Ever been away and someone gets out a really old photo and says, ‘this is your great grandma’ and you think I want a copy? Now when you go away you can take a scanner with you and copy the photo straight away! I have a Flip Pal scanner, photos below and it is fantastic! […]
Chat Time
Congress
To give it its full title, The 14th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry. The theme, Generations meeting across time. I spent two days at congress and had a wonderful time. The only thing I missed was the first keynote address on Friday morning, giving myself a 9.45am start, rather than an 8.30am one. My […]
Where do I start?
You know that Great Aunt Maud lead a colourful life and that Uncle Fred ran away to a circus but are they really your ancestors or just stories about people the family knew? So to find out these people are related to you, lets start with you. Always start from what you know and work backwards. […]
New look website.
Welcome to the new and improved Research By Lily website. Have a wander through the pages and see what has changed, been added or improved. There will still be a few ‘tweaks’ as I settle in to the site, so please for give me, it is all new to me. One of the changes that […]
A couple of photos

An inside view of the main area. I had fun wandering around.