The following story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/01/05/1198950127422.html
“War still raging, 90 years on, in blog time”
The story of a First World War soldier is keeping people around the world on tenterhooks after his account of life in the trenches was turned into a real-time blog - www.wwar1.blogspot.com
Private Harry Lamin's letters home are being posted as an online diary, with each dispatch published 90 years to the day it was written. Most of his letters are to his elder sister Kate and elder brother Jack. The letters are also supplemented by electronic maps of the campaigns - this is the beauty of the atributes of the Web, which can add to the whole experience.
Now readers of Private Lamin's story are waiting to see whether he survived to see his family or died in battle.
Publishing the bulletins in real time was the brainchild of his grandson, Bill Lamin, who painstakingly pieced together the remnants of his grandfather's wartime correspondence.
“War still raging, 90 years on, in blog time”
The story of a First World War soldier is keeping people around the world on tenterhooks after his account of life in the trenches was turned into a real-time blog - www.wwar1.blogspot.com
Private Harry Lamin's letters home are being posted as an online diary, with each dispatch published 90 years to the day it was written. Most of his letters are to his elder sister Kate and elder brother Jack. The letters are also supplemented by electronic maps of the campaigns - this is the beauty of the atributes of the Web, which can add to the whole experience.
Now readers of Private Lamin's story are waiting to see whether he survived to see his family or died in battle.
Publishing the bulletins in real time was the brainchild of his grandson, Bill Lamin, who painstakingly pieced together the remnants of his grandfather's wartime correspondence.
I was inspired by Bill’s idea of blogging historical material in real time, especially as this year is 125 years since the diary was written. The diary is a ship-board journal of Emily Ann Foster (some entries were by her husband) sailing from Glasgow to Bundaberg in 1883. The photos and maps are from a variety of sources – family, books and the Net. The spelling and grammar has been left as written. My comments are in brackets.
The author Emily was my Great-great-grandmother. Born in 1856, she lived in Salt Street, Manningham, Bradford, England. She married John Edwin at 23 years, they were both confectioners. Ruth Emmeline was their first child.The SV Nairnshire, an iron barque, was built in 1877, it measured 204’ by 33’ (all ship info from clydesite). Nairnshire was a county on the northern coastline of Scotland.
Each day I intend to add the relevant entry for that day on the day (ignore that the date & time stamp on each of my posts is U.S. time - I'm working on Australian dates, so Emily's Thursday 22nd of March 1883 entry will be posted on Saturday 22nd March 2008) and add this logo to distinguish the diary from other posts.
I have just stumbled upon your blogged entries that you posted in 2008 for the Nairnshire travelling from Glasgow to Bundaberg in 1883. I also have an ancestor who was on board this ship, so it was really interesting to read the diary entries. This is what I know about my ancestors - my great great grandfather and grandmother, Edward and Annie Fallins (Fallens) were from Blantyre, in Scotland, and travelled with their son Patrick (age 1), and a second child was born onboard during the trip - maybe that was one of the births mentioned in the diary? They settled in Newcastle, NSW.
ReplyDeleteI know very little about these ancestors, so it was great to read the accounts you posted. Do you know if there are any other diaries - or other accounts of the voyage that I might be able to access?
I am also looking at ways to blog my family history research so some great ideas in your posts.
Hi Maverick,
ReplyDeletePlease check out the Comments on the "Diary 9.7.1883" post, from another descendant. The Bundaberg Genealogical Society have the publication "Immigrant ships bound for Bundaberg Narnshire, Earl Granville & Scottish Lassie" for $5.50, check out their website http://www.bga.org.au/