52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 1 Military Medals
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2013
Well known geneablogger Geniaus has again invited the genealogy blogging community to her annual Accentuate the Positive Geneameme. As usual I can’t resist the challenge so below are my responses to her twenty questions. Anyone can join in this activity in their...Genealogy Aspirations 2014
This year has gone incredibly fast! It has been busy with settling into our new home on Bribie Island and doing some travel as usual. Regular readers will know that I like to review my genealogy goals at the end of a year and to set myself some new genealogy goals for...Australian Society of Archivists conference report Oct 2013
The ASA’s conference was held in Canberra on 15-18 October 2013 and it was great to catch up with old friends and colleagues. The networking opportunity is what makes a conference really good for me but of course, the program has to be interesting too. With a...Using the State Library of Victoria From Afar!
Back in September I was asked to do a guest blog for Family Matters, the genealogy blog of the State Library of Victoria. I’m including it on my website for those who might not have seen the Library’s blog. When I left Victoria last year for sunny...NSW & ACT Conference Sessions Canberra Sep 2013
This is part of a series of blogs following my attendance at the NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies annual conference – this year hosted by the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra (HAGSOC) in Canberra. My report on the Family History...NSW & ACT Family History Fair Canberra Sep 2013
The NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies holds an annual conference each year and if it is somewhere I can easily get to, I try and attend. They started in 1984 and this was my 7th conference (my 1st was 1994) and although now living on Bribie Island...The Bloggers’ Geneameme for NFHM
For National Family History Month, Geniaus compiled another one of her popular geneamemes as a cyber activity. As usual I can’t resist her geneameme challenges so here are my responses to her Bloggers’ Geneameme. What are the titles and URLs of your...31 Activities for Societies during NFHM – the Final 16!
For National Family History Month I compiled a list of 31 activities for researchers and 31 activities for genealogy/family history societies to think about during August. Read about the first 15 activities for societies here and below is the final 16. 16 Convert your...31 Activities for NFHM (researchers) – The Final 16!
For National Family History Month 2013 I created a list of 31 activities for researchers to do. My blog for the first 15 activities is here. Here are the final 16 activities: 16 Attend or listen to a webinar There has been little time for this luxury but one...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.