This week’s topic in 52 weeks of personal history and genealogy is: Movies. Did (or do you still) see many movies? Describe your favorites. Where did you see these films? Is the theater still there, or is there something else in its place? I’d been looking forward to the Movies question but as it happens … More 52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy -Week 12: Movies
As you can see from one of my blog pages, I have an interest in emigration to Australia from East Clare, and in particular from Broadford, Parish of Kilseily. The Clare library site has been an invaluable tool in my research. This week is Library Ireland Week with the slogan “Smart Libraries for Smart People” … More Clare County Library
Today is the centenary of International Women’s Day and an appropriate day to honour our female ancestors. I have chosen to highlight the lives of my great-great-grandmother Ellen (Murphy) Gavin and great-grandmother Julia (Gavin) Kunkel as well as an unrelated friend. Their lives were so much harder, and stoic, than ours and I thank … More International Women’s Day – Ellen Gavin, Julia Kunkel and Johanna Gavan
We are now in Week 10 of Amy Coffin and Geneablogger’s 52 weeks of Personal history and genealogy. This week’s topic: Disasters. Did you experience any natural disasters in your lifetime? Tell us about them. If not, then discuss these events that happened to parents, grandparents or others in your family. With the 2011 events … More 52 weeks of personal history & genealogy: Week 10: Disasters
Grandma calls me her bonnie wee bairn as I lie on the couch while she brushes my hair. The rise and fall of the silver hairbrush makes a clicking noise as soothing as the brushing itself. Afterwards we’ll share a treat. There’s a clunk as the lid rests back on its hinges. A heavy record … More 52 Weeks of personal history and genealogy: Week 9 Sounds – a reflection
The Week 9 topic from Amy Coffin and Geneabloggers is: Sounds. Describe any sounds that take you back to your childhood. These could be familiar songs, jingles, children playing, or something entirely different. Thinking of childhood sounds my sub-conscious brought forth an arrayof random and evocative (to me) sounds: The kookaburras laughing in the trees … More 52 weeks of personal history and genealogy: Week 9 Sounds
This photo definitely includes my grandfather, Denis Kunkel (second left, second back row) and was found as a backing board behind another picture. I have a theory it is be an extended family photo because of some of the poses and family resemblances-some look very like my father. Or it could be some local society -but … More Wordless Wednesday (not quite) -Brickwall photo
The topic for Week 6 is Radio & TV: What was your favorite radio or television show from your childhood? What was the program about and who was in it? http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/52-weeks-of-personal-genealogy-history/ Well this week’s challenge certainly stretched my brain…probably because I didn’t read the question (you know, exam strategies 101)! So really just randomly picking … More 52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy: Week 6: TV & Radio
Despite missing the timeline for Week 2, I thought I’d update my blog to include my thoughts on “Winter” in Queensland. This isn’t all that simple, as other Australian bloggers have mentioned, because when you grow up in a sub-tropical climate, winter is a relative thing. In the tropics where I now live, a temperature … More 52 weeks of Personal Genealogy & History -Week 2 overdue -Winter
The lack of shoes is not indicative of financial poverty -this is a sub-tropical area.
Family history across the seas 