DNA is the biggest thing to arrive in genealogy, so far. What is DNA? DNA is Deoxyribonucleic Acid, what makes us, us! What gives us certain traits, like hair or eye colour or that crazy ability to roll your tongue. (I can’t but the kids can, blame their dad.) It also contains ‘bits’ of our […]
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A Useful Book
Sydney Cemeteries, A Field Guide, by Lisa Murray. Before I went to Salt Lake City, I indulged myself and purchased this book. I had read several reviews about it had even flicked through it before I made my decision. At $35, it is excellent value and well worth the investment, for serious researchers or even […]
RootsTech 2017
I have just returned for Salt Lake City, where I attended RootsTech. This is genealogy conference that combines both genealogy (roots) and different technology (tech) in one place. Held over three days, there is actually four days but the Wednesday is for the Innovator Summit and a few class sessions, late in the day. A […]
Finding a home for the Bissland Family Bible.
The Bissland Family Bible. This post is asking for a bit of help and I know the answers to what happened to the family, as I have researched them. I was asked for help, via Facebook and it went something like this. J; ‘I have this bible I found 1988/89, belonging to the […]
Some South Australian Research
Talking to both staff, from State Records and Genealogy SA, at the expo, I figured that a bit of research might be good. August Jasper arrived in Adelaide, in 1876 and I was curious as to what he had done, during his time there. An article, I found on Trove, see the post, 16 September […]
Some really good websites
During the past month I’ve attended several presentations and listened to webinars and thought that I would share some of the websites mentioned. Guild Of One Name Studies or GOONS Stuck on a surname? Not sure where to search for it? Try the GOONS. This site is worldwide and people register their One Name […]
An Interesting Couple of Weekends.
I have been busy, the past two Saturdays, going to lectures at the Society of Australian Genealogists. Last week, Michelle Patient talked about Breaking Down Brickwalls. This gave us ideas, tips and useful websites to use to try and find where our ancestors got to. Using timelines was a tip, that I’d thought about […]
A Weekend of Webinars!
Last weekend the Society of Australian Genealogists, (SAG), ran one of their ‘Lost In’ weekends, I have been to ‘Lost in Goulburn’ weekend, in 2011 and their one at the NSW State Library, in 2012. Since then they have held ‘virtual’ weekends and they have been wonderful. These are usually one hour talks with good […]
Transcription Agents
Hi, Here in New South Wales (NSW), we have three transcription agents, Joy Murrin, Marilyn Rowan and Laurie Turtle. These wonderful people and save you money, when you want a certificate, to verify a birth, death or marriage. What, might you ask is a transcript? A transcript is an actual copy of a document, everything […]
From NSW Archives.
http://archivesoutside.records.nsw.gov.au/useful-tips-for-reading-handwritten-documents/ I hope this helps you, when reading those wonderful documents. I can’t get the link to work but cut and paste will work.