Chrissy Fletcher
  • About me
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    • Treepress
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    • Irish Orphan Girls
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        • Derwent
        • Diadem
        • Eliza Caroline
        • Lady Kennaway
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        • Pemberton
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    • Oscar Asche
    • Adopt a Digger
    • Macdonell House
    • Arthursleigh
      • Schoolteachers at Big Hill School
      • Arthursleigh Managers
      • Hannibal Macarthur’s creditors in 1848
      • Convicts assigned to Hannibal & Charles Macarthur in 1824
      • Convicts at Arthursleigh in 1828
      • Electoral Roll for Argyle District 1863-64
  • Stories from Stop 15
  • Contact

Chrissy Fletcher

  • About me
  • My Family History
    • Treepress
  • My Family History Blog
  • History Projects
    • Irish Orphan Girls
      • My Research
      • The Ships
        • Derwent
        • Diadem
        • Eliza Caroline
        • Lady Kennaway
        • New Liverpool
        • Pemberton
      • Research Links
    • Oscar Asche
    • Adopt a Digger
    • Macdonell House
    • Arthursleigh
      • Schoolteachers at Big Hill School
      • Arthursleigh Managers
      • Hannibal Macarthur’s creditors in 1848
      • Convicts assigned to Hannibal & Charles Macarthur in 1824
      • Convicts at Arthursleigh in 1828
      • Electoral Roll for Argyle District 1863-64
  • Stories from Stop 15
  • Contact
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Research Links

NSW State Records

www.records.nsw.gov.au

 

Public Record Office of Victoria

www.prov.vic.gov.au

 

Public Records Office of Northern Ireland

www.proni.gov.uk

 

Catholic parish registers at National Library of Ireland

https://registers.nli.ie/about

 

Peter Higginbotham’s workhouse website

www.workhouses.org.uk

 

Trove – National Library of Australia’s digitised newspapers

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

 

Views of Famine Ireland and associated articles

www.viewsofthefamine.wordpress.com

 

Trevor McClaughlin’s blog

https://earlgreysfamineorphans.wordpress.com/

 

Ireland Reaching Out Facebook group – Earl Grey’s Irish Orphan Girls

https://www.facebook.com/groups/165165103656877/

 

Port Phillip Irish Orphan Girls Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/PortPhillipIrishOrphanGirls/

 

The “Famine Rock” was erected at Burgoyne Reserve, Williamstown in 1998. A commemorative booklet was produced – Melbourne & the Irish Famine, edited by Dr Val Noone, 1998 reprint 2011.

Recent Posts

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    August 17, 2022
  • THE BABY FARMER MURDERESS

    April 19, 2022
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    December 21, 2021
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    October 3, 2021
  • Royal Exhibition Building and Two Pandemics

    August 29, 2021
  • Our Secret Tunnels

    June 8, 2021
  • Mary Gilbert – A founding Mother of Melbourne

    April 20, 2021
  • My Dries ancestors from Lorchhausen, Germany

    October 11, 2020
  • An Account of Sarah Mallett – a Call to Preach

    July 17, 2020
  • Barrett Arms and Mottos

    July 13, 2020

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