Category: 52 weeks of Personal Genealogy & History

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 13: Sweets Lollies and Desserts

31 March, 2011

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Week 13’s topic is Sweets. What was your favorite childhood candy or dessert? Have your tastes changed since then? This week’s topic intersects both my genealogy and my own personal history. As I grew up I was told that my maternal great-grandfather owned a chocolate factory. You can imagine … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 13: Sweets Lollies and Desserts

52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy -Week 12: Movies

24 March, 2011

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

52 weeks of Personal history & genealogy: Week 11: Injuries and Illness

19 March, 2011

Well I’m behind the eight-ball this week! Week 11’s challenge in Amy Coffin and Geneablogger’s 52 weeks of Personal history and genealogy is “Illness and Injury”. Describe your childhood illnesses or injuries. Who took care of you? Did you recuperate in your own bed, on the couch in front of the television, or somewhere else? … More 52 weeks of Personal history & genealogy: Week 11: Injuries and Illness

52 weeks of personal history & genealogy: Week 10: Disasters

7 March, 2011

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

52 Weeks of personal history and genealogy: Week 9 Sounds – a reflection

3 March, 2011

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

52 weeks of personal history and genealogy: Week 9 Sounds

3 March, 2011

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

52 Weeks of Personal history and genealogy: Week 8 Technology (Part 2)

26 February, 2011

Responding to Part 2 of Amy Coffin’s challenge for Week 8 on Technology: Part II: What types of technology do you enjoy using today, and which do you avoid? So what technology do I use now? Pretty much everything has a technological component and if we don’t try to adopt new advances as they come … More 52 Weeks of Personal history and genealogy: Week 8 Technology (Part 2)

52 weeks of personal history & genealogy: Week 8 Technology (Part 1)

26 February, 2011

The challenge issued by Amy Coffin and Geneabloggers for Week 8 of 52 weeks of Personal History and Genealogy is: Technology Part I: What are some of the technological advances that happened during your childhood? Part II: What types of technology do you enjoy using today, and which do you avoid? As a baby boomer I … More 52 weeks of personal history & genealogy: Week 8 Technology (Part 1)

52 weeks of personal history & genealogy: Week 7: toys. A tale of rabbits, dolls and guns

18 February, 2011

The challenge issued by Amy Coffin and Geneabloggers for Week 7 of 52 weeks of Personal History and Genealogy is: What was your favourite childhood toy? Is it still being made in some form today? The prophetic asset in my toy collection was a rubber rabbit which was apparently mass produced at the time. Given … More 52 weeks of personal history & genealogy: Week 7: toys. A tale of rabbits, dolls and guns

52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy: Week 6: TV & Radio

7 February, 2011

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