Tracing Family Branches

I love looking up the old parish maps and finding out where my ancestors had their land holdings.  Today’s map is the Parish of Darbalara published in 1937.  You can see the Pierse family land holdings on the map. Source: New South Wales.  Department of Lands (1937).  Parish of Darbalara, County of Buccleuch : Tumut and Gundagai Lands Districts, Gundagai Shire, EasternDivision N.S.W. (6th Ed.). Dept. of Lands, Sydney.  Retrieved fron  https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20890393

On Monday my husband and I went on a genealogy road trip!  First I want to say how much I appreciate that I have a husband who not only loves and supports me but also supports my genealogy passion!  He is very limited physically these days due to injuries accumulated during his former long military career so him coming with me is rare, highly appreciated and leaves him in extreme pain and most often bed bound for days afterwards.  The main goal of the trip was to visit Wagragobilly cemetery to pay my respects to my family members there and to photograph the family graves; which I am very happy to say we achieved.  We would not have achieved it without the assistance of two very lovely local gentleman, who’s help on the day was and still is very greatly appreciated!  The cemetery is behind the former Catholic Church which is now a private home; that has been lovingly converted and looks amazing!  We were not sure how to get to the cemetery and drove past thi...