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3rd Australasian Scottish Genealogy Conference – What I Learnt!
At the weekend I attended the 3rd Australasian Scottish Genealogy Conference Catch The Moments Scotland 1750 to 1850: A Century of Transformation organised by the Scottish Ancestry Group of the Genealogical Society of Victoria (GSV). It is the first conference I have...
Charles Douglas Spencer – Military Medal for Bravery
Charles Douglas Spencer This ANZAC day I want to commemorate Charles Douglas Spencer, and other Spencer family members who have all been involved in the defence services for over four generations. Charles Douglas Spencer (SX 428), or Doug as he was more commonly...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 15 Sports
I’m participating in the 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history challenge. I've missed a few weeks in this series due to my overseas genealogy cruise and catching some dreaded virus on my return to Melbourne from the tropical north. This week's topic is sport and...
Unlock The Past’s Brisbane seminar
It was a bit strange turning up for an afternoon of genealogy talks only a few days after the Unlock the Past history and genealogy cruise. There were quite a few friendly faces from the cruise and perhaps over a 100 other attendees. It was a free half day seminar...
Genealogy Cruising – Why I Am A Fan!
Below is my original post - I have now discovered Day 6 and Overview blogs written by Aimee which give her final points on her experiences during the cruise. Max and I found the smoke free side of the ship early on and I don't think either of us will go close to only...
Researching Irish Ancestors
Last year for St Patrick's Day I wrote a blog Letters Home - My Irish Families (6 Mar 2010). It reunited me with three distant lines of my Jeffers family of Portadown, Ireland which was exciting for all of us. This year my tribute to St Patrick's Day will be sharing...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 10 Disasters
I’m participating in the 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history challenge. I'm fortunate that my immediate family have never suffered a big disaster - my mother's family were continually flooded out when she was young and that is the reason why there are few...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 9 Sounds
I’m participating in the 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history challenge. This week's challenge is to describe sounds that take you back to your childhood. This one stumped me for a while as I couldn't really think of any sounds that opened up memories. In fact I...
Scottish Genealogy & Serendipity in Victoria
I believe that serendipity happens a lot in genealogy and one of the things on my to do list for 2011 is to revisit my Scottish families and find out more about them. I first researched them in the late 1970s, and ad hoc since then. However, there are many resources...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 8 Technology
I’m participating in the 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history challenge. This week’s topic is all about what were some of the technological advances that happened during your childhood. Wow - where to start as there has been incredible change during my 50...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.