Hello I’m Alison. I have researched the lives and family histories of some of the colonists.
Old newspapers, census records, and Old Parish Registers are just some of the primary sources which have been used to find information about the colonists.
Census returns usually tell us the names of occupants of a house, their marital status, age, occupation and where they were born.
From this information, we can look for their births, or baptisms, in the Old Parish Registers which might provide the names of their parents and details of any siblings.
Very often people were mentioned in old newspapers at some point during their lifetime – either through an event, or their obituary, and these articles can help fill gaps in their lives.
Newspapers also provide us with first-hand information on daily events in the area which may have occurred.