I wrote a while ago that I planned to turn my A to Z challenge series into a book using Blurb’s blog to book process. Following on that I was invited to write a guest post on the topic for the A to Z challenge blog. That post has been published today and as some of … More A to Z Challenge guest post
It was Julie from Angler’s Rest who kick-started my involvement in the A to Z challenge 2012. She’s written a great guest post on the Challenge pages on tips she’s learned from completing and surviving two challenges. If you’re at all interested in the challenge for next year, do pop over and have a look. … More Planning for the A to Z challenge in 2013?
It’s time for my reflections on the A to Z challenge 2012. It’s hardly surprising that my mental soundtrack is the theme from the series China Beach which I’ve been re-watching on cable TV. Anyway, what are my thoughts on A to Z, a week after successfully completing the series? I barely made it into … More Reflections of… A to Z 2012
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). This is the final post in the series. Z is for zzzzzz After a solid month of posting from A to Z, I reckon it might be time for a … More Z zzzzs through Zöller and Zurich
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). Y is for Young and yearning for gold (New South Wales) Many years ago my father told me that his great-grandfather George Kunkel was at the goldfields of … More Y yearns for Yass and Young
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). Since we got our Nissan X-Trail about four years ago, it’s taken us on some long adventures, though to be honest its 4WD facility hasn’t had much of … More X is for X-Trailing into the distance
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). W is for West Drayton (Nottinghamshire, England) My husband’s Cass ancestors were in West Drayton in the early 19th century where his 3x great grandfather, John Cass, was … More W wanders around the world
I am participating in the A to Z 2012 blog challenge throughout April. Today’s post is both historical and genealogical, as in Australia and New Zealand we celebrate 25 April as Anzac Day, commemorating the landing at Gallipoli and all the Australian and New Zealand military contributions since then. Tying in the with Trans-Tasman Anzac … More V is for the Valiant of Villers-Bretonneux: Lest we forget
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), but sometimes like today it involves a simple travelogue as well. U is for Urana (New South Wales, Australia) My 2xgreat-grandmother Mary O’Brien from County Clare, and her … More U is for Urana and Ubud
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). Today is about two towns important to my family history in Australia. T is for Townsville (Queensland, Australia) Townsville is the hub for Far North Queensland (FNQ) as … More T travels to Townsville, Toowoomba and Tullamore
Family history across the seas 