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Writing Family History Again
Back on 24 August 2011 I wrote a Writing Family History blog and since then I have met and talked with two interesting authors and have read and reviewed their books. As I have mentioned in previous blogs, I have been a fan of Hazel Edwards for many years and recently...
My Ancestors’ Geneameme
Geniaus is one of my favourite Australian bloggers and I can easily follow her posts on Twitter. She likes to issue challenges from time to time and here is another Meme challenge - The Ancestors' Geneameme. This was issued on Friday and I notice that there is already...
Ongoing Value of Genealogy Conference Papers
In my 'spare' time, I have been compiling a list of all the conference papers presented at VAFHO (Victorian Association of Family History Organisations) conferences between 1995 and 2010. Conferences are usually held every two years but there are exceptions especially...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 39 Least Favourite Foods
I’m participating in the weekly blogging theme 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History and this week’s topic is all about our least favourite foods. When I first saw the topic all the horrible things Mum used to cook for me as a child instantly came to mind. Now...
Old Research, New Resources, Fresh Eyes
I started researching my family history in August 1977, just over 34 years ago and I am amazed at the changes over that time. Anyone starting out now can't appreciate just how hard it was back then, especially trying to do it from Australia. Yesterday I proved (I...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 37 Earliest Memories
I’m participating in the weekly blogging theme 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History and this week’s topic is all about our earliest memories. I find it hard to define earliest - is it what I actually remember or what I think I remember? A lot of early...
The Tech Savvy Genealogists’ Meme
Another Geniaus challenge - interestingly it captures all of the issues I have been looking at over the last few months ie new phone, tablet, netbook, scanner etc - parts of me want to be tech savvy but other parts of me want to go back to my Grade one slate and...
My 99 Things Genealogy Meme – Australian Style
My 99 Things Genealogy Meme – Australian This genealogy challenge was issued by Geniaus and the list should be annotated as follows: Things you have already done or found - bold type Things you would like to do or find - italics (colour optional) Things you have not...
Review Unlock the Past History & Genealogy Expo, Geelong 2-3 Sep 2011
Well it was a busy two days at the last for 2011 Unlock the Past (UTP) history and genealogy expo in Geelong on 2-3 September. Over 600 people attended and there were over 70 exhibitors and two streams of talks, some for a $5 fee and others free - so something for...
Writing Family History
Back in May I was both a speaker and an attendee at the Unlock the Past Researching and Writing History seminar in Adelaide. I wrote a review of it and said that I would write more about my own session. After months of travelling around I am finally getting around to...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.