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Unlock the Past Tasmanian Cruise Mar 2020 Report Part Two
This is a continuation of the recent Unlock the Past genealogy cruise. Read Part One here which covers the first three days. Kangaroo Island (part of South Australia) was the only port we spent time in. Day 4 did not go to plan - we were supposed to do scenic cruising...
Unlock the Past Tasmanian Cruise Mar 2020 Report Part One
We live in interesting times thanks to the coronavirus. Sadly some people could not make it, including one of the speakers Kerry Farmer. For those on board, the genealogy talks were fantastic and lots to keep us interested during the day and evening. The cruise left...
Preparing Your Family History Records For Hand Over Month 3 Progress Report
In November 2019 I set a 12 month personal genealogy blog challenge - Preparing Your Family History for Hand Over in the Future. Read about the issues I am going to tackle over the next 12 months and follow my progress. It is obviously a topic that resonates with lots...
Preparing Your Family History Records for Hand Over – Month 2 Progress Report
In November 2019 I set a 12 month personal genealogy blog challenge - Preparing Your Family History for Hand Over in the Future. Read about the issues I am going to tackle over the next 12 months and follow my progress. It is obviously a topic that resonates with lots...
Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2019
Each year since 2012 (except for 2018) Jill Ball invites the genealogy community to take part in this activity by responding to the following statements/questions in a blog post. Write as much or as little as you want and complete as many statements as you wish. If...
Preparing Your Family History Records for Handover – Month 1 progress report
In November 2019 I set a 12 month personal genealogy blog challenge - Preparing Your Family History for Hand Over in the Future. Read about the issues I am going to tackle over the next 12 months and follow my progress. It is obviously a topic that resonates with lots...
Preparing Your Family History Records For Hand Over in the Future
Recent health issues have made me realise, more than ever, that if our family history is not well organised and compact then no one is going to want it. Having started way back in 1977 my records are a mix of paper and digital, there are books, genealogy journals,...
Sydney DNA Down Under Report Part 2 Aug 2019
I was privileged to be an ambassador for the Unlock the Past DNA Down Under tour and went to both the one day Brisbane and 3 day Sydney events. Read about my report for Brisbane here. As Sydney was over 3 days I have written the report in two parts. Read about Days...
Sydney DNA Down Under Report Part 1 Aug 2019
I was privileged to be an ambassador for the Unlock the Past DNA Down Under tour and went to both the one day Brisbane and 3 day Sydney events. Read about my report for Brisbane here. As Sydney was over 3 days I will report first on Days 1 and 2 and then a second blog...
Brisbane DNA DownUnder Report Aug 2019
Bribie Island is about an hour's drive from the event venue and the highway traffic can be unpredictable. After an early start I arrived about 15 minutes before registration was about to commence. Totally shocked to find the car park almost full but I managed to get...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.