Alex from Family Tree Frog Blog has invited us to a blog challenge to celebrate National Family History Month 2022. The topic for Week 2 was Travel, including your bucket list of research travel. So you can “thank” Alex for this long-winded list. <smile> I’ve been lucky to have multiple research trips to Ireland, Scotland … More Your bucket-list research trip
Alex from Family Tree Frog Blog has invited us to a blog challenge to celebrate National Family History Month 2022. This is my first in the month’s series. You might think that after researching for 36 years, I’d have solved all mysteries for my families, written up all my notes and turned them into stories. … More Family Research Mysteries
Firstly, my apologies for the delay in collating these posts on our “new normal”. I guess it reflects my own new normal: a mix of unexpected events (short hospital stay) and anticipated events (a short holiday in the Granite Belt). Being adaptable and having support from family and friends really is needed today more than … More Collated posts for the “New Normal” Meme
Two years ago we did a meme on the impact of coronavirus on ourselves and our communities. At the time I said it would be another four years before I invented another but it’s been a rocky two years so I thought it was worth trying to capture our experiences for posterity. We’ve all been … More Merry Month of May: My New Normal
Two years ago we did a meme on the impact of coronavirus on ourselves and our communities. At the time I said it would be another four years before I invented another (we’ve previously had Movies in 2016 and Music in 2012). However since we’re all being told that it’s time we find a new … More “Merry” Month of May Meme: the New Normal
You may be wondering why I’ve misplaced my alphabet but there is method is my “mistake” as today Down Under we commemorate Anzac Day. It has become traditional over the years to write a commemorative blog post for both Anzac Day and Remembrance Day. You can find mine by using the search box. While you … More War – Anzac Day
Sometimes at night, I just trawl through Trove using a combination of surname and place. Often the results just turn up finds I’ve made previously, tagged and linked to the relevant lists I maintain. And then, out of the rabbit hole, pops a completely unexpected rabbit[i]. I have no idea why this was a surprise … More Another Trove discovery: Miss McSherry joins the convent
In a year that’s been unusual to say the least, it’s great that GeniAus has once again challenged us to reflect on our positive achievements. Elusive ancestral information which continues to elude me is the birthplace of my James Sherry aka McSharry. However, thanks to the joys of networking, I was contacted by the descendant … More Accentuate the Positive 2020
Last night while trawling Trove for some further stories on the Henny family of Dungog for my other blog I came across this amusing story. It gave me a good chuckle as I imagined the event, and hope it raises a laugh for you also. A Dungog version of the Melbourne Cup perhaps. … More Trove Tuesday – a little Dungog humour
This week’s Sepia Saturday image brought to mind many trips to see the Cape Byron lighthouse. In particular I was reminded of a weekend there with colleagues at work. Little did I know at the time there may have been an indirect family connection, and we may even have been staying in the same lighthouse … More Sepia Saturday: Lighthouse lives
Family history across the seas 