival, age, physical description, any identifying marks, occupations/trade, sometimes personal relationships.

Note the various dates from when they absconded, some did so years before these notices.

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New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 18 May 1836 (No.222), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672341

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 6 July 1836 (No.229), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672737

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 9 November 1836 (No.244) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230673492

For further information, a great site is

Convict Records

You can also search TROVE under various headings e.g. convicts escaped in NSW, convicts pardoned, etc.

Tuesday 14 February 2023

TROVE TUESDAY 14th February 2023 Valentine's Day

Origin of Valentine's Day

There are several claims to the origin of this day, the following is just one.. no matter what it was, it's still a day that is worth noting. In our family, it has several special moments, mostly private, save for the fact that today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of my late mother in law. We always made sure that we remembered that first, before any celebrations of our own.

Whether or not you celebrate, it's nice to know that there is a special day for nice memories for so many.

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Wikipedia has the following...

Valentine's Day - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Valentine's_Day

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine,^[1] is celebrated annually on February 14.^[2] It originated as a Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and, through later folk traditions, has become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.^[3]