This series of blog posts is part of the A to Z 2019 Blogging Challenge in which I will write snapshot memories of my early married life in the then Territory of Papua New Guinea. Dark faces with bright red mouths Sitting on the footpath, chatting in Pidgin or Motu Feels like they’re staring, so … More Of Buai and Boroko
This series of blog posts is part of the A to Z 2019 Blogging Challenge in which I will write snapshot memories of my early married life in the then Territory of Papua New Guinea. Low flying aircraft scares the cockatoos, Clouds drape the mountain ridges. Villages, jungle, new faces, new names. A far cry … More Alotau and Acronyms
Once again Aussie Geneablogger extraordinaire, GeniAus, has offered us her traditional New Year challenge “Accentuate the Positive” from our research over the past year. This is my response. An elusive ancestor previously unknown relative I found was my mother’s cousin, Hugh Moran. A great newspaper article I found was Hugh Moran’s personal descriptions of life … More Accentuate the Positive 2017
Back in 2012 when I was blogging prolifically I created this geneameme. I was delighted that Randy Seaver from Geneamusings used it for this week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Thanks for reviving it, Randy. In the intervening years we’ve relocated to my home state, far from some of our family, the grandchildren have grown up … More Deck the Halls: 2017 Christmas geneameme
Yes, it’s Tuesday, but unfortunately my internet was on strike yesterday. This (Monday) morning, I was reflecting on the changes over the decades to flying and travelling internationally (and domestic). My mother-in-law had a mantra which we maintain: “tickets, passport, wallets, kids”. Now that the latter are adults and we’re empty nesters, we can automatically … More Monday Memories: Flying and travel
First of all many thanks to Coordinator of National Family History Month, Shauna Hicks. She does an amazing job single-handed but with great financial support from the Sponsors. Did you submit your interest in winning one of the excellent prizes? I did and we’ll all know the outcome soon. The month has seemed quite crazy … More National Family History Month 2017
This is a re-post of one of my submissions to the Worldwide Genealogy blog nearly three years ago. I thought it might be worth a re-share here for National Family History Month 2017. As family historians we need the traditional three Rs of reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic, after all how else to locate our families’ … More The Three Rs of Genealogy
This week is the finale in Family Tree Frog’s NFHM blog challenge and the theme is “Power without Glory”. Sadly, my family branches are singularly lacking in powerful people – at least beyond their own kin. So let me tell you another story about last week’s ancestor, Stephen Gillespie Melvin, and the events that would … More No glory for the Melvin family
This week’s topic in Family Tree Frog’s NFHM Blog Challenge is All the Rivers Run. Australia alternates between extremes of weather as illustrated by the famous poem by Dorothea Mackellar: My Country[i]. I love a sunburnt country A land of sweeping plains Of rugged mountain ranges And drought and flooding rains. This is just one … More Flooding rains: Ipswich 1887
In Week 2 of Family Tree Frog’s NFHM Blogging Challenge, Alex asks us if there were secrets in our families, or were there tales of the Depression. However, as this week’s book, Careful He Might Hear You, focuses on an orphan and what happens when his aunt comes to take care of him, my thoughts … More The orphaned Kunkel children
Family history across the seas 