Lilian's Tree

 July's research was going really well and then I decided to expand the branches I was researching.  I originally started the month looking for more information on the family of Mary Ann Abberton and John McLaughlin. They had six children, Sarah, Elizabeth, John, Eveline, Stanley and Francis.  Francis caused the first problem, when several trees had him as a her! Francis is the masculine form and Frances is the female form. Francis is very much a male. His marriage also gave me some confusion as there were two Francis McLaughlin's married between 1923 and 1925. Much digging and the purchase of a death certificate gave me the correct marriage, 1925. Sarah was next to cause problems, she married a SMITH and according to some people died in 1906. Well thankfully for me Sarah married Oswald Smith and I was able to trace them. The death was for a different Sarah Smith, I'm still looking for my one. The other children were easy to research and I've been able to add more lines

 In my  June  post about my research, I mentioned that I was waiting for a reply from the Australian War Memorial. The reply came yesterday with the names of the places he was posted to and links to the War Diaries. I now have some reading to do. This months research is going well and I'm just waiting on a couple of transcriptions to shed some light on a couple of people. More to come.

 July, the year is half over. So re-reading my January post,  Good Bye 2023  has made me reflect and review the last six months. Had a wonderful week in the City with Mikayla. We explored the city, used the ferry to get around, went to a musical and enjoyed each others company. My photo a day is going well but sometimes I'm at a loss as to what to post. I take heaps of photos but then I look and think they are all similar, but I've stuck with it. I'm using Story Graph for my reading challenge but find that it doesn't have some of the books I've read or am reading and I have to enter them myself. Went to Goodreads as well and it picks up on what I'm reading on Kindle.  54 books, so far. My monthly research plan is working but I've had to change some of the questions to tasks, as a better fit to that month's research. Finding answers and information, so it is helpful. 25th April saw us leave for our 2024 Road Trip. 28 days through the north-west of New Sou