‘Tis the season to be jolly (and give presents!) and as my 3rd geneablogging birthday is coming up in on 27th December I decided a while ago to celebrate by sharing two gifts with my readers. It’s your commitment to visiting my site, reading my stories and sharing your comments that has made blogging such an … More ‘Tis the season, for gifts – 3rd Blogiversary competition
Two weeks ago I suggested we play a Christmas Geneameme to get us in the mood for Christmas. I was particularly pleased that Randy Seaver from Genea-Musings made it his theme for last week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (if you haven’t tried any of Randy’s suggestions before why not give it a go, like he says, they’re … More Deck the Halls – Christmas geneameme responses
I just had to include this Aussie Christmas song/carol in a last minute response to FootnoteMaven’s Blog Carolling event. While it may be Saturday in Australia and we already have the airconditioning on at 8.30am, I’m going with the theory that it’s still Friday in the USA <smile>. It’s not really my favourite but I … More Blog Carolling
This week our family has been gratefully blessed with a Christmas miracle, not a term I use glibly. Our smallest grandson did something of a Humpty Dumpty, head-butting concrete in one of those hideous quirks of fate that spin our worlds from their normal orbit. So many terrifying outcomes have been averted and after a … More Our family’s Christmas miracle
Last week I invited everyone to join in with the Christmas Geneameme and this is my own response. There’s still plenty of time to participate as I won’t collate all the responses for a week or so. Please leave a comment to make it easier to track your reply or you can use the twitter … More Pauleen Decks the Halls -my Xmas Geneameme response
This week I’m writing Week 47 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens and this week’s topic is Police and Railway Staff records. Archives can be a rich source of occupational records, ranging from publicans to police, railways or business, mariners or teachers. As always which … More Beyond the Internet: Week 47 Police and Railway Staff records
It’s the start of the Advent season today and I thought it would be fun if we shared our different experiences of Christmas and how we celebrate it around the world. By doing this through a geneameme we’ll be able to compare our responses and see whether we do things very differently or if there’s … More Deck the Halls – 2012 Christmas Geneameme
It’s been a long while since we’ve had a geneameme and I thought it might be fun to do a Christmas Geneameme-after all it’s not as if we’re busy or anything <smile>. If we get participation from readers around the world it will be a fun way to learn how others celebrate Christmas. Do you … More Ring the Bells -Upcoming Christmas Geneameme
This week I’ve finally looked at my Family Finder (autosomal) DNA results from Family Tree DNA. I’m a genetic novice so I’m in a state of complete confusion wishing I’d paid more attention previously. You wouldn’t think I’d ever done science as I sit bewildered by it all. WHY FAMILY FINDER? Y-DNA is out because … More Lost in DNA
It’s quite a while since I’ve participated in the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun series by Randy Seaver from Genea-Musings but it looked like fun and I had a bit of time so here goes (and yes, it’s no longer Saturday). The challenge for this week was: 1) Go to the Baby Name Wizard site and see how popular … More Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Names
Family history across the seas 