52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 4 – Home
I’m participating in the 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history challenge. This week’s challenge is to describe the home we grew up in. This is much easier for me as my parents stayed in the same place for the whole of their married life. Not like...My Ancestor Approved Award
I am honoured and delighted to have been nominated for the Ancestor Approved Award by both Kerrie Farmer and Judy Webster. The Award was created by Leslie Ann Ballou to acknowledge genealogy blogs that are ‘full of tips and tricks as well as funny and...Australia Day 2011 My Earliest Documents
This is my contribution to the Australia Day blogging theme suggested by Twigs of Yore celebrating our earliest connections and documents in Australia. By the time my son was born, I had been tracing my own family history for ten years and I knew that my earliest...Online Genealogy Courses
Last year while on the Unlock the Past history and genealogy roadshow I met and got to know Louise St Denis, Director of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (NIGS). On the New Zealand part of the trip I also met up with Kerrie Farmer, the new Director,...52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Week 3 Cars
This week’s topic is one that I do have clear memories of. As a teenager I wasn’t all that fussed on getting a driver’s license and in fact, I was in my early 20s before I obtained my first driver’s license. By then I was married and my husband...52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Week 2 Winter
Like Week 1 in this series 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History, I am finding it hard to remember things from my childhood. I simply cannot remember winter in Queensland although I was there for over 40 years which seems unbelievable. However I think I...My 2011 Genealogy Aspirations
It has taken me a little while to finally decide on what I want to focus on in 2011. My review of my 2010 aspirations made me realise I was really trying to do too much in too many areas. The five key areas I have decided on are: 1. Write up my mother’s Price...52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Week 1 New Year’s Day
Well I have just signed up for another 52 weeks of improving my genealogy skills with Geneabloggers. Last year’s theme was Better Genealogy and this year the theme is Personal Genealogy & History. The first week is looking at New Year’s Day traditions...My 2010 Genealogy Aspirations Review
On 28 December 2009 I posted my New Year Genie Aspirations for 2010 and on 9 July 2010 I did a mid year review of those resolutions where I found that I was not keeping up with my ambitions for the year. After July my year was even busier so it is interesting to...Reading For Genealogy – Archives Annual Reports
This is a continuation of my last blog What Are You Reading For Genealogy? Government publications might seem a strange choice and some might think my working in government for 35 years has coloured my choice of reading material, especially for genealogy. But I hope...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.