It’s Christmas Eve and we’re all looking forward to a special day tomorrow -especially the littlies…what will do without the bribery of Santa? I do hope my grandchildren’s little hearts cope with minor disappointments about the precise gift the bearded gentleman, and his helpers, leaves for them. Is your refrigerator like mine? Jammed to the … More Happy Christmas to one and all
This is week 50 (alleluia!) of my Beyond the Internet series and this week’s topic still partially relates to occupation but is a grab bag: Licences Bureaucracy isn’t a new thing and really we should be grateful for it historically, if not in our day-to-day lives. There’s so much that is documented thanks to the … More Beyond the Internet: Week 50 Licences
If you’re feeling it’s a case of “that week went quickly”, you’re right. I’m busy catching up with my Beyond the Internet series. So let’s just pretend it’s now Week 49, not weeks 48 or 50,as weexplore the sources of information beyond our computer screens and this week’s topic is Occupations –Merchant Seamen. I have a … More Beyond the Internet: Week 49 Merchant Seamen
This week I’m belatedly writing Week 48 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens and this week’s topic is Occupations – Teachers. I wrote a few posts early in the year about school admissions and other school records, which will obviously be of relevance if you … More Beyond the Internet: Week 48 Teachers
‘Tis the season to be jolly (and give presents!) and as my 3rd geneablogging birthday is coming up in on 27th December I decided a while ago to celebrate by sharing two gifts with my readers. It’s your commitment to visiting my site, reading my stories and sharing your comments that has made blogging such an … More ‘Tis the season, for gifts – 3rd Blogiversary competition
Two weeks ago I suggested we play a Christmas Geneameme to get us in the mood for Christmas. I was particularly pleased that Randy Seaver from Genea-Musings made it his theme for last week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (if you haven’t tried any of Randy’s suggestions before why not give it a go, like he says, they’re … More Deck the Halls – Christmas geneameme responses
I just had to include this Aussie Christmas song/carol in a last minute response to FootnoteMaven’s Blog Carolling event. While it may be Saturday in Australia and we already have the airconditioning on at 8.30am, I’m going with the theory that it’s still Friday in the USA <smile>. It’s not really my favourite but I … More Blog Carolling
This week our family has been gratefully blessed with a Christmas miracle, not a term I use glibly. Our smallest grandson did something of a Humpty Dumpty, head-butting concrete in one of those hideous quirks of fate that spin our worlds from their normal orbit. So many terrifying outcomes have been averted and after a … More Our family’s Christmas miracle
Last week I invited everyone to join in with the Christmas Geneameme and this is my own response. There’s still plenty of time to participate as I won’t collate all the responses for a week or so. Please leave a comment to make it easier to track your reply or you can use the twitter … More Pauleen Decks the Halls -my Xmas Geneameme response
This week I’m writing Week 47 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens and this week’s topic is Police and Railway Staff records. Archives can be a rich source of occupational records, ranging from publicans to police, railways or business, mariners or teachers. As always which … More Beyond the Internet: Week 47 Police and Railway Staff records
Family history across the seas 