52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy: Week 44 Conferences

1 November, 2012

It is Week 44 in the 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy series by Amy Coffin and hosted by Geneabloggers. The topic this week is Genealogy Conferences. What was your best genealogy conference experience? Why is it so memorable in your mind? Who hosted the event? What did you learn from this experience? How does it impact your genealogy research today? I couldn’t … More 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy: Week 44 Conferences

What’s it all about?

29 October, 2012

“What’s it all about, Alfie?” “What’s that, Ann?” “All that blogging nonsense you talk about. I don’t have time for that. You mustn’t have enough to do”. If the essence of this sounds familiar, you’re in good company. Some months ago James Tanner at Genealogy’s Star, Randy Seaver at GeneaMusings and Jill Ball at Geniaus were … More What’s it all about?

Beyond the Internet: Week 43 – Griffith’s Valuations

28 October, 2012

This is Week 43 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens. This week we’re off to Ireland’s green fields with the Griffith’s Valuations. I could make my life easier, and this post very brief, by exhorting you to beg, borrow or buy a copy of James Reilly’s book  … More Beyond the Internet: Week 43 – Griffith’s Valuations

Family History Alphabet: Y is for yearning and yawning

26 October, 2012

My theme for the Family History through the Alphabet is the Attributes we need as family historians: the skills, experience and talents we need to bring to our research. We are in sight of the end now with the letter Y which appropriately gives us: Y is for YAWN: We’ve been at this series for 25 weeks now so … More Family History Alphabet: Y is for yearning and yawning

Beyond the Internet: Week 42 Naturalisation Records

22 October, 2012

This is Week 42 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens. The topic this week is Naturalisation Records. I was reflecting the other day that these are perhaps the most poignant of our ancestral family’s records. It was the point at which they committed to their new … More Beyond the Internet: Week 42 Naturalisation Records