Today marks the 4th anniversary of my adventure into the blogosphere. It was a very tentative experiment at first, arising from my lack of knowledge of webpage design. Once I learned about the Geneabloggers community, I was no longer comparatively isolated in Australia’s Top End. Little did I know how many doors blogging would open, how … More Happy 4th Blogiversary to me!
Genealogy Down Under live discussions were launched by Geniaus’s in her inaugural Hangout on Air (we should have had a glass of champers Jill). And some related blog posts from Geniaus (Jill), Anglers Rest (Julie), and My Genealogy Adventures (Tanya) You can also read about the new Society of One Place Studies and watch … More Monday Mentions and hangouts abound
As you know I’ve been out of the loop for the past six weeks or so, in fact 2013 has been quite disruptive in terms of blog reading. Even more so in terms of commenting so I’m frantically trying to catch up. So please forgive me if you haven’t seen me visit, I may have … More Follow Friday: Informative and inspiring posts
This geneameme is a response to a challenge set by Jill at Geniaus in celebration of Australia’s National Family History Month, August 2013. Thanks Jill for yet more blogging inspiration. What are the titles and URLs of your genealogy blog/s?I have two genealogy blogs. My main (and inaugural) blog is Family History Across The Seas. The other, more … More The Blogger’s Geneameme
Are you missing Google Reader to keep up with all your favourite blogs? I certainly am, and it didn’t help that it’s demise coincided with over a month away from home, going flat chat on a task. Once you get behind it’s a very slippery slope to catch up, that’s for sure. Prior to the … More Knock on effects from the demise of Reader
Today I’m talking about blogs as part of the Seniors’ Month activities. Different people tell me the very word “blog” makes their eyes cross and sends them to sleep. My goals for the talk are: Not to go blank when someone mentions blogs to be able to recognise one when you meet it not be … More Learning about blogs
Jill Ball from Geniaus asked us to respond to her Social Media Geneameme. Here are my comments on the Geneameme: 1. Tell us about your favourite social media tool and why you like it. If we can count blogging as social media, which I would, then that would be my favourite. It gives me the … More Social Media Geneameme
On 2 January 2012 I posted my goals and aspirations for the year under the acronym PROWLS. So what does my report card look like? How did I do? Did I achieve my goals? Well my obsessive self says “not well” while my realistic self says “okay”….but not necessarily at what I intended initially. In fact … More PROWLS Report Card on 2012 activity
Geniaus has once encouraged us to reflect on our achievements in 2012 rather than all the things still on our wish lists or “gunna” lists. She rightly believes we don’t take sufficient notice of our successes in our on-going pursuit for more information. So she’s challenged us to take on the Accentuate the Positive Geneameme … More Accentuate the Positive 2012: Celebrating Successes
“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?
Family history across the seas 