The Insolvency of Robert George Reed

Below is a link to the Robert George Reed's insolvency records: Robert Reed of Braidwood PDF (38.8MB) I created this document after accessing and photographing the original records in person at NSW State Archives and Records in Kingswood. The item had been indexed but until now there were no images or copies available for researchers. Details: Item…

Photos from Brown & Sayce family lines

Assorted photos that belonged to Lillian Sophia Keene (Brown) Sayce (1900 – 1991). These photos may contain people from the Brown family as well as her husbands Sayce line. If you can identify any of the people in the photos please let me know and I'll update the captions.  

Postcards during war

These are some of the postcards found in a bag of photos that belonged to Lillian Sophia Keene (Brown) Sayce (1900 – 1991).   A postcard from George William Sayce to unknown.     A blank postcard of unknown origin.     Postcard from unknown sender to unknown recipient. For those interested in genetic genealogy,…

WWI Soldier Portrait

This portrait of an Australian World War I soldier was rediscovered in May 2019. It was found in a bag of photos that belonged to Lillian Sophia Keene (Brown) Sayce (1900 - 1991). It would be great to know who it is. It could be Lillian's husband George William Sayce, one her brothers or possibly an unrelated…

Ellen Sophia Keene Brown

These are the only photos I have of Ellen Sophia Keene Brown (formerly Dodd) 1863 -1938. She was married to Octavius Gilbert Brown and they had ~12 children together. I know there a quite a few descendants researching this line so I wanted to make these available. If you know anyone who might have stories…

The Nazi Catechism

'The Nazi Catechism' is written on the back of this folded note. It contains three pages of questions and answers about the Nazi Party. What was it for and who wrote it? The notes are written on ruled paper from the Flinders Naval Depot in Victoria which existed under that name between 1925 and 1963. Was this…

WWI Portraits

These are photos of First World War soldier Private George William Sayce of the 36th Battalion. The portraits were probably taken in 1916 when he was 18 years old. During his service George survived a gas attack in France. One of George Sayce's diaries from the war was recently rediscovered and you can read it here. These photographs…

Malcolm’s Blue Album

In 1904 Ellen Sophia Keen Brown (formerly Dodd) (1863 - 1938) gifted this photo album to her 23 year old son Malcolm Horace Brown (1881-1915). It's a blue hard-shell album with a painted floral design. The inside cover reads: To Dear Malcolm from his mother 1904 Four years after receiving the album Malcolm's sister Edith…

War Diary

Update: This is the diary of Private George William Sayce of the 36th Battalion.You can view photos of George here. Thank you Les for solving this.This is a diary presumably from a soldier in WW1. I have not yet transcribed it but it was found in Malcolm Horace Brown's cupboard. It could belong to his father…

The New Guinea campaign

This is a collection of photographs from Jack Whittaker (1924-1983) taken during WWII. Jack was a 'Leading Aircraftman' in the RAAF, service number 74966. From what I understand he was mostly based in Papua New Guinea near Lae and Madang but there are also some photos from Guam. I believe he was deployed as part of the New…