Writing Up The Family History with Carol Baxter
When I attended the NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies conference in Camden in September 2016, I was able to catch up with Carol Baxter, the History Detective. Carol had just published the 3rd edition of her popular Writing Interesting Family...
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...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.