Surname Saturday Meme: Names, Places and Most Wanted Faces

by | Nov 17, 2011 | Blog

As a regular reader of Geniaus‘ blogs, I often find myself (lately) doing memes. Sometimes they are created by Geniaus and sometimes she has picked up memes from fellow bloggers. This is one of the latter, and it is a really useful way to advertise the primary...

Remembrance Day & My Two Grandfathers

by | Nov 10, 2011 | Blog

Each ANZAC Day I like to blog about one of my military ancestors, and this Remembrance Day I have decided to do the same. Neither of my two grandfathers spent much time in military service but their stories are still interesting. Although my parents were born only a...

Old Research, New Resources, Fresh Eyes

by | Sep 18, 2011 | Blog

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...

Finding Ancestors in Church Publications

by | Apr 16, 2010 | Blog

Since December 2009 I have been writing a monthly article on Finding Ancestors in Church Publications for Australian Family Tree Connections (AFTC). Parts 1-3 are now available online on Unlock the Past to make the articles more accessible. Church publications include...