Genealogy Cruising Days 7-12 with Unlock the Past around New Zealand and Southern Australia
This is a continuing series of blog posts on the 10th Unlock the Past cruise to New Zealand and southern Australia through to Fremantle in Western Australia. If you missed Days 1-6, catch up here. Day 7 was at Port Chalmers, just a short bus ride away from Dunedin on...
Genealogy Cruising Days 1-6 with Unlock the Past around New Zealand and Southern Australia
This is the 10th Unlock the Past genealogy cruise and I am excited to be on this one because I have been wanting to hear Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist in person for some time. Plus there is a variety of other fantastic speakers covering a wide range of topics....
Herbert William White – Australia Day 2016 Tribute
For Australia Day this year I am writing about my great grandfather Herbert William White, born in the parish of Farley in Wiltshire, England in 1864. He was the son of Robert White and Emma nee Titt and had nine siblings. Herbert immigrated to Townsville, Queensland...
Brisbane River Pilot James Carnegie – Trove Tuesday blog
Trove Tuesday blogging has been happening for years but I have never participated in the challenge before. So in 2016 I thought it was time I did at least one Trove Tuesday post a month. Hopefully more but at least this is a start. Today I finished up a talk that I am...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.