Avard – Research Activity Notes

• Pre 2018
  • Creation of Avard page on this website
  • Connecting with other Avard’s in Australia
  • Reviewing information in Avard family tree in Brothers Keeper and other people’s trees, at sites such as Ancestry, to expand the information in Brothers Keeper
  • DNA testing
• 2018
  • A major focus was exploring Huguenot connections of the Australian Avard family
  • Researching the D’Avard family to assess whether they fitted with our Avard’s
  • Creation of Huguenot sub pages on this site
  • Avard added to Huguenot names in Australia
  • Joining the Australian Huguenot Society – great resource for learning about Huguenots
  • Connecting with other Huguenot descendants in Australia
  • Using Australian Huguenot Society’s CD index of British Huguenot journals to access the Huguenot journals on CD in the State Library NSW
  • Adding to my Diigo social bookmarking Avard collection
  • Participating in Hunter Valley genealogy groups on Facebook – “meeting” other Avard descendants there
  • Travelling in France
  • Reading about Huguenots generally
  • Researching Duckenfeld and Berry Park in the Hunter Valley
  • Researching Horsmonden, Brenchley Park in England
  • Researching the Poor Laws in England
  • Monitoring DNA matches with other Avard descendants
  • Researching Avard’s in the Boer War, WW1 and WW2
  • Research Sarah Avard nee Harmer’s family
  • Created Harmer page on this site
• Future
  • Monitor DNA matches with other Avard descendants
  • Add to family trees in Brothers Keeper, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Wikitree, FamilySearch, Geni, FindMyPast, Tribal Pages
  • Connect with other Huguenot descendants in Australia
  • Further research on the Huguenots
  • Further research possible Avard connections in France, Spain and Walloons
  • Researching and travelling to places associated with our Avard’s in the UK and Australia – including notable people in these areas – eg Horsmonden, Brenchley Park, Sandhurst in England, Duckenfeld and Berry Park in the Hunter Valley
  • Research economic activities in places where our Avard ancestors lived eg weaving, foundry, hops, Poor Laws
  • Research Avard’s and Railways
  • Research Avard’s – Politics & Civic Affairs
  • Research Avard’s voyage to Australia
  • Participate in Hunter Valley genealogy groups on Facebook – “meeting” other Avard descendants there
  • Research Avard’s in the Boer War, WW1, WW2, Post WW2
  • Research Sarah Avard nee Harmer’s family
  • Research Elizabeth Avard – Samuel – Chandler’s family

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Second Lieutenant David Henry Avard MC

David Henry Avard Miltary Cross