50 Australian Websites For Family History
Christmas Greetings! There are numerous ‘best of’ lists but rarely do they include Australian websites. This list reflects my own interests but I would welcome suggestions and would love to make it a Top 100 list. Some websites fitted more than one category,...No Time For Family History
Many years ago I bought a slim Federation of Family History Societies publication by Eve McLaughlin entitled No Time For Family History? and this was largely in the pre personal computer days. Back then we were busy people and we squeezed the family history in by not...Living Relatives – Don’t Waste Opportunity
This week’s blog sees me back in Brisbane at my mother’s. Over the last few months I seem to have spent more time in Brisbane than I have in years. Mum’s illness also means that I have spent more time with her than I have in decades and at a time...Serendipity or Advertising Your Ancestors
I finished last week’s blog by saying that Serendipity would guide this week’s entry. Fortunately Serendipity was kind to me and I can report that it does pay to advertise your ancestors in publications, on websites and on social networking sites like...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.