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The Future of Genealogy (as seen from Feb 2014)
On the recent Unlock the Past genealogy cruise, Thomas MacEntee chaired a panel session looking at the future of genealogy. The panellists were myself (Shauna Hicks from Queensland, Mike Murray from Western Australia, Chris Paton from Scotland and Kirsty Gray from...
Review of 4th Unlock the Past Genealogy Cruise Feb 2014
The cruise left from Sydney then on to Melbourne, then Adelaide, then Hobart and finally back to Sydney. This was my 4th cruise with Unlock the Past as a cruise presenter and as usual I will do an overall review of the cruise. Perhaps the question I was asked most...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 6 Land Records
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focussing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 5 Family Stories
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focussing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 4 Memorial Cards
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 3 Probates (wills and administrations)
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focussing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
Australia Day Challenge 2014: C’mon Aussie
One of my favourite bloggers, Cassmob, has issued an Australia Day Challenge C'mon Aussie geneameme and as usual I can't resist. Anyone can join in and all the details are at the C'mon Aussie link. CLIMBING YOUR FAMILY’S GUM TREE My first ancestor to arrive in...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 2 Internal Migration
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focussing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 1 Military Medals
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2013
Well known geneablogger Geniaus has again invited the genealogy blogging community to her annual Accentuate the Positive Geneameme. As usual I can't resist the challenge so below are my responses to her twenty questions. Anyone can join in this activity in their own...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.