A Thunderbolt from the past: uncovering the skeletons in the family tree
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Once upon a not-too-distant past, having a criminal or an orphan as a distant relative, especially one like Thomas Mason who ran with the notorious bushranger Thunderbolt, was conveniently omitted from a family tree.
Now state records are “a rich vein for family historians”, said Ruth Graham, the chief executive of the
Society of Australian Genealogists. The pandemic had resulted in a marked interest in people wanting to find out more about their own family.