Somehow Monday passed me by in a flurry of Irish research…I really need to pre-program some Monday Memories posts. Today I’m just going to share with you some photos of a family heirloom which is now with my eldest daughter. Among her photos is also one of my granddaughter taken in the same chair. I … More Tuesday Memories: the wicker chair
One of the challenges of researching family history is bringing our women ancestors out of the shadows. They are often missing from official records, especially in early years, though Australia is fortunate with its early female suffrage. One way to reveal more about our ancestral women is to look at the skills and hobbies which … More Monday Memories – Are you crafty?
The past few days my mind has been occupied with planning my mother’s 90th birthday later in the year: a trip to Sydney and the theatre. Then to top it off, last night, after watching DNA Nation, I was trying to make sense of my mitochondrial inheritance (once again!). I’m still very confused about that … More Monday Memories: Maternal Inheritance
I rarely re-blog earlier blog posts but having just “rediscovered” this one myself, it’s a good reminder to consider our family artefacts. One of Richard Reid’s comments during Shamrock was to the effect that family historians search for meaning and information on their ancestors among the documents held in various repositories but ig… Source: An Object-ive … More An Object-ive view of family history: It’s not just “stuff” or junk
During the A to Z challenge a few of my genimates wrote about their early memories – childhood and growing up. They were lots of fun to read and inspired lots of conversation with their readers. Inspired by their theme, I’ve decided to start a Monday Memories meme where I’ll write odd memory snippets of … More Monday Memories: Let’s Dance
Turns out this was a trickier meme than I thought when I amended my own Music Meme. Of course I can never just keep it short and snappy, but here’s my own response. What’s the earliest movie you can remember: Fantasia – I went to see this with my mum and my great-aunt Emily in … More My Own Merry Month of May Movies
Things have quietened down since the A to Z challenge so it’s time for a bit of fun with a May Meme. A few years ago I did a May Music Meme so I thought this year we’d go to the movies. Put your movie hats on, look into the past and dredge up your … More Merry Month of May Movie Meme
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
For Mother’s Day we took my mum to see the ballet Giselle broadcast live on the big cinema screen from London. On the way home she happened to mention that my paternal grandfather, Dinny Kunkel, had enjoyed opera and gone to see the Opera in Brisbane. Who knew?! Like many things this was one of … More Serendipity across time
Missing Friends advertisements in the newspapers can both sad and optimistic. They can also illuminate our immigrants in numbers of ways: Revealing kinship relationships (siblings, cousins, parents) Loss of contact over long periods of time (anywhere from months to decades) Location of people in their early days here (Dan Shay in Dalby, thousands of kilometres … More Missing Friends can help
Family history across the seas 