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Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 1st December: The Christmas Tree

1 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did you have a real tree or was it artificial? How big was the tree? Who decorated the tree? What types of Christmas trees did your ancestors … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 1st December: The Christmas Tree

52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: Week 46: Politics not one of my favourite things

20 November, 2011

The topic for Week 46 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Politics. What are your childhood memories of politics? Were your parents active in politics? What political events and elections do you remember from your youth? If I was to go all Julie Andrews in Sound of Music, … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: Week 46: Politics not one of my favourite things

Surname Saturday meme: Names, Places and Most Wanted Faces

19 November, 2011

Geneabloggers set this Surname Saturday meme last Saturday but with family commitments last weekend and coming in late, I decided to wait until this week.  This meme is a revival of an old topic by Craig Manson of Geneablogie. How The Meme Works To participate, do the following at your own blog and post a link … More Surname Saturday meme: Names, Places and Most Wanted Faces

Remembrance Day: honouring the Australian-born Diggers with German ancestry

11 November, 2011

A couple of my family’s fallen Diggers, James Augustus Gavin and William Rudolph (Robert) Kunkel, were remembered in earlier posts. Today I want to focus on the service of the Australian Diggers in World War I who were descendants of the mid-19thcentury Dorfprozelten immigrants, five of whom gave their lives and another 17 served in … More Remembrance Day: honouring the Australian-born Diggers with German ancestry

52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: Week 45: High School: I’m a proud All Hallows’ girl

10 November, 2011

The topic for Week 45 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: High School. Describe your middle and/or high school. Was it a large or small student body? Is the school still in existence today? How has it changed since you went there? Earlier this year I wrote … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: Week 45: High School: I’m a proud All Hallows’ girl

Down the rabbit hole with McCorkindales and the tragedy of the steamer Pearl.

9 November, 2011

Monday’s task was to try to find my grandmother’s niece, Ida McCorkindale and siblings, in the newly released Commonwealth Electoral Rolls on Ancestry. I’ve looked at ERs before for her and her siblings with limited results and I was optimistic that with the wider range nation-wide she’d turn up. This time was both a win … More Down the rabbit hole with McCorkindales and the tragedy of the steamer Pearl.

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 44: primary school, church, nuns and migrants

5 November, 2011

The topic for Week 44 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Elementary (Primary) School. Describe your grammar/elementary/primary school (or schools). Were they big or small? Are any of these schools still in existence today? If so, how have they changed since you went there? This is going to … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 44: primary school, church, nuns and migrants

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 43: Worst subjects

4 November, 2011

The topic for Week 43 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Worst School Subject. What was your worst or least favourite subject in school and why? The first thought that came into my mind with this topic, was “Chemistry”. Imagine my surprise when I went back to … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 43: Worst subjects

Personalising electoral roll searches: surprises found and caution needed

21 October, 2011

Shelley over at Twigs of Yore blog has recently posted about Ancestry’s expanded Australian electoral rolls. Her points made me sit up and think, because frankly I’ve not bothered to look for the people for whom I “know” the details (including myself). This has been a bit silly given I’ve posted about the great uses … More Personalising electoral roll searches: surprises found and caution needed

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 21: Commercials/Advertisements, social attitudes and accents.

27 August, 2011

The topic for Week 21 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series iwas: Commercials. Do you remember any commercial jingles from your childhood? Share them here. I didn’t do this topic when it was first posted as it didn’t really speak to me, but while doing the Week 34 … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 21: Commercials/Advertisements, social attitudes and accents.