Category: Brisbane

52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: week 34: smells, good and not-so-good

24 August, 2011

The topic for Week 34 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Smells. Describe any smells that take you back to childhood. These could be from meals, fragrant gardens, musty basements, or something entirely different. It suddenly occurred to me how much we rely on other people having … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: week 34: smells, good and not-so-good

52 weeks of personal genealogy & history: Week 32: Dinner Time

16 August, 2011

The topic for Week 32 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Dinner Time. On a typical childhood evening, who was around the dinner table? Was the meal served by one person, or was it a free-for-all? What is dinner time like in your family today? Of course … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy & history: Week 32: Dinner Time

Street demographics – more on electoral rolls

12 August, 2011

Buiding on yesterday’s post about using electoral rolls to determine your street’s population, I decided to enter the name and other data into a spreadsheet which could be sorted in different ways. Somewhat to my surprise I found that there is really only one family living in the street with continuous residence from World War … More Street demographics – more on electoral rolls

The key to learning who lived in your street: Electoral rolls on FMP and WVR

11 August, 2011

Findmypast Australia’s blurb tells the researcher that electoral rolls are the nearest record Australians have to census listings and hence are extremely important to local, social and family historians…. Compulsory enrolment was introduced for all federal rolls from 1911 so the 1959 should reflect the adult population (over 21 years) excluding the foreign and indigenous … More The key to learning who lived in your street: Electoral rolls on FMP and WVR

52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: Week 31: Grandparents’ House: More charming than George Clooney?

10 August, 2011

The topic for Week 31 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Grandparents’ House. Describe your grandparents’ house. Was it big or small? How long did they live there? If you do not know this information, feel free to describe the house of another family member you remember … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: Week 31: Grandparents’ House: More charming than George Clooney?

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History for Week 30 is Employment – working at Pellegrini’s Bookstore

26 July, 2011

The topic for Week 30 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is Employment. Describe your first job. What did you do? Were you saving for something in particular, or just trying to make a living? Did that first job provide skills and make an impact on your life … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History for Week 30 is Employment – working at Pellegrini’s Bookstore

52 weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Week 26 -Songs: Beatlemania, Songs and the memories they evoke

30 June, 2011

The topic for Week 26 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is Songs. What was the #1 song during the week of your birth? Enter your birth date at This Day in Music (http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1) and find out. If you were born before 1946, you can enter the year … More 52 weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Week 26 -Songs: Beatlemania, Songs and the memories they evoke