I am participating in the A to Z 2012 blog challenge throughout April. My theme is a genealogical travelogue or a travel genealogue (I’m not sure which). G requires grit to get to the end! G is for Goroka (Papua New Guinea) Some places are larger than life and offer experiences beyond your imagination. Goroka, … More G goes to Goroka, Gorey and Glasgow
Let me explain my plan for the A-Z blogging theme for April. Given that family history is my focus generally, there are a number of paths I could have taken. I’ve opted to use each letter to highlight a place/places of some ancestral significance. Hopefully they’ll also be interesting from a travel point of view. I’ll try … More A is for Ardkinglas in Argyll, and Alotau (Papua New Guinea).
The topic for Week 51 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Holiday Events. Where did your family gather for the Christmas as a child? Which family members and friends attended the event? I talked a little about this in an earlier post about holiday travel. When I … More 52 weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Week 51 – Holiday events.
Do you have a special memory of a first Christmas present from a sweetheart? How did you spend your first Christmas together? Any Christmas engagements or weddings among your ancestors? The Christmas season has been pretty unpopular as a marriage time for those on my family trees: probably because it’s just too hot here, but … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories: 23rd December 2011 – Christmas Sweetheart Memories
What songs did your family listen to during Christmas? Did you ever go carolling? Did you have a favourite song? The Christmas carols I remember most from my childhood were Adeste Fidelis and Silent Night. Then when I got a small record player in my high school years we bought a new Christmas LP and … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories – 21st December 2011 –Christmas Music
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 your family throw a holiday party each year? Do you remember attending any holiday parties? My family have never been party people so no, we didn’t … More Advent Calendar of Memories 2011: 7th December – Holiday parties
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 ever send a letter to Santa? Did you ever visit Santa and “make a list”? Do you still believe in Santa Claus? I guess at … More Advent calendar of Christmas Memories: 6th December –Santa Claus
The topic for Week 49 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Historical Events. Describe a memorable national historical event from your childhood. How old were you and how did you process this event? How did it affect your family? My first thoughts turned to large-scale events then … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Week 49: Historic national event
Prompted by a friend’s request I’ve recently been on something of a mission to scan some of the slides from our family’s days in Papua New Guinea. Back in the day we used slides rather than photos and have literally thousands of both family and places. Some time ago I had the “Top 100” travel … More Great tech resources for Family History: Scanners: film, slide and Flip-Pal
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.
Family history across the seas 