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My name is Darren Fletcher and I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I have been researching My Family Tree since 1997 and have found a lot of information through my own research and with the invaluable assistance of other researchers who have common family ties (please refer to the references and acknowledgements below).
I believe that all information contained on this website to be free from copyright with the exception of cited books.
Your feedback on the content of My Family Tree can be sent to the email address at the bottom of the page.

On this website you will find certificates and newspaper notices of Births, Deaths and Marriages; passenger lists and newspaper shipping reports for Immigrant Ships; photographs and transcripts of Cemetery & Crematorium Monuments; interesting articles from Newspapers & Books and family Pictures. Please use the links at the top of the page or the index on the left of the page to navigate through the website.
On Ancestry.com you will find biographical data including birth, death, marriage, parents, spouse, children, schooling, occupations, residences, land purchases and military services. Click here to freely view my personal family tree on Ancestry.com.

Grandparents - Elizabeth Annise HELMS (1912-1988), Frederick George SMITH (1906-1990) & Living MUMFORD
Adoptive Grandparents - Samuel Steele FLETCHER (1891-1966) & Winnifred Margaret SWEETMAN (1901-1997)
Great Grandparents - Charles HELMS (1883-?) & Jane JEWKES (1878-1961), Daniel SMITH (1870-1947) & Ida Mary RACHOW (1868-1944), Ronald Laidlaw MUMFORD (1890-1967) & Elsie Mary BURGESS (1892-1971)
Great-Great Grandparents - Charles William HELMS & Elizabeth HANCE, William Henry JEWKES (1854-?) & Annise WHITING (1853-?), George SMITH (1827-1901) & Emma MARLOW (1828-1928), Christian Friedrick RACHOW (1829-1913) & Marie Juliane GESCH (1832-1920), Edward MUMFORD (1845-1920) & Annabella LAIDLAW (1854-1921), John BURGESS (1865-1938) & Eliza Ann HARRIS (1866-1947)
Great-Great-Great Grandparents - Charles SMITH & Hannah PEARCE, Joseph MARLOW & BURROWS, Christian Friedrich RACHOW & Johana Louise SCHMIDT, Michel Friedrich GESCH & Dorothea RADKE, Edward MUMFORD & Anna TUCK, George LAIDLAW (1815-1879) & Jessie HUNTER (1818-1902), Benedict BURGESS (1835-1906) & Emma BURGESS (1839-~1893), Charles HARRIS & Martha DURRANT
Great-Great-Great-Great Grandparents - John LAIDLAW & Janet BROWN, William HUNTER & Margaret WALLACE, John BURGESS, James BURGESS
Click here to view my ancestors chart. You may need to 'zoom in' to view the names clearly.

Edwin Philip HELMS born 17 April 1916, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Edwin was the son of Charles HELMS, Cart Driver, and Jane JEWKES. I have not been able to locate any information about Edwin after his birth.
Luke SWEETMAN born before 1840, Ireland. Luke married Martha and was father to Edward John, born about 1858, George Thomas, born 14 August 1868 and Martha Lucinda, born about 1871. Luke was Chief Officer, HMS Coastguard, Rosslare, Wexford, Ireland. I have not been able to locate any information about Luke however we believe that he lost his life in the coastguard.

Genealogical Society of Queensland - Cemetery Indexes, English Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes
State Library of Queensland - Electoral Roles, Newspapers, Old Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes, Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian Colonial Immigration Indexes, Queensland Post Office Guides

4/2008 - Added additional Burgess & Edwards pictures
11/2007 - Updated My Ancectors and added birth certificate for Daniel Smith
7/2007 - Added additional certificates, pictures and articles
3/2007 - Relocated to bigpond.com website, repaired dead links, added Newspaper & Books section
2/2005 - Added Births, Deaths & Marriages section
1/2005 - Updated Offline/Online References
12/2003 - Added Immigrant Ships section and Index
11/2003 - Relocated family tree data to Ancestry.com and redesigned Home page
6/2003 - Added Photographs section
5/2003 - Added Cemetery & Crematorium Monuments section

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Last Updated: 6 April 2008