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Blog posts-

  1. Agnes Cahill - My Woodlands great-grandmother - published 10 July 2017
  2. Children of Agnes Woodlands (nee Cahill) - published 12 July 2017
  3. Cornelius (Charles) Bray - The father of James Oswald (Jim) Woodlands - published 14 July 2017
  4. Agnes's youngest child - Lorna Mae Bisgrove (nee Woodlands) - published 17 July 2017
  5. Laurence Dunn and Judith Ryan - Agnes's maternal grandparents - published 18 July 2017
  6. The "mysterious" Myra (Part 1) - Born Myra Cahill, Known as Myra Woodland(s), Marie Constance Woodland and Jean Olive Whitworth - published 01 August 2017
  7. The marriage of James Oswald Woodlands and Margaret Essie Gersbach - 08 August 2017
  8. On this day 140 years ago Margaret Ryan married George Austin Woodland - published 17 August 2017
  9. On this day 140 years ago, James Cahill, our many times great-grandfather died -published 19 August 2017
  10. Agnes Teresa Dries and The Palm Island Tragedy - published 31 January 2018
  11. "Field trip" to Newcastle yields and unexpected thrill! - published 04 March 2018
  12. Michael Cahill - brother of Agnes - was born on this day 150 years ago! - published 22 March 2018
  13. Anzac Day 2018, James Oswald Woodlands, his cousin, Alphonsus Cahill, and his son, Francis James Woodlands - published 24 March 2018
  14. The Golden State Killer and DNA - published 05 May 2018
  15. How a DNA match led to finding Agnes's older brother, Thomas Cahill. Or is it Carroll? - published 06 June 2018
  16. Remembering the story of Agnes Dries on the centenary of the birth of of her son, Robert Henry Curry - published 11 March 2019
  17. Mary Ann, the youngest child of James Cahill and Eliza Dunn, was born on 4 October 1870 - published 16 October 2020
  18. Francis James Woodlands: On this day in 1920.... - published 31 December 2020
  19. 28 April 2021: 150 years since the birth of Emily Jane Carroll (nee Hookeywin) - published 29 April 2021
  20. Unravelling my family name: Woodlands - published 26 August 2021
  21. Discoveries from the 1921 Census of England and Wales: Mary Jane Bray (nee Pascoe) - published 13 February 2022
  22. Johanna Cahill: Setting the record straight! - first published 9 June 2022
  23. Stories of Johanna Cahill: Daughter of James Cahill and Eliza Dunn - first published 5 June 2022
  24. Stories of Annie Element (nee Montague) - daughter of Johanna Cahill - first published 8 June 2022





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Agnes Cahill - My Woodlands great-grandmother

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