How to use this site

A short guide to finding your way around, making the text bigger, and getting the most out of the family tree.

Finding your way around

On a computer, the main sections are listed across the top of every page: Home, Family tree, Journeys, and the five family sections.
On a phone or tablet, tap Menu at the top right to see the same list. Tap it again to close it.
The links just above each page’s title show where you are, for example Home / Hudson family. Tap Home to go back to the start.
Long pages have a Contents box under the title (on a computer it sits on the right-hand side). It lists the parts of the page and related pages. Tap a line to jump straight to it.
The Top button in the bottom corner takes you back to the top of the page.

Use the Text size buttons near the top of each page. Each A is bigger than the last; the biggest makes all the writing on the site larger. The site remembers your choice on that phone, tablet or computer.
You can also zoom in. On a computer, hold down Ctrl (Cmd on a Mac) and press +; press Ctrl and 0 to go back to normal. On a phone or tablet, spread two fingers apart on the screen.
The site follows your device’s light or dark setting, so it is easy on the eyes at night.

Tap Search (the magnifying glass at the top of every page) and type a name or a place, for example Muller or Geelong.
Start with just the surname. Spellings often vary in old records, so if you don’t find someone, try another spelling.
To see results from one family only, tick that family under Family beside the results (below them on a phone).
The People A–Z page lists every name in the descendant lists by surname, if you would rather browse.

Open Family tree. Type a name in Find a person and choose the right person from the list that appears.
The page shows that person with their husband or wife, and their children below. Tap a child to see that child’s own family.
To go back up a generation, tap a name in the line of ancestors above the couple.
Full list shows everyone descended from the couple as an indented list. Choose how many generations to show.
Print this family prints the family you are looking at.
The interactive tree covers the Hudson and Clarke descendant lists. The Dunstan, Cuttle and Jenny’s family pages tell their stories in words and photos.

Russell Hudson’s descendant lists put each person on one line, with a short code at the front. For example:

3 D1Thomas HUDSON b1877 d1956 m1908 Laura DUNSTAN b1882 d1947

3 is the generation. Russell counted his great-great-grandparents as generation 1, his great-grandparents as generation 2, and so on.
D is the order of birth: A for the first child of the family, B for the second, C for the third, D for the fourth, and so on.
1 means their first marriage or relationship (2 for a second, and so on). 0 means unmarried and without children.
b is the year of birth, d the year of death, and m the year of marriage, followed by the husband or wife. A ~ or c. before a year means “about”.
Each generation is set in a little further from the left. On long lists, tap the small arrow beside a person to show or hide their descendants, or use Open all and Close all.

Tap or click any photo to see it larger. To go back, tap Close at the top right, tap the dark area around the photo, or press Esc on a keyboard.
The Photos page shows every photo on the site, grouped by family, with a link to the page each one comes from.

The Journeys page shows how each family reached Australia and New Zealand, on maps of the world, Britain and Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand.
Tap a family’s name to show just their journeys. Tap Show on map under a journey to highlight it, or tap a dot on the map to see who passed through that place.
The Timeline tab lists the main events in order, decade by decade.

If you know of a missing birth, marriage or death, spot a mistake, or have a story or photo to share, use Send an update. There is also a link at the bottom of every page.
Say which kind of update it is, write what you know in your own words, and add your email address if you would like a reply.
Every update is read and checked before anything on the site changes.

Use your browser’s Print command: Ctrl and P on a computer (Cmd and P on a Mac). On an iPhone or iPad, tap the Share button, then Print.
Menus and buttons are left off the printout automatically, so you get just the page.

If a page looks wrong or a link doesn’t work, please say so through Send an update (choose Something else) and mention the page.