Yesterday I was out on the back deck nearly all day chasing research rabbits down the hole. Today I’m driven inside by the pounding rain –the first of the season. Woo Hoo! (writing this and posting have taken me into yet another day and now it’s just HUMID!). Translation: If you would like to read this … More C19th Emigrants from Dorfprozelten to “America” Part 1
This is Week 39 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens and the topic is Funeral Directors’ Registers. While it’s fairly automatic for us as genealogists to look for monumental inscriptions, or even just gravestones, funeral directors’ records are a less used resource. My suspicion is that … More Beyond the Internet: Week 39 Funeral directors’ registers
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’re on the slippery slope near the alphabet’s end as we look at the U attributes. U is UNIQUE: It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that while our families … More Family History Alphabet: U is unique
I’d venture that well-sinking isn’t something most of us think too much about these days. In the pioneering days ensuring that your farm had sufficient water was critical to survival. With no piped water for humans or stock, buying a block near running water like a creek (but not too close because of floods), was … More Trove Tuesday: The hazards of well-sinking
Lately my mind has been turning to Papua New Guinea again as we plan an upcoming trip back to Alotau after a mere 41 years. As it does in these circumstances, one thought leads to another and before long I’m off on a tangent. No surprise then that I picked up my copy of The … More Thoughts on The Last Blue Sea
This is Week 38 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens and the topic is Burial Registers. This forms part of the cheerily named “Death” theme in the series and next week’s post on funeral directors’ registers will be the finale of this section. Cemeteries offer … More Beyond the Internet: Week 38 Burial Registers
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’re tearing towards the alphabet’s end. Today we focus on the tantalising letter T. T is for TENACIOUS: You’ll need to be persistent to track down all the clues you can about … More Family History Alphabet: Tantalising T
WordPress.com blogs are not able to add plug-ins such as Google Translate. However all is not lost. Thanks to Time Thief on One Cool Site I have been able to offer two buttons/links on my sidebar which will enable non-English speakers to read this blog in the language of their choice. Time Thief is a … More Adding Translation Options
The other day I read about the Genre Favourites (and Guilty Pleasures) Blogfest on the L’Aussie Writer Blog. It sounded like a bit of fun so I thought, why not join in? So here are my responses. MOVIES One of my favourite movies ever is Out of Africa: the costuming, the scenery, the interaction with … More Genre Favourites Blogfest
Using a slideshow of photos to illustrate my latest post in the Beyond the internet series didn’t work all that well. I thought I’d post the images here so you can get a better look at what they offer – you never know there might just be a rellie among them. Remember you can click on each … More Monumental inscription examples
Family history across the seas 