I know I haven’t posted since I did the one on RootsTech but I have been busy. Covid-19 is still raging and I am still staying home or not venturing very far, if I do go out. Shopping is done online, meetings are done through Zoom, gotomeeting or gotowebinar. Face-time with the grandchildren and phone […]
This year I stayed at the hotel, opposite the Salt Palace, so it was just a very short walk, to get there. My day started with an interview for My Heritage on how I use it and what I like about it. I then went to Lisa A Alzo’s talk on 25 Hacks for genealogy. […]
Each year, Jill Ball challenges us to Accentuate the Positive, making us reflect on the previous year. Mine is short and sweet, this time but I did have an amazing time in England, Scotland and Ireland, walking in my ancestors footsteps and discovering some amazing places. Neither of my blogs relate to genealogy but are […]
Don’t know what colour to paint the hall, bedroom or family room? Why don’t you do as King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands have done? The photo, below is from the magazine Hello, number 1595, 5 August 2019, page 84. To quote the article, “The most intriguing room is the DNA Room, homage […]
(names have been changed, for privacy.) Thirty-four years ago, I started this crazy, exciting, sometimes frustrating genealogy journey. This is part of that journey and one I am thrilled to have taken. My Dad, Matthew A, had been married and had three children, before he was widowed and then re-married, to my Mum. Those three […]
Blaine is a speaker at DNA Down Under, from 14, to 31 August 2019, in six cities. I have listened to him, online from RootsTech and he makes DNA simple! This book is very easy to read and gives core concepts, in each chapter, checklists, clear, easy to understand graphs and drawings and compares different […]
https://www.dnadownunder.com/ SYDNEY | THURSDAY 29 – SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 2019 This is three full days of everything you wanted to know about DNA. Featuring speaker, Blaine Bettinger, from the USA, with Helen Smith, Michelle Patient, Kerry Farmer, Louise Coakley and Fiona Brooker. It is going to be so hard to pick who […]
I use the Australian National Archives site, Trove, to discover more about my ancestors. https://trove.nla.gov.au/ This small snippett, tells me that my late uncle was a milkman and that he could yodel. What could you find? The Forbes Advocate (NSW 1911-1954), dated Friday 17 March 1944. on page 1 had this lovely tribute to my Uncle […]
Last night I attended a writing workshop at Writing NSW, https://writingnsw.org.au/ on Finding the detail: research tools for writers, presented by Eleanor Limprecht. Eleanore has written three novels, many articles and reviews and she gave insights into her research. https://www.eleanorlimprecht.com/about/ You can read more about her books on her website. It was held at Writing NSW, headquaters, […]
Please note that those names marked with * have been changed, as they are still living. My name, well I wrote the post. May/June 1922, cold days and colder nights, when a 22 year old woman leaves her baby son at a train station, in Sydney. Given the name Peter*, it will take until nearly […]