Dec 29, 2014

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Genealogy Aspirations 2015

Genealogy Aspirations 2015

This year has gone incredibly fast! But then I seem to be saying that every year lately. There is the odd time when I think it would be nice to simply sit and do nothing but there is always something exciting happening with my family history research or we are indulging my other love, travel. Regular readers will know that I like to review my genealogy hopes at the end of a year and to set myself some...

Dec 27, 2014

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Interview with David Berry – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015...

Interview with David Berry – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015

As one of the official AFFHO Congress 2015 bloggers, it is my pleasure to interview speakers and learn more about them prior to the Congress in Canberra in March 2015. Organised by AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations), Congress is only held every three years. It attracts some of the best speakers in Australasia and overseas, hundreds of keen family history enthusiasts and lots of trade exhibitors and without doubt is the major genealogy, family history and heraldry event in Australasia....

Dec 23, 2014

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Interview with Jennie Norberry – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015...

Interview with Jennie Norberry – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015

As one of the official AFFHO Congress 2015 bloggers, it is my pleasure to interview speakers and learn more about them prior to the Congress in Canberra in March 2015. Organised by AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations), Congress is only held every three years. It attracts some of the best speakers in Australasia and overseas, hundreds of keen family history enthusiasts and lots of trade exhibitors and without doubt is the major genealogy, family history and heraldry event in Australasia....

Dec 20, 2014

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Interview with Cora Num – keynote speaker AFFHO Congress 2015...

Interview with Cora Num – keynote speaker AFFHO Congress 2015

As one of the official AFFHO Congress 2015 bloggers, it is my pleasure to interview speakers and learn more about them prior to the Congress in Canberra in March 2015. Organised by AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations), Congress is only held every three years. It attracts some of the best speakers in Australasia and overseas, hundreds of keen family history enthusiasts and lots of trade exhibitors and without doubt is the major genealogy, family history and...

Dec 16, 2014

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Interview with Kate Bagnall – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015...

Interview with Kate Bagnall – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015

As one of the official AFFHO Congress 2015 bloggers, it is my pleasure to interview speakers and learn more about them prior to the Congress in Canberra in March 2015. Organised by AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations),  Congress is only held every three years. It attracts some of the best speakers in Australasia and overseas, hundreds of keen family history enthusiasts and lots of trade exhibitors and without doubt is the major genealogy, family history and heraldry event in Australasia. See the...

Dec 13, 2014

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Interview with Robyn Williams – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015...

Interview with Robyn Williams – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015

As one of the official AFFHO Congress 2015 bloggers, it is my pleasure to interview speakers and learn more about them prior to the Congress in Canberra in March 2015. Organised by AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations),  Congress is only held every three years. It attracts some of the best speakers in Australasia and overseas, hundreds of keen family history enthusiasts and lots of trade exhibitors and without doubt is the major genealogy, family history and heraldry event in Australasia. See the...

Dec 8, 2014

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Interview with Michelle Nichols – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015...

Interview with Michelle Nichols – speaker AFFHO Congress 2015

As one of the official AFFHO Congress 2015 bloggers, it is my pleasure to interview speakers and learn more about them prior to the Congress in Canberra in March 2015. Organised by AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations),  Congress is only held every three years. It attracts some of the best speakers in Australasia and overseas, hundreds of keen family history enthusiasts and lots of trade exhibitors and without doubt is the major genealogy, family history and heraldry event in Australasia. See the...

Dec 7, 2014

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Book Review – Hiding the Past and The Lost Ancestor by Nathan Dylan Goodwin...

Book Review – Hiding the Past and The Lost Ancestor by Nathan Dylan Goodwin

Review of Hiding the Past and The Lost Ancestor by UK author Nathan Dylan Goodwin www.nathandylangoodwin.com – available in print or as an e-book. Nathan asked me to review his two books and not having read a genealogical mystery novel before I was keen to see what the books would be like. Described as genealogical crime mysteries, Hiding the Past is the first in the series with The Lost Ancestor continuing the cases (and adventures) of Morton Farrier, a young...

Dec 6, 2014

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2014 Christmas Genealogy Meme

2014 Christmas Genealogy Meme

I am participating in Geneablogger Sharn White’s Christmas Genealogy Meme. As Sharn says, genealogy memes are a wonderful way to record your Christmas traditions and memories for your family, so I hope that you will join me in responding to her prompts. The prompts are merely suggestions. Please fell free to answer any way you wish. Your answers may be as brief as one word or as loquacious as takes your fancy and please don’t feel as though you must...

Dec 3, 2014

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Interview With Sue Reid: speaker AFFHO Congress 2015...

Interview With Sue Reid: speaker AFFHO Congress 2015

As one of the official AFFHO Congress 2015 bloggers, it is my pleasure to interview speakers and learn more about them prior to the Congress in Canberra in March 2015. Organised by AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations),  Congress is only held every three years. It attracts some of the best speakers in Australasia and overseas, hundreds of keen family history enthusiasts and lots of trade exhibitors and without doubt is the major genealogy, family history and heraldry event in Australasia. See the...