Tracing Family Branches

Today's post involves my 3rd Great Grandfather Joseph Dolphin Jones, apparently in 1880 he had an 'Ordinary License' for the keeping and sale of explosives.  I can't help but wonder what else he sold at his store! Source: Government Gazette Notices (1880, November 23). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 6004. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223698861

Today's post involves my 3rd Great Grandfather Joseph Dolphin Jones and his appointment to the Public School Board at Eling Forest in 1874.  More posts involving him can be found here . S ource: GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1874, September 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13347198 Transcript:  GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. THE following notices appear in the Government Gazette published yesterday :- The undermentioned gentlemen have been appointed additional members of the Public School Boards of the Public schools established at the places specified in connection with their names respectively, vis :- Lower Mittagong - Mr. Joseph Wallace  Bowling Alley point - Messrs. William Henry Stephens and Robert Cummings, Liverpool - Messrs. Charles Ambrose Scrivener, Peter Taylor, William Frederick Thomas, and George Stowart, Mitchell's Creek - Mr. Samuel Shumack.  Parkes - Messrs. Henry Harry Cooke, J.P., A...

The following article was found through the Government Gazettes on Trove concerning the estates of my Great Grandparents John Joseph Donnelly and his wife Bridget Anastasia Donnelly (nee Lambert). Source: IN the matter of the estates of the undermentioned deceased (1961, July 21). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), , p. 2202. Retrieved March 17, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220282421 Transcript: IN the matter of the estates of the undermentioned deceased persons, and pursuant to the Wills, Probate and Administration Act. 1898-1954; the Public Trustee Act, 1913-1960; Testator's Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act, 1916-1954; and Trustee Act, 1925-1942; the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that creditors and others having any claim against or to the estate of any of the undermentioned deceased persons, who died on or about the respective dates hereunder mentioned, are required to send parti...

I was browsing through the Government Gazettes on Trove  and came across my great grandfather John Patrick Stevens, 1924 registration of a stock brand.  He well knew the value of having his stock branded in order to prove ownership and avoid disputes, especially after his horse was stolen in 1906 (see  here ). Source: REGISTRATION OF STOCK BRANDS ACT, 1921. (1924, July 25). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), , p. 3720. Retrieved March 17, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222025852