Welcome

Welcome to the family history website for the Lather Family.

Well, to be specific, it is my family – Wayne Lather (born 1971 Queensland Australia). There will no  doubt be other Lather families, some of whom may be closely related and others not at all.

Obviously many other family names will end up in the tree, so this website will not just be for the Lather family but any other relatives and ancestors. Check out the people page to search for any person you may be researching.

This website started as a way to record the research the family tree rather than lots of pieces of paper in the study. By using the links we could make the connections between all the bits of information without some complicated software.

As the website is publicly available, we are happy to share what we find which might help someone else out!

If you are able to help us out, that would be great too. Perhaps one of our ancestors is also one of your ancestors! Perhaps you have a whole lot of info on that ancestor! Just use the form in the contact section, which will send us an email and we will be in touch.

About the photo in the heading of this website. That is the home of my great-great- grandparents Johann Conrad Lather and Margaretha Lather. The home is above their sawmill on the Nerang River, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 

If you would like to contact the authors of this website, please complete the following form and we will reply as soon as possible:

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Policy on Living Relatives

While it is all very interesting to read about insolvency, crimes, misdemeanours and other affairs of our ancestors from a hundred or two hundred years ago, people who are still living are likely to be more sensitive about similar information about themselves.

So here’s a working draft of a policy regarding what information to publish about people who are still living.

Dates of Birth

Not just impolite to discuss a lady’s age (and embarrassing if they imply a younger age!) but also potentially dangerous. This is one piece of information that could be used for identity theft.

So I will publish a birth-year but not the month and day for living people.

Crimes, Financial Matters

Insolvency and Bankruptcy are not to be published on this website. Similarly if someone goes to court or even found guilty of a crime, then you won’t read about it here. At least not for people who are alive!

Relationships

A child born out of wedlock used to be a terrible curse, but no so much these days. Similarly divorce was also not discussed in polite society.

I don’t think these issues are a cause of embarrassment or able to be used against someone, so these can be included on the website. Not that I am going to shout it from the rooftops, but if someone is clever enough to compare dates of weddings versus date of birth for the couples child, then so be it.

Permission

All of the information about a living person that will be published on this website is likely to be publicly available anyway. Therefore I won’t be chasing down people to obtain their permission for a standard entry into the website. If there is an issue that I think could be embarrassing, I will make an attempt to gain permission before publishing.

Right to Correct Misinformation

If you believe I have published incorrect information, or would like something not published, then please contact me and I will happily update the page.

If I have made a mistake or caused embarrassment, I humbly apologise.

Cheers,

Wayne Lather

This is where we will record our thoughts on what to research, including any questions that might be intriguing us.