Australian Series #4 of WDYTYA

[Ruskie]

Have just found that Queensland State Archives has online the story, complete with the digitised records that they hold, of Kerry O'Brien's ancestor Charles.  You can view all the records by clicking on them.  Well worth a look!!

http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/History/Pages/story-charles-obrien.aspx

MarieC

That's interesting - thanks for posting it Marie. It's an eyeopener to see the number of records which were searched to put that segment of his story together. 

[Stoodly]

Thanks Marie for posting this.

In this case the Qld State Archives and the v lovely Saadia were instrumental in helping Kerry find out about his O'Brien ancestry via the records.

[Wiggy]

I didn't know about the records kept by the gold museum at Ballarat - I have a GG-grandfather who was a partner in a mine at Ballarat - might be able to find out a bit about it and him through that

- trouble is, I suspect some things are open to a TV programme that aren't available to mere public.   

[Ruskie]

 ... the v lovely Saadia ...

I often have the need to request help from her when I visit the Archives. She is wonderful. (all the staff there are great actually  )

[Stoodly]

Michael O'Loughlin's "Who Do You Think You Are?" on SBS1 on Tuesday 1st May at 7:30pm. Eastern States peeps can jump online for post-broadcast chat.

Here is a sneak peek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJYYTojhkT8


Regards

Diana

[perth tiger]

i was a bit disappointed with the john wood episode.
it looked to me like they tried to make a story out of what was to be honest just what most of us have.
the pic that was given to john of his mother, it was made to seem like they had had it in greece all these years and nobody knew of it. im assuming it came from his family.
all the shots of the big house in sweden and it turns out he was just an ag lab like 99.98% of the rest of us.
 

[Wiggy]

I don't mind the fact that he is just like the rest of us!!    And couldn't you just see it coming - the pictures of the big house and then . . .

What I really enjoyed was seeing someone who really had kicked over some gold  - you read about it all the time but I've never before heard of someone who actually did it!!   

[perth tiger]

it was the whole trying to make it interesting and seem more than it was that got me.
if he's born in a cottage on a farm then show us the cottage and not someone elses house

[trish58]

I found his story quite boring and switched off half way through, sorry John.

Trish