52 Ancestors in 52 weeks: Week 8 Branching out – Courting – Mum & Dad
I am participating in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge. You can see the previous weeks on my website’s Blog page. Courting is a tricky subject because normally we do not know how our ancestors met. If you are lucky and have known your grandparents,...
RootsTech Connect 2022: My experience
Well RootsTech is all over again for another year. My only disappointment was that it was not in person. I have been promising myself this trip for the last few years but something has always prevented me from attending. Maybe 2023 will be the year. While virtual, it...
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 7 Branching Out – Landed – Robert Fegan
I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s genealogy blog challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. See my previous posts here. This week’s challenge was Branching Out – Landed and I struggled with who to write about. Those ancestors with land had previously been written...
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 6 Branching out Maps – John Carnegie
I am currently participating in the genealogy blog challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks set by Amy Johnson Crow. You can see the earlier weeks under the My Blog option on my website. The Week 6 topic left me a bit stumped for inspiration. I ended up thinking of John...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.