The Kunkel family in Australia or Bavaria
I was taken by Andrew Redfern’s tweet last week, showing a graphic representation of his ancestors’ grandchildren per each of their parents. I was curious about how he’d gone about it but then my mate Carmel followed up with a post on her Earlier Years Blog. Not being able to resist seeing how I could … More Descendants of my Kunkel ancestors
Alex from Family Tree Frog Blog has invited us to a blog challenge to celebrate National Family History Month 2022. This is my first in the month’s series. You might think that after researching for 36 years, I’d have solved all mysteries for my families, written up all my notes and turned them into stories. … More Family Research Mysteries
Going to the beach seems to bring out the silliness in most of us. As Aussies we regard a trip to the beach as our inalienable birthright, from infancy to old age. This week’s feature photo also reminded me of silly couple-behaviour, and so I’m leading with photos of my parents at the beach during … More Sepia Saturday: To the beach
This week’s Sepia Saturday theme brought back a fond memory of meeting up with friends, and work colleagues, at Burnett House in Darwin for a high tea. I was stunned when I realised 14 years had flown past, and writing to get my mates’ permission to publish the photo set up a flurry of chat … More Sepia Saturday: A story of threes
Sepia Saturday this week is all about imposing buildings and a very ladylike game of tennis. It seems apt therefore that it immediately brought to my mind, the Catholic High School I attended with its emphasis on ladylike behaviour – sadly I’ve let that fall by the wayside over the years. This photo was taken … More Sepia Saturday: Of schools and tennis
This photo was discovered being used as a backing to another picture. It’s not in great shape and with some Photoshop skills I could probably improve it…however that’s not my strength. What I do know is that my grandfather, Denis Kunkel, is in the centre of the photo with an older man’s hand on his … More If at first you don’t succeed….a Kunkel mystery
One of the things I like about Sepia Saturday is that it makes you think about how the image might relate to your family’s stories. This week’s image just didn’t ring bells for me even though there are farmers on my tree. It took until Sunday for me to have a lightbulb moment. I may … More Sepia Saturday: Railway maintenance
This past weekend’s Sepia Saturday theme brought to mind a story I’ve been intending to write up about a prize winning racer in my Kunkel family. Family discoveries can come from all sorts of cryptic clues. They may even reveal hidden stories – if we’re lucky. One such came to light over great grandson of … More Jack Bishop: A champion bike racer
One of the major influences in my life for which I’m very grateful has been the presence of many acquaintances and friends who’ve immigrated to Australia. As a child, my Catholic primary school saw an influx of Europeans in the years after World War II. This mix of Czechs, Yugoslavs, Poles, Maltese and others became … More Xenophobia and War
It will seem strange in some countries that our otherwise obstreperous country is not averse to uniforms in schools. (Mind you we also don’t venerate those who wear uniforms either). I’m very grateful that when I went to school, both primary and secondary, I wore a uniform every day. State run primary schools didn’t always … More Uniforms and uniformity
Family history across the seas 