Finding James Hardy - Part 5
VISIT THE PLACES YOUR ANCESTORS LIVED In 3 hours time I'll be boarding a plane headed toward Tasmania. While the trip is not one for the purpose of family research, it is no coincidence that our travels will take us via James Hardy country and the township of Westbury. I have been rereading my posts in preparation for the trip, and did some more searches in Trove. Of course the first thing I find is another advertisement for sale of land "originally owned by James Hardy". Well of course ... I hadn't been thinking at all last time. If the land given to James was of a substantial size, then the blocks I can see in Westbury are probably acre lots and have been subdivided over time. I shall spend the next few spare hours of our journey trying to pinpoint all the land allocated to James. It seems that he may have started selling lots prior to his death (and roads had already been laid down) from some of the other ads I have read. Perhaps this should be part 6, but I...