Liz Pidgeon's Page

I have a relative Mary Ryan who is buried at Beechworth Vic. She is buried with unknown people, presumably also residents of the Beechworth Mental Asylum where Mary also resided and died. The grave has been marked in recent years and I am happy to forward a photo to anyone interested. Edward Kelly d 1908 age 73 & John McDonald d 1922 age 57. Are they yours?

I recently planned (and have since taken) a trip to Mildura, Victoria, which was going to include some family history research. I recently purchased the death certificate for Maria GROSE, my 3 x Great Grandmother, whose death was registered at Mildura in 1945. (This is a line for various reasons I have not done a lot of research on). I was going to visit the cemetery and visit her final resting place. Never presume. The prompt arrival of the certificate revealed she was in fact buried at… Continue

I recently filled out the Who are the Genealogists of Australia survey and had to check my database for my earliest ancestor.

Convict Thomas Squires earns that nod in my family arriving in Tasmania in 1830.

I maintain two blogs in my role as a Local and Family history Librarian, one for genealogy and one for local history - although it is surprising how the two can interact so much. I have RSS feeds to these blogs on my page.



I have thought for a while about starting a blog to document my own family history research, as well as talk about new resources and resourcs I like etc. So perhaps this is a good place to start for now.



I recently learned that the… Continue