April 25th, 2019 marks 104 years since the landing at Gallipoli (modern Gelibolu), a peninsula in Turkey. To the west of the peninsula lies the Aegean Sea. To the east is the Dardanelles strait, which connects the Aegean Mediterranean Seas…
I love birthdays period! It’s a time for catching up with others and letting them know that you’re thinking of them on their birthday, as well as receiving greetings on your own birthday. Facebook birthdays take it to a new…
Place of death: Died in the union workhouse, Bradford! Public Domain Image The words glared at me, and punched me in the gut. How could this happen to one of my ancestors? Wasn’t this one of the worst things that…
Originally built in France in 1772, and then captured by the British around 1778, the Mary Anne is thought to have been previously known as the Ariadne. Used at different times for whaling and trading, she made a number of…
The Bible story of the Prodigal Son always carried special meaning for me, as it taught of reconciliation, and hope. There was also a story of jealousy, as the elder brother felt put out at the return of his younger,…
The continent of Australia sat virtually undiscovered, unnoticed, and unclaimed, by the European powers until the 1600s, with Willem Janszoon, a Dutch navigator and colonial governor, making the first recorded European landing on the western side of Cape York peninsular…
