Hello and welcome to these pages.

I first got interested in genealogy a few years ago, when my Mum and I got to
talking about her family. I knew very little then about her father, and
nothing about the rest of his family so it was a huge surprise when Mum said
that he had come with his family to Western Australia when he was about ten,
from Wales. Since then we have talked many times about these fascinating times,
and each time I go away and uncover something else, which in turn snowballs with
more memories. I am so lucky I started this journey while that generation is
still here, because those memories are worth bottling. 


I started with my near ancestors - my grandparents - SMITH - CARMICHAEL -
EVERITT - HOUNSLOW. Then the same for my dear husband - WOOD - LOBBAN - BROAD -
LOGUE. Now our tree includes 564 surnames! I have researched many side branches
along the way.
 
I know now that my husband's family in Western Australia dates from the very
earliest years of the colony - these are the SHAW's, LOGUE's and BROAD's. My
father in law has a great memory for family going ons and has told us great
stories and potted histories. Our family roots have led to some very interesting
places. My Dad's family and my husband's lines are very intriguing and there
have already been wonderful books written about some of them. 
                    
Between my husband and I there are family lines coming from Scotland, Ireland,
and England. The most recent really great discovery was that my LEASK and
CORSTON family ancestors on my Mothers side were seafarers from the Shetland and
Orkney Islands. They emigrated to South Australia in the early 1850s. Also, I
think I have found a link in the OTTER family through an internet cousin. I
sincerely thank the family historians I have personally been in touch with and
who have been so very generous. You are wonderful people. 

If you have any information - including photographs - about the family or any
member of it, that you would be willing to share, please either contact me via the
link towards the top of this page - or use this link to
email Hazel Wood 
Also, if you have any questions, please don't be shy about asking. 


              FAMILIES WE ARE RESEARCHING

This is a work in progress and will keep growing. Here are just some of the families
which are part of our Family Tree.

EVERITT in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and
Cheshire England, and Flintshire Wales to Western Australia.

SMITH in Ayrshire Scotland to South Australia and Western Australia.

WOOD, ARUNDEL in Western Australia.

BROAD in Sussex England to Western Australia.
 
OTTER in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire England to Western Australia.
 
LEASK in Shetland Islands Scotland to South Australia and Western Australia.

CORSTON in Orkney Islands Scotland to South Australia and Western Australia.

LOBBAN in Banffshire Scotland to Western Australia and Queensland.
 
HARVEY in Glasgow Scotland to Western Australia.

STAVELEY in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire England.
 
STOKES in Kent England, Ireland and the Falkland Islands to Western Australia.

HOUNSLOW in Buckinghamshire England to South Australia and West Australia.
 
LOGUE in Londonderry Ireland to Western Australia.

BRITTAIN, BURGES in Ireland and West Australia.
  
CARMICHAEL in Fifeshire Scotland to South Australia and Western Australia.

REEDS, CLARK, BROOKS in South Australia.

NEIL in Ayrshire, Scotland and South Australia.

REID in Scotland and South Australia.

HOWIE, BREMNER, CAMPBELL, STEVENSON, MCHARDY in Scotland.

SHAW, STOCK, STRAINS, O'NEILL, COOPER, MATTHEWS in England.

MEADE, GOODWIN in Ireland.


                   NEWS 

NOVEMBER 2009     COMING SOON - I have received permission from the State Library of
South Australia to publish newspaper items and obituaries about members of the
Carmichael family on these pages.

JANUARY 2008      By accident or maybe that should be serendipity, I came across
information about the CARMICHAEL family in a book "A Global Clan: Scottish Migrant
Networks and Identities Since the Eighteenth Century" Editor: Angela McCarthy, in a
chapter written by Professor Ian Richards of Flinders University, South Australia. They
were one branch of the family I had struggled to find much about. I have since been
very lucky to receive, courtesy of the History Faculty of Flinders University, copies
of many of the letters written in the nineteenth century, by Mr Andrew CARMICHAEL,
which were published in the Fifeshire Advertiser, his hometown newspaper in Scotland. 
They give a detailed account of life in South Australia during the period of Andrew's
correspondence.

AUGUST 2007      A cousin in the LOBBAN family has just contacted me, and we are
corresponding, which is really wonderful. Thank you very much Syd for your interest and
kindness.  There will be updates to the LOBBAN connections on these pages very
shortly.



         BOOKS WHICH CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FAMILIES

              History

A Global Clan: Scottish Migrant Networks and Identities Since the Eighteenth Century
Editor: Angela McCarthy    Published: 2006 


              Family Histories

Salt Bush Shepherds A History of the Broad Family in Western Australia 1852-1988 
Author: Nan and Trudy Broad  Published: 1992

Smith Family History 1848-1972 
Author: Max Smith 

To Be Heirs Forever 
Author: Mary Durack   Published: 1976

The 'Caroline' 150 Years in Western Australia of the GEE and TRUSLOVE FAMILIES
1829-1979 
Author: Iris Aamot


           Local District Histories

A Life Of Its Own: A social and economic history of the City of Geraldton and
the Shire of Greenough, 1846 - 1988
Author: Sister Mary Albertus Bain  Published: 1996

The Old North Road
Author: W.J. de Burgh   Published: 1986

A Millennium History of Great Gidding
Author: Patrick Ellis and David Shepherd  

The Golden Grain and the Silver Fleece: A History of Quairading from 1859-­1930
Author: Frances Eaton.   Published: 1979
   
THE BIG Q. A history of Quairading and its surrounding districts.
Author: Ludbrook, Juliet  Published: 2003

Bruce Rock: A Revised History
Author: Avon Lovell 


         Organizations Histories

The Veterans: A History of the Enrolled Pensioner Force in Western Australia,
1850-1880
Author: F.H. Broomhall  

Little But Great: The saga of the Silver Chain, 1905-1965
Author: Noel Stewart

A Chain of Care: A History of the Silver Chain Nursing Association, 1905-2005
Author: Jean Chetkovich and Deborah Gare

  

          PRIVACY AND REFERENCING 

In keeping with today's privacy precautions, I have kept details of living
individuals concealed. I offer these pages as a celebration of our families and
for the people who may have links or otherwise be interested in what I have
found. If you see information here that you are not happy with, please email me
and I will make amendments. 

I am working on providing references for the sources of all the facts I have
included in these pages. I want to provide for someone following in my footsteps
to see where I looked and what evidence I had for these family tree
relationships. The information comes from many places, and I have endeavored to
use it in the right way.