Maps completed

 I spoke about the maps showing locations in Egypt and Palestine for a memeber of the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment. I have created four maps to show some 45 locations. This was made more diffficult due to the nature of the names and their spelling. English translations of place names in the Middle East can be different to the local spelling and also to the verbal sounding of a name. There can be multiple spellings of the same place in Australian archives and records.

I used Google maps to determine the location and Latitude and Longitude before transferring this data to MapInfo Professional to prepare the finished maps.

Four maps were created due to the large area covered and the close proximity of many of the locations. Map 1 showed Egypt and Palestine with major centres displayed for reference on the other maps. Map 2 was of Egypt with Map 3 of Cairo displaying the location of various Hospitals around the city centre. Map 4 showed the locations in Palestine.

I have shown Maps 1 and 4 below.

  

New Research Opportunity

 I have been asked to prepared some maps showing the locations that a Trooper of the 1st Light Horse Regiment, AIF served at in Egypt and Palestine during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.

Presentation for Riding the Waves of History Conference 2022

 My presentation is complete and has been sent off to the Convenor of the Conference. An outline of the presentation is below:

Presentation
One Leaf of the Shamrock
Using Historical Land Records to Enhance Your Family Research

Bernard Cavanagh arrived in Australia with his brother James and sister Anne in 1841 as Assisted Immigrants from Ireland. They were sent to work for Andrew Lang’s Dunmore Estate, near Maitland. Bernard’s story was put together using TROVE articles but the more important part of the story came from the property that Bernard and his brother purchased in the area. With the absence of British type Census records, land records can assist us to track family movements and status in Australia.

This talk will show how land records accessed from the Historical Land Records Viewer (HLRV) allowed the story of Bernard Cavanagh of Dunmore and Knockfin, near Maitland, to be expanded after initial articles found in Trove provided the basis for their family story.

Land Records can provide a great deal of information to the family researcher, including

• when transaction took place
• who was involved in the transaction
• occupations and location of the parties
• specific details of the property location
• cost of the transaction

Hear how information was obtained from the Historical Land Records Viewer (HLRV) and from other sources to create the story of Bernard Cavanagh in New South Wales.

A copy of the completed story of Bernard Cavanagh will be available for download as well as a copy of the presentation.