TRACES OF A HERITAGE
CONTENTS
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Chapter One Oxfordshire - Origin of the Bonds
Footnotes Chapter One
Chapter Two Australia - Early beginnings
Footnotes Chapter Two
Chapter Three Lincolnshire - Origin of the Featherbys
Footnotes Chapter Three
Chapter Four Western Victoria - Arrival of the Featherbys
Footnotes Chapter Four
Chapter Five The Wimmera - Selection and struggle
Footnotes Chapter Five
Chapter Six Tipperary - The Irish origins
Footnotes Chapter Six
Chapter Seven Kent - A Convict Ancestor
Footnotes Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight Ireland & Scotland - A Family Separated
Footnotes Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine Scotland - A Rich Variety of Ancestors
Footnotes Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten Deep Lead - Leaving the Land
Footnotes Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven Geelong - A Place to Settle
Footnotes Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve South Australia - Arrival of an Old Soldier
Footnotes Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen Adelaide - A Colourful Connection
Footnotes Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen Western Victoria - An elusive trail
Footnotes Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen Geelong - Arrival of the Cassidys
Footnotes Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen Victoria - Branches of the Family Tree
Footnotes Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen London & Clonmellon - An Unlikely Union
Footnotes Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen Geelong to Western Australia - A Family Spread
Footnotes Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen Geelong - A Family Established
Footnotes Chapter Nineteen
My Scots Ancestors Who Died Violently
Memories of growing up in the 1950s
Map of Woodstock
Map of Tathwell
Guide to sites and locations mentioned in the family history
Descendants of William Bond and Bridget Berry
Descendants of Robert Cassidy and Margaret Watkins
A summary of all individuals currently known to be connected to my family is also available.
Click on the link to access my Gedcom file at "Rootsweb" click on 'index'and enter a name in which you have an interest. Please contact me if you would like to check or update information on living family members.
The results of my genealogical DNA test show the origin and distribution of my paternal Y-DNA (Haplogroup I-M223; subclade I-CTS1977) which is transmitted from father to son and my maternal mtDNA (Haplogroup J; subclade J1c3b) which I inherited from my mother and which is transmitted from mother to daughter. Today, J1c is found across much of Europe and in low frequencies across the Near East. It is most common in Slovenia, Ukraine, Hungary and Greece. It is not found anywhere in extremely high frequencies, but is detectable across a vast radius throughout Europe. The I family of fatherlines are the oldest major haplogroup to have originated in Europe, with the I2 branch splitting off when the Ice Age was at its peak around 26,500-19,000 years ago. The highest concentrations of I2-M223 are found in Germany and Eastern Sweden, but it is also found in lower frequencies in the Benelux, Britain, France, Northern Italy, Russia, and across Scandinavia. This suggests my ancestors may have arrived in England as part of the Anglo-Saxon migration from the mid-fifth to early seventh century, or possibly the later Viking migration.
