Now it’s even easier to find your Western District pioneer’s “Passing of the Pioneers” entry and obituary.  

The 550 pioneers that have been included in the “Passing of the Pioneers” posts over the last four years are now indexed.  If you navigate to the menu at the top of this page, you will notice a new tab, Pioneer Obituary Index.  Click directly there or navigate straight to the alphabetical listing of your pioneer.  Where possible, I have matched up husbands, wives, children and other relatives.

There hasn’t been a new “Passing of the Pioneers” post since January while I took time to prepare the index, but after reading back through the stories I can’t wait to get back to scanning the Western District newspapers at Trove for obituaries. Look out for a new post in July when “Passing of the Pioneers” will celebrate a fourth birthday, so expect a bumper edition.

While you’re in at the top of this page, why not check out “Hamilton’s WW1” tab.  There are now twenty-six Hamilton soldiers profiled in that section. I will continue to add profiles with an aim to add about three new profiles each week. Maybe by the centenary of the armistice, I will have come close to recording the hundreds of soldiers from Hamilton who volunteered their services.

Happy reading…