Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.
Monday, Jan 26th
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Genealogy in Time annual survey - WAGS is a winner 
WAGS has well and truly made it into the Genealogy in Time's worldwide Top 100 Genealogy Websites - first time in and arriving at number 71.
This is a terrific achievement by WAGS considering that we are up against the monsters in the genealogy world of websites. This including the likes of Ancestry, FamilySearch, FindMyPast, GeneaNet, Geni.com and a whole swag of other paysites.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 January 2015 11:05
The Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. (WAGS)
6/48 May Street, Bayswater, Western Australia 6053
Member of Australian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. - AFFHO and
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:34
2014 Christmas Eve gift for Florida family
On Sunday 5th March 1916, William Hollington Bonsey was presented with a bible.
It was a small, compact volume covered in black hide with an inscription on the flyleaf …….
Last Updated on Monday, 12 January 2015 23:40
WAGS Welcomes - Bassendean Local Studies 
Bassendean has a long history of Aboriginal settlement, and as one of the earliest areas of European settlement in Perth, it also has a rich history of gentleman farmers, convicts and Pensioner Guards.
Further information is available via email or at the Local studies collection at the Bassendean Library.
WAGS welcomes the Bassendean Local Studies Collection as an Associate member of WAGS.
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 December 2014 09:42
Gallipoli Dead from Western Australia
Every WAGS WA Interest Group member and all other volunteers and contributors should be very proud of being able to publish the results of the Gallipoli Dead from Western Australia Project.
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014 21:11
Are men on Cheops Pyramid in groups? 
There is a myth around the pyramid photo that the soldiers all lined up behind their respective officers, and in their Company or Section groupings.
There is some evidence that soldiers of the 11th Battalion, when they assembled on the pyramid for the Cheops photo, to some extent formed groups or clusters - but was it in company or section clusters?
Last Updated on Monday, 17 November 2014 08:43
Zoomable Cheops grid image 
With some assistance from our friends at The West Australian, and our web hosts Openwire, we now have a zoomable grid image of the Cheops photo available here.
We are working on getting the plain image available as well.
Last Updated on Sunday, 26 October 2014 21:54