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The whisper of the Telford piano: a verse etched in family memory
Tucked within the digital pages of Allen and Loni Hackworth's family archive sits a quiet lyric composition about an upright instrument that travelled through…
A Suburban Swap: Home Exchange in a Belgian Brewery Townhouse
Australia sits on the far side of the world from Western Europe, which is precisely why swapping a fibro-clad Queenslander in Brisbane or a weatherboard…
James McCarthy South 1855 to 1930 A Family Obituary Record
The personal archive kept by Allen and Loni Hackworth holds more than a single generation of family memory. Across chronologies, genealogical notes, and the…
Wool Scarf Knitted by Great-Grandmother Brighton
In one of her quieter prose pieces, Loni Hackworth describes a wool scarf that has lived in a drawer for as long as anyone can remember. The garment, knit by…
A Walk Through the Brighton Family's 1880s Photograph Album
Three small albums survive in our family archive, and the most worn of them holds the portraits we will tour in the pages ahead. Its velvet cover has faded…
When a Family Clock Falls Silent
Allen’s essay, The Clock That Stopped on the Day a Relative Died, begins with a familiar family story: a household clock apparently ceased at the moment a…
Tracing the Tidwell Family’s Religious Conversions
The religious history of the Tidwell family is best understood as a sequence of choices made across changing places, generations, and social circumstances. A…
Using DNA matches to verify South family connections
Australian family historians have spent decades leaning on parish registers, shipping manifests, and the digitised newspapers on Trove to follow ancestors…
Loni's Blog: The day we found a Civil War discharge paper
On a warm Melbourne morning in late January, with cicadas droning in the eucalyptus outside, I sorted the mail at the kitchen table. A catalogue from a Bendigo…
Home exchange in Norway: a red cabin by a fjord
For Australians drawn to the cinematic landscapes of Scandinavia, the price tag often becomes a stumbling block. A week in a Norwegian hotel can stretch past…