![]() ![]() They also give insight into the types of issues which affected farming ancestors and how they went about overcoming them. These notices (which are often dated) allow you to place your ancestor at a particular location at a certain point in time. Failure to collect the animal could result in the advertiser having the right to sell it to recuperate costs associated with caring for them. The notices are generally placed in the newspapers as a warning and, in the case of the animals, to give notice to the owner to come and collect them. This ad from 1875 shows the variety of fruit trees that were on offer at Enoch’s nursery.įarm notices could relate to a variety of things but the ones I’ve commonly found concern animals wandering onto the farmer’s property or people trespassing on land. From a larger perspective, such ads also contribute to the history of Western Australia as a whole illustrating what plants the settlers could purchase at a particular point in time. The ads varied throughout the years and have provided me with examples of the types of plants he sold as well as how the business progressed from simply selling plants, to stocking seeds and eventually moving into floristry. If your ancestor owned a business there’s a good chance that at some point in time they would have paid to advertise it in the local newspapers.Įnoch Pearson Barratt established the first nursery in Perth and continually advertised in the Western Australian newspapers. ![]() ![]() So, what can you find by exploring advertising in relation to genealogy? In this blog post I share with you a variety of different ways I’ve utilised historical advertising in order to add depth to my ancestors’ stories. While searching through pages of ads may at times be cumbersome, often the gains far outweigh the inconvenience. Unless, like me, you’re slightly obsessed with vintage advertisements, you may find yourself dismissing ads as a source to further enhance the stories of your ancestors’ lives. ![]()
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