Join me on my Cemetery Searching expedition for the 2023 A to Z Blog Challenge. I’ll be re-visiting some cemeteries and preparing for a wish list of others. Some family members will be mentioned but I also have an interest in German family graves as well as those of people born in Co Clare Ireland. … More V is for Victoria
Today is ANZAC Day Down Under and we remember the sacrifice of lives in service of their country. We also remember that these deaths left behind tragedy and sorrow among their families and communities around our own country. Memorials play a part of possibly every town in Australia as few families would ever be able … More X is for crosses and memorials
Join me on my Cemetery Searching expedition for the 2023 A to Z Blog Challenge. I’ll be re-visiting some cemeteries and preparing for a wish list of others. Some family members will be mentioned but I also have an interest in German family graves as well as those of people born in Co Clare Ireland. … More O is for Ouyen and the Pentlands
Join me on my Cemetery Searching expedition for the 2023 A to Z Blog Challenge. I’ll be re-visiting some cemeteries and preparing for a wish list of others. Some family members will be mentioned but I also have an interest in German family graves as well as those of people born in Co Clare Ireland. … More M is for Murphy’s Creek, Moorgate, and Morpeth
Join me on my Cemetery Searching expedition for the 2023 A to Z Blog Challenge. I’ll be re-visiting some cemeteries and preparing for a wish list of others. Some family members will be mentioned but I also have an interest in German family graves as well as those of people born in Co Clare Ireland. … More L is for Lutwyche, Laen North and London
From Scotland to Queensland. #A2Zchallenge #kilmorich #McCorkindale
The phone by the bed rang that Tuesday night around 10:25pm, just as we were going to sleep. “A plane has crashed into the World Trade Centre” said our Brisbane daughter’s voice. “What??” “Just go and turn the TV on”. As we scurried downstairs to turn on CNN, we tried to process her statement. It … More Reflections on an historic event
This is a combined post for Family Tree Frog’s National Family History Month blog challenge thinking on our genealife in lockdown. I don’t know about you, but downsizing, sorting and clearing “stuff” has definitely been a theme for me. Over the past few years, I’ve been confronted by the same choices many of us are … More How do you decide?
The Family Tree Frog, aka Alex, has challenged us to share our genealives in lockdown as part of National Family History Month. In past posts I’ve commented on some of the things that have occupied my mind over the past 18 months. Today’s post will be more of a snapshot of life overall, rather than … More My Genealife in Lockdown (or not)
Each weekend in August Aussie genealogy bloggers are participating in Family Tree Frog’s National Family History Month blog challenge. The topic is Genealife in Lockdown and I’ve chosen to be very liberal and lateral in my interpretation. As I mentioned last week, one topic occupying many minds in the last 18 months has been travel … More Istanbul, Sepia Saturday & NFHM
Family history across the seas 