For the past couple of years, personal responsibilities things have taken priority over A to Z blogging for me. My decision to join in 2016 was a last-minute thing, because, frankly, my blogging frequency has been almost non-existent for the past year, for a variety of reasons. My main goal from the challenge was to … More Reflections on A to Z 2016
Whew!! Well we’ve all survived yet another A to Z challenge and what an experience it’s been. There are so many brilliant blogs out there and I was pleased to find this year how many fellow geneabloggers were participating. I also discovered some that were new to me. You can see them on this Sunday … More A to Z 2016 Summary
My A2Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – thank you for joining me on this journey. I hope it’s been helpful to budding family historians. Z is for ZZZzzz Well you can forget about that once you start your research…those delicious ten hour sleeps will become a thing of … More Z is for zzzz
My A to Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. Y is for Yearning As we move forward with our research, we long for the small or large discoveries that will break down a brick wall, or take our research … More Y is for Yearning
My A to Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. X is for Scandals I know, there’s no X in scandals but if I used “?-rated” I’d be inundated with dubious spam. As family historians we need to cope with … More X is for Scandals and eXpertise
My A2Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. Some letters have so many possibilities while others, like Q and X, challenge us to find a suitable match. W could be for so many records in family history research but I’ll … More W is for Witnesses, Wills & Workhouses
My A to Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. T is for TOMBSTONES Putting the cart before the horse, sometimes tombstones can reveal some of our ancestors’ trials. How many of us have wandered cemeteries, sometimes just exploring and … More T is for Trials, Tribulations and Tombstones
My A2Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. S is for STORIES Why are we even bothering with our family history? Are we only interested in the biographical dates of our ancestor’s lives? Surely each of us is more than … More S is for Stories and Serendipity
My A2Z 2016 theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. R is for 3Rs A while back I wrote a post focused on the research process involved with family history. It was well received so I can’t see any point in reiterating … More R is for 3Rs and Religion
My AtoZ theme is how to pursue an interest in family history/genealogy – I’d love you to join me on the journey. Q is for QUESTIONS When you’re researching, you always need to have your thinking cap on and question yourself and your sources. Is this oral history accurate? Can I get some confirmation from … More Q is for Questions
Family history across the seas 