Tracing Family Branches

 The second death registration transcription that I received this week from NSW Family History Transcriptions was one for my great grand Aunt Bridget Donnelly.  Bridget was the daughter of James Donnelly and his wife Mary nee Gallagher and the twin sister of Mary Donnelly.  According to her death registration transcription (see below) Bridget was born at Cooyal in New South Wales in about March 1870. Source: Death registration transcription for Bridget Donnolly.  NSW BDM Death Index No.1872/5011. Received from NSW Family History Transcriptions  https://nswtranscriptions.com.au/ Bridget's death was registered as Bridget Donnolly in Mudgee on the 2nd February 1872 with the informant being her father James Donnolly who was a farmer from Cooyal, near Mudgee.  It is stated that she died on the 31st January 1872, aged one year and ten months at Cooyal from a cold that she had since birth and that her mother was Mary Gallagher.  She was unsurprisingly unmarr...

This weeks Trove Tuesday article really appealed to me, as this type of article can provide you with real little gems of information about the lives and circumstances of family members; the community and times they lived in.  I particularly like the expression  " There is a great nest of Irishmen out here, ". Immigrant settlers forming ethnic pockets within the population is no new phenomenon and one wonders when you hear people complain about more recent immigrants doing so, if they realise many of their ancestors probably did the same thing! Source: THE TRAVELLER. (1896, October 10). Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), p. 22. Retrieved July 16, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111104258 My Great Great Grandfather James Donnelly is mentioned in the article and it helps to provide me with an insight into his life at this time.  ' Mr. O'Halloran has a son a teacher, as has also Mr. Donnelly (who comes from ...