Trove Tuesday – Transmission by Death Notices
For my first Trove Tuesday post of 2017, I am highlighting the wonderful information that can be located in the seemingly boring Government Notices section of newspapers. Today’s topic is transmission by death notices and this is where property is directly...
Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2016
Each year Geniaus (Jill Ball) invites people to take part in this activity by responding to the following statements/questions in a blog post. Write as much or as little as you want or answer just a few questions. I always like to participate as it gives me a chance...
2016 Genealogy Reflections: 2017 Genealogy Expectations
Genealogy and technology just keeps on getting better and better. When I first started researching the family history in 1977 who would have imagined that we could do so much simply sitting at home. In March 2017 I will be celebrating 40 years of passionate and...
Review of The Spyglass File: a genealogical crime mystery
This is the fourth book of the adventures of fictional forensic genealogist, Morton Farrier by UK author Nathan Dylan Goodwin . My December 2014 review of the first two books Hiding the Past and The Lost Ancestor can be read here. Then there was the novella, The...
Report on Day Two of Unlock the Past History & Genealogy Expo Adelaide 8 Oct 2016
Unlock the Past held a two day history and genealogy expo in Adelaide on 7-8 Oct 2016. There is a separate report for Day One and this post completes the report on the whole expo. Before the talks got underway, I visited some more of the exhibitors. Although I have no...
Report on Day One of Unlock the Past History & Genealogy Expo, Adelaide 7 Oct 2016
Unlock the Past held a two day history and genealogy expo in Adelaide and as this was a huge event, I am dividing the report into two, one for each day. Day One attracted lots of people, not only those in Adelaide and South Australia but I also caught up with friends...
The Search for Henry Spencer
I first wrote this blog post on 7 Sep 2010 for another website and have now decided to also put it on my own website with the rest of the posts on the Spencer family. In the last paragraph below, I talked about how we hoped to find some long lost cousins and reconnect...
Report on Camden Cowpastures and Beyond Genealogy Conference Sep 2016
Whenever possible I try to attend the annual NSW & ACT Family History Organisations annual conference. This year it was in Camden New South Wales and I flew to Canberra and then hitched a lift with a long time geneafriend who was also going. So a long day of...
Family Places – Week 4 National Family History Month 2016 Blogging Challenge
Alex Daw (aka FamilyTreeFrog) has set up a weekly blog challenge for National Family History Month 2016. I like blogging challenges as they usually get me writing about topics that I might not normally do. Week 4′ s challenge is: Australian poet Dorothea...
Military Ancestors – Week 3 National Family History Month 2016 blogging challenge
Alex Daw (aka FamilyTreeFrog) has set up a weekly blog challenge for National Family History Month 2016. I like blogging challenges as they usually get me writing about topics that I might not normally do. Week 3′ s challenge is – Significant military...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.