Over the years I’ve written various posts for Australia Day and even offered a meme or two. Strangely I’d forgotten that I’d done many of these until my geminate Anne from Anne’s Family History blog resurrected one of these themes today. Since I’ve prepared no new post for Australia Day 2021, I’m including a list … More Australia Day 2021
Last week’s @ANZAncestryTime chat on twitter focused on the topic of “Researching online”. Each week we have four sets of questions relevant to the topic, which people can respond to. Being one of the hosts, I get to pre-schedule my responses so I can focus on commenting on the answers, comments and replies from others. … More @ANZAncestryTime topic: Researching Online
Sometimes at night, I just trawl through Trove using a combination of surname and place. Often the results just turn up finds I’ve made previously, tagged and linked to the relevant lists I maintain. And then, out of the rabbit hole, pops a completely unexpected rabbit[i]. I have no idea why this was a surprise … More Another Trove discovery: Miss McSherry joins the convent
In a year that’s been unusual to say the least, it’s great that GeniAus has once again challenged us to reflect on our positive achievements. Elusive ancestral information which continues to elude me is the birthplace of my James Sherry aka McSharry. However, thanks to the joys of networking, I was contacted by the descendant … More Accentuate the Positive 2020
Family history across the seas 