They hope to document all the first settlers, and first of each family, who came to Australia to settle. This includes free settlers and those sent as convicts. The result of this project will be an Internet database and a collection of stories about the people of Australia, past and present. We're sorry, this Web site's availability is intermittent. If unavailable, please try back again.
Wedlock is the state of being married.
Actually, the roots of the word come from the German and Old English words for pledge, having to do with commitment and fulfillment of promises. Donna Potter Phillips , a resident of Spokane, Washington, is a past president of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society. She has had articles published in the Genealogy Bulletin , Heritage Quest Magazine , Ancestry Magazine , Roots Digest , the Family Chronicle , and the Mayflower Quarterly . The Genealogy Bulletin is produced by Heritage Quest , retailer, publisher, data provider and America's largest commercial genealogical record archive.