Join me on my Cemetery Searching expedition for the 2023 A to Z Blog Challenge. I’ll be re-visiting some cemeteries and preparing for a wish list of others. Some family members will be mentioned but I also have an interest in German family graves as well as those of people born in Co Clare Ireland. … More B is for Branxton and Broadford
After much procrastination I have decided to throw my hat into the A to Z ring once again. My theme this year will be cemetery searching. This will seem like a strange topic to many, but for family historians and genealogists, a visit to a family cemetery is a thrill. Not only is it interesting … More My A to Z theme 2023: Cemetery Searching
Albury Pioneer Cemetery, New South Wales Mr Cassmob’s great-great uncle and aunt are buried in the Albury Pioneer cemetery. Some years ago we were able to visit and get some photos. Arthur Augustus Cass had been one of the early publicans in the town. Albury is a town on the border between the states of … More Cemetery Searching: Albury and Albany Creek
After a difficult 18 months of illness and my mother’s death, I’m finally recovering my mojo and re-engaging with family history. I was a bit worried when my earlier responses had become “can’t be bothered”. But, here I am back in the saddle, as they say. One of the things that’s re-enthused me has been … More Genealogy Mojo and Gatherings
In the coming weeks Ambassadors for the Sands of Time 2022 conference will be introducing you to the speakers. You’ll get to learn a little about them, their expertise and what they will be sharing at the conference. Today’s featured speaker is Fran Kitto who will be speaking about “Building a family history society for … More Meet the Speaker: Fran Kitto
In the coming weeks Ambassadors for the Sands of Time 2022 conference will be introducing you to the speakers. You’ll get to learn a little about them, their expertise and what they will be sharing at the conference. Today’s featured speaker is Stephanie Ryan from the State Library of Queensland. Stephanie will be speaking on … More Meet the Speaker: Stephanie Ryan
It’s time to remind you that the 2022 History Queensland conference for family and local historians is being held at Redcliffe between 21 to 23 October. This year’s theme is Sands of Time. There will also be access to a range of companies showing their wares at the accompanying Family History Fair – this is … More Sands of Time 2022 Conference
I was taken by Andrew Redfern’s tweet last week, showing a graphic representation of his ancestors’ grandchildren per each of their parents. I was curious about how he’d gone about it but then my mate Carmel followed up with a post on her Earlier Years Blog. Not being able to resist seeing how I could … More Descendants of my Kunkel ancestors
Alex from Family Tree Frog Blog has invited us to a blog challenge to celebrate National Family History Month 2022. The topic for Week 2 was Travel, including your bucket list of research travel. So you can “thank” Alex for this long-winded list. <smile> I’ve been lucky to have multiple research trips to Ireland, Scotland … More Your bucket-list research trip
Alex from Family Tree Frog Blog has invited us to a blog challenge to celebrate National Family History Month 2022. This is my first in the month’s series. You might think that after researching for 36 years, I’d have solved all mysteries for my families, written up all my notes and turned them into stories. … More Family Research Mysteries
Family history across the seas 