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Across
  1. 3. Essential viewing for finding the Irish farm.
  2. 4. Provide this, and you could get a surprise.
  3. 8. Only this man could start the process of quenching a fire.
  4. 10. It’s a glowing tribute which you will never read.
  5. 12. Your convict ancestors could be followed by this (three words)
  6. 15. You are lucky if your ancestor lived in Yorkshire after 1777 because these records are comprehensive.
  7. 17. A process for estimating the value of a variable quantity by using a previous value and adding any changes. Also a website of value for West Australians.
  8. 18. My grandfather wore a dress, but did eventually graduate to more conventional attire.
  9. 20. Travel this way and you were likely to be crowded, wet, and only allowed on the main deck; you had to cook your own food too!
  10. 22. The Australian state that allowed women to vote who were ratepayers – but quickly repealed the Act a year later.
  11. 26. A worker who has learned a trade and works for another person usually by the day.
  12. 29. Without it, family historians are vulnerable.
  13. 31. First country in the world to give women the vote.
  14. 32. Did they find democracy under five stars?
  15. 34. The first publicly announced and commercially viable photographic process.
  16. 35. First census in Australia 1828 – what state?
  17. 36. Don’t sit around staring at it; find a way round! (two words)
  18. 37. A marriage that had an element of secrecy to it; maybe away from a home parish, or without either banns or marriage licence.
Down
  1. 1. One-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.
  2. 2. If you want to be free in the Colony, always keep this on you, stay put and worship on Sunday (three words).
  3. 5. Here is a test involving both parents
  4. 6. Another name for the Swan River Settlement
  5. 7. To decipher this old Will, I need a …
  6. 9. She is not a spider, but she does have a web.
  7. 11. Cheaper than alcohol; soothing for children and gives rest to the busy housewife.
  8. 13. There’s treasure here if you can find it
  9. 14. Data is of no use at all, if you don’t do it.
  10. 16. You could hire this from the Kirk sessions for a sad occasion.
  11. 19. A lady who can write a list.
  12. 21. Who do second cousins have in common (two words)?
  13. 23. My work is charity to the aged, infirm, and those in need.
  14. 24. The child of my mother’s sister.
  15. 25. Free index to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers.
  16. 27. In Scotland, when a man and a woman made a declaration in front of two witnesses and banns were not called, this was decidedly…
  17. 28. A recording of the recording for the voyage (three words)
  18. 30. Genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors in a fixed sequence of ascent.
  19. 33. Two dolphins, a lion, and a robed lady conquer an eagle. Worth little, but worth everything.