Exploring the Causes of Death

Now, this weeks prompt should be enough to make some of our family sit up and take notice and take better care of themselves. There are many and varied reasons as to why someone dies and often it can be from tragic circumstances like an accident or in the case of my great-great-grandfather, John Snook,...

Family Legend – John Snook [1818-1887]

I thought I was done for this week's newsletters to get ahead until I realised I'd skipped this one, Family Legend, a story that needs to be told to fit in with the context of our family history. In the early days of researching my families history, I heard a story, family legend, about my...

Family Businesses – The Federal Hotel

130 years ago, on the 4th July 1887, the Federal Hotel in Fremantle was opened to the public and this weekend some of the Herbert cousins are getting together to celebrate the occasion. Our great-grandfather on my mother's paternal side, James Albert Herbert 1841-1893, had the hotel constructed. The story below has been put together...