I nearly let myself get dragged along by the tiger’s tail again with all the enthusiasm Thomas MacEntee has generated around the geneaglobe with his Genealogy Do-Over (GDO) Project. The GDO Facebook site has been abuzz with ideas, strategies and new software suggestions. Anyone with genealogy interests can join in – you just need to … More Back to Basics 1: First Quarter 2015
Let me introduce you today to Jenny Joyce, another of the Australian speakers at Congress 2015 in Canberra. I’m looking forward to meeting Jenny in person at Congress, as well as following her advice about tips for genies. Her three talks will have lots to offer fellow family historians from beginner to experienced. I wonder … More Meet Congress 2015 Speaker: Jenny Joyce
Today it’s my pleasure to introduce to one of Australia’s excellent family history presenters, Kerry Farmer, who will be speaking at Congress 2015 in Canberra. I’ve heard Kerry speak a number of times and her talks are always packed full of information with ideas to spike your interest….I know I always learn something new from … More Meet Congress 2015 Speaker – Kerry Farmer
As you know there are three official bloggers for Congress 2015 in Canberra: Shauna Hicks, Jill Ball (aka Geniaus) and myself. We thought it might be interesting for you to learn a little more about the speakers at Congress, who they are, and what their interests cover. Shauna has already interviewed a few speakers but Dr … More Meet Congress 2015 Speaker Perry McIntyre
I’ve just been reading my monthly e-newsletter from the National Library of Australia. Every day around the country and around the world, family historians sing the praises of our wonderful Trove. It is a truly amazing research opportunity of a world-class standard. Certainly no other newspaper digitisation I use comes close to it, let alone all the … More Trove Tuesday: Support Trove
Hot off the press is this news from the Congress 2015 Convenor. If you needed any more incentive to get your registration done sooner rather than later, here it is. What to do: Register for Congress by 30 November 2014 (by midnight, Sydney time) AND Email by 2 December 2014 (by midnight, Sydney time) to congress@hagsoc.org.au indicating your … More Congress 2015: Be a winner in the ballot
The topic of one of my papers at Congress 2015 is The marriage of local history and family history: a bridge to the past. In part this will be a case study of the town of Murphy’s Creek, Queensland, at the bottom of the Toowoomba range. For several years I’ve been collecting information on the … More Missing Friends: Murphy’s Creek (Qld) people
Yes, Christmas is also coming, and is the goose getting fat? Well maybe not, but the shops are happy for us to believe it and want to part us from our money. Being a good genealogist I have a different idea for your Christmas wish list and your hard-earned cash. Early birds today will be out … More Congress 2015 is coming for early birds
Unlike many other long-term genies, I haven’t attended lots of AFFHO Congress events over the years. As far as I recall my tally to date is only three, four counting Canberra in advance. I’ll blame family commitments, full-time work and distance but they’re probably just excuses. Even though my batting average isn’t high, I’ve had … More Coincidental Congress Discoveries
Some of you may be bewildered by all the references to AFFHO in relation to the Canberra Congress 2015. It’s simple really as AFFHO is the umbrella organisation overarching all the triennial genealogy congresses Down Under. The acronym stands for the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. You’ll be hearing lots more about Congress … More Let’s get social @AFFHO2015
Family history across the seas 