I love doing Scottish research and find these two books invaluable. Both are by Chris Paton and are in the Unlock the Past family. Down and Out in Scotland, researching ancestral crisis, covers such interesting topics as Illegitimacy, death, law and order, poverty, debt and medical problems. Explanations of how these were dealt with and […]
What I hear you say is Palaeography? Well ever picked up an old document and gone, “I can’t read that/understand the writing?” We all have and this book will help with that. There are five chapters, with Chapter 5 , The Characteristics of Individual Letters being the one you would use the most. Transcripts […]
Have you ever wanted to know who lived in your house, what secrets it hold or just plain curious? I know I am and this started me looking into the history of my house. A useful book, Land Research for Family Historians in Australia and New Zealand by Carole Riley is well worth reading. Carole […]
Do you have a favourite genealogical magazine? Here are some of mine. Your Family History, (top left, English) is one I sometimes pick-up, if I think the contents are interesting. This one has an interesting article on The Making of America. This looks at the British and Irish, who started news lives in […]
Was your ancestor a Bang Beggar, an Earth stopper or a Pardoner? I was browsing a list I have of websites (I do this to see if they still exist or what changes there might be), and came across this one. Index to Old Occupations. http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html It is for the Hall Genealogy Website and has other interesting areas to look […]
I have just started to use the program, Evernote on my iPad and am finding it very interesting. When I was in Canberra, for Congress, I picked up Carole Riley’s new book, Evernote for Family Historians. Carole loves gadgets, new programs and is somewhat of an expert on them and with this one, she is […]
I’ve taken a step into the world of DNA, with the hope of finding distant relations. I used Family Tree DNA for my test and have just uploaded it to a GEDMatch site and have had a tiny bit of luck. I was contacted by a member of the local history group and we are very […]
With ANZAC Day fast upon us, I thought that today I would review a useful book about AIF unit histories. AIF Unit Histories of the Great War of 1914 – 1918, by Ron Austin. ISBN978 0 9808746 5 5. Published by Unlock the Past. Approximate cost $9.00 from Gould Genealogy. 32 pages. This little […]
Sometimes it is good to have a list handy of sites that can be of use to you. I recommend that as you go to save them in Favourites, that you create a folder called Genealogy Links. That way you can find them again, instead of trolling through all your favourites. I recently did a […]
Here is the first of a series about Unlock the Past books. I hope you enjoy them. Today I’ve selected Trove discover genealogy treasure in the National Library of Australia, by Shauna Hicks. Cost is around $14 from Gould Genealogy. ISBN 978 0 9808746 0 0 Pages 39. This book is very useful if […]