by shaunahicks | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog
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...
by shaunahicks | Jan 10, 2017 | Blog
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...
by shaunahicks | Jan 1, 2017 | Blog
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...
by shaunahicks | Dec 30, 2016 | Blog
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...
by shaunahicks | Oct 14, 2016 | Blog
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...