Today is day 6 of 2022 and I am wondering if it will be ‘better’ than both 2021 and 2020? Friends have said that they aren’t going to set goals, for this year as they don’t want the pressure, to meet them and I agree. The past two years have been stressful, with Covid-19 rampant […]
Chat Time
FINISHED!!!!!!
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 […]
RootsTech 2020
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. […]
Accentuate the Positive
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 […]
An Interesting use of DNA Sequences.
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 […]
Ancestry DNA.
(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 […]
DNADownUnder, speaker Blaine T. Bettinger
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 […]
I’m a DNA Ambassador!
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 […]
Using Newspapers to ‘Discover’ Ancestors
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 […]
Writing and an Interesting Drive Home.
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, […]