Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2023
I invite you to take part in this activity by responding to the following statements/questions, several of which are new, in a blog post. Write as much or as little as you want and complete as many statements as you wish. If you wish to take part and don’t have...
RootsTech 2023: the in-person view of a first timer
RootsTech 2023 has come and gone, and this report is a bit delayed as I spent a further three weeks in the USA. A few days in Florida in Fernandina Beach with a friend then off to Fort Lauderdale for a 7 night cruise in the Caribbean. We visited the Bahamas, Jamaica,...
Report on Family History Down Under November 2022
It was good to finally attend FHDU 2022 a four-day event in person after the delays of Covid. Getting to Castle Hill in Sydney and staying at the Hills Lodge was not cheap but worth it. Most of the speakers were staying there and quite a few of the attendees who I...
Review of Sands of Time Conference Redcliffe October 2022
Despite the very unkind weather over the weekend, the Sands of Time genealogy conference was a big success. Three days of genealogy at the Dolphins Leagues Club at Redcliffe, Queensland. Just down the road from where I live if you don’t factor in the highway traffic....
Geneatravel in National Family History Month
Geneatravelling Again in Person: a review of the AFFHO Congress on Norfolk Island and the Family History Expos in Auckland and Christchurch August 2022 It has been a while since we have been able to attend genealogy conferences in person. To combine that again with...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.