Congress 2015 has come and gone and The Carnival is Over. I imagine Convenor Kerrie Gary and her team of “green people” and “purple people” have all collapsed in a heap after a job well done…they certainly took care of us very well and provided us with a luxury smorgasbord of speakers. So…what of my … More Congress 2015: The Carnival Is Over
Registration completed, bags collected and blogger beads have been donned. The crowds gathered and the conversations began…in fact the bus to the Australian War Memorial for the welcome did sound like a flock of happy lorikeets settling into the gum tree for the evening <smile>. The buzz didn’t cease as we entered the hall dominated … More Welcome to Congress
My email this morning included one from Congress 2015 convenor, Kerrie Gray…the new Congress app (on Android and Apple) is now available. Over my morning coffee I downloaded the app to my iPad, and added the sessions, and keynotes, that I was attending. Kerrie offered these useful guidelines for adding presentations to the “My Program” … More All App’d up for Congress in five more days
Today’s Congress 2015 speaker interview is with Grace Karskens from the University of New South Wales, one of the keynote presenters. I’m excited about her presentation and think it will offer much food for thought for all of us. I wonder if you could tell us a little about your background? Are you a genealogist, researcher, … More Meet Congress 2015 Speaker: Grace Karskens
Exciting news to hand from the Congress 2015 organisers…we are to have a Congress app which will contain all sorts of handy info making it easy to carry Congress content (and current) on your smart phone or tablet. I used the RootsTech app when I was at Salt Lake and found it super-helpful so expect … More Let’s get Congress ‘Appy
As the bingo callers say “13, lucky for some” as it is for genealogists who’ve been procrastinating about Congress 2015 in Canberra. The big day is now only 13 days away and today is the last day to submit your late registration, sign up for the social functions, and generally start thinking about your session … More Black Cats and Bingo Callers: Congress 2015 Final Registration
Tonight I had a glitch with GeniAus’s Hangout on Air for which the topic was an enquiry from Sharon from Gathering Dust blog re how we each handle our filing/”piling” system. Perhaps the gods were laughing,as after the first minutes I was inaudible to anyone and my screen dump didn’t work. In the end I … More Dare I do it?
Family history across the seas 