I am participating in Alona Tester’s family history blogging challenge of an alphabetical ancestral placename geneameme. It has taken me a little while to get started as I have been busy as the voluntary coordinator of National Family History Month in Australia.

But as August draws to an end, this is a fitting way to end my own family history activities during NFHM. By focusing on place names it has given me the opportunity to remember just how much some of my ancestors did move around. Thanks Alona for the blog suggestion.

I have limited myself to two places per letter with some letters only have one place and none under X which is probably not too surprising.

A           Adelaide, South Australia (Spencer)

Arrow, Warwickshire (Spencer)

B            Ballygannon, Wicklow, Ireland (Beakey, Finn)

Brisbane, Queensland (Gunderson, Price, White)

The Spencer home in Adelaide, South Australia, image from family collection

C             Charters Towers, Queensland (Guy, Price, Trevaskis, White)

Croughton, Northamptonshire, England (Judge, Pollard)

D            Downton, Wiltshire, England (Titt, Weeks)

Dundee, Scotland (Carnegie, Stratton)

E            East Grimstead, Wiltshire, England (Pragnell, Titt)

Edinburgh, Scotland (Stratton)

F             Farnell, Angus, Scotland (Esplin)

Fremantle, Western Australia (Brandon, Davis)

G           Germiston, South Africa (Cellieres, Price)

Glasnarget, Wicklow, Ireland (Fegan/Fagan)

H           Hemmant, Queensland (Jewsbury)

Hightville, Queensland (Price)

I              Innisfail, Queensland (White)

Ireland (Fegan/Fagan, Finn, Jeffers, Johnston/e)

J             Julia Creek, Queensland (Hicks)

K            Kalgoorlie, Western Australia (Brandon, Bullen, Davis)

Kiama, New South Wales (Price)

L            Launceston, Tasmania (Trembath, Trevaskis)

Ludgvan, Cornwall, England (Nicklis, Semmens, Trevaskis)

M            Moonta, South Australia (Rosewarne, Trevaskis)

Montrose, Scotland (Carnegie, Ferrier)

N             Nattai, New South Wales (Price)

Norfolk Ireland (Johnson, Pyers)

Kingston, Norfolk Island, author photo

O            Orange, New South Wales (Price)

Outtrim, Victoria (Testro)

P             Peak Downs, Queensland (Guy, Trevaskis)

Pitton & Farley, Wiltshire, England (Titt, White)

Q            Queensland (Carnegie, Gunderson, Price, White)

R            Rathdrum, Wicklow, Ireland (Fagan, McCormack)

Reefton, New Zealand (Price)

S             Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Stratton)

St Hilary, Cornwall, England (Rosewarne, Trevaskis)

T              Toorbul, Queensland (Carnegie, Chick, Davis, Ferguson)

Historic Toorbul cemetery, author photo

Townsville, Queensland (Price)

U            Uny Lelant, Cornwall, England (Anthony, Curgenven, Hosking)

               Upton Lovell, Wiltshire, England (Titt)

V             Melbourne, Victoria (Finn, Walker)

W           West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England (Price, Spencer)

West Tytherly, Hampshire, England (Pragnell, Read)

X             –

Y            Yengarie, Queensland (Gunderson)

Z             Zeehan, Tasmania (Baker)