Research

Research reports

This page brings together a range of essays that detail the research methodology that facilitated the discovery of particular episodes in the family's history.

• Lahy family origins - UPDATED – A recent discovery confirms my earlier identification of the Lahy family origins (including Bohen and Tobin)
• Carillon Chimes article - William Baker's arrival – My Carillon Chimes article proves that William baker arrived as a convict aboard the Guildford in 1829
• The Baker Roadblock – How genealogists circumvented this roadblock by researching William Baker's brother
• James Murphy's Demise – Proof that James Murphy did not die in 1914 and is not buried in Bourke
• Our Carlisle Origins – My research debunked the old theory that William was a son of Ann Scarborough
• Descent article - Thomas Kessey's Origins – My Descent article debunks the old theory of Thomas Kessey's origins
• The Poulton-Clarkson Roadblock – How I overcame this roadblock by researching a fellow-traveller
• Fleming ancestry DNA analysis – I analysed our DNA matches in an effort to shed some light on our Fleming ancestry.
• Angus Flemings origins – Jim Fleming identified the baptism record that relates to his 4G grandfather, Angus Fleming.
• My tangled Ballantynes – How I straightened out the tangle caused when people with the same surname marry
• The Ballantyne Roadblock – I overcame this roadblock thanks to a DNA hint and good old-fashioned genealogical investigation
• Descent article - The Waples Roadblock – My article on circumventing a Waples family roadblock was published in the March 2019 issue of the journal Descent.
• Finding Patrick Tobin – Jim Fleming identified our Patrick Tobin in a haystack full of namesakes.
• The mystery photograph solved – I describe how I identified the Reed family as the subject of "the mystery photograph"
• 1919 - The Union Hotel – Jim Fleming's research based on a family photograph of "James Kessey's Union Hotel".
• 1892 - Charles Fleming and the Captain Cook II – About the Sydney Harbour pilot vessel Captain Cook II and its figurehead that was made by Charles Fleming.
• Oral History Transcript – Transcript of oral history provided by Ena Ruby Kessey nee Murphy

Family photographs

I have published two catalogues of family historical photographs that I had inherited, conserved, preserved, archived, scanned and researched. You can leaf through the pages of each book online by clicking on the relevant image (which takes you to blurb.com's site). From that site you can also buy a copy that will be printed by blurb.com and posted to you. You simply choose which type you want (softcover, hardcover, etc) and then click [Add to cart].

Kessey photograph catalogue
compiled by Jim Fleming

Fleming photograph catalogue
compiled by Jim Fleming