“Merry” Month of May Meme – My New Norm
My friend Pauleen has challenged us with this new genealogy meme during May 2022. How has the last two years of pandemic and lockdown changed us and our lives around us. Anyone can join in and let Pauleen know, so that she can include your post in her round up....
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 9 Women – females – Helen carnegie
I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s genealogy blog challenge – 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. A bit behind but a weekly blog challenge is hard when we have jobs, families and everything else. The important thing is to keep going because eventually you will have 52...
52 Ancestors in 52 weeks: Week 8 Branching out – Courting – Mum & Dad
I am participating in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge. You can see the previous weeks on my website’s Blog page. Courting is a tricky subject because normally we do not know how our ancestors met. If you are lucky and have known your grandparents,...
RootsTech Connect 2022: My experience
Well RootsTech is all over again for another year. My only disappointment was that it was not in person. I have been promising myself this trip for the last few years but something has always prevented me from attending. Maybe 2023 will be the year. While virtual, it...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.