February Photo Collage Festival – Page 3 – Family history across the seas

Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 7 – Grandparents and family history

7 February, 2013

Why we pursue our family history is a common question among geneabloggers and other genealogists. I’ve reflected on this over the years and have never had an entirely satisfactory response to that question. Why I continue with it is so much easier: the search continues and the questions remain. I can’t simply say “my family … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 7 – Grandparents and family history

Fab Feb Photo Festival: Day 6 Day Tripping

6 February, 2013

There are several outings that would be common to many children who grew up in Brisbane or South East Queensland: these are trips to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, the Dolphin pool at Coolangatta and Currumbin Sanctuary. Today I’d like to share with you some of the snaps from our family outings to these places. Currumbin … More Fab Feb Photo Festival: Day 6 Day Tripping

Fab Feb Photo Festival: Day 5 Church going

5 February, 2013

This photo symbolises the role of church or religion in my early life and that of my family. Religion’s impact on family relationships will inevitably be introduced in other stories. The collage photo is of all the girls in my First Communion group, taken when I was seven. Instead of using that photo here I’m … More Fab Feb Photo Festival: Day 5 Church going

Fab Feb Photo Festival -Day 4 – Baby books and birthdays

4 February, 2013

Birthdays and parties seem synonymous these days but were they when you were growing up? Certainly mine were pretty much always low-key affairs as I explained a while ago in another post. While I had a few friends and family over for each birthday, with party hats and presents, there was none of the hoopla … More Fab Feb Photo Festival -Day 4 – Baby books and birthdays

Fancy Dress for the Fab Feb Photo Festival – Day 3

3 February, 2013

When you were a child did you go to community Fancy Dress parties or concerts or had they gone out of vogue? My “Local” The local community hall was not too far from our house and had been built in 1929 when the estate was newly developed. By then my grandparents had been living there … More Fancy Dress for the Fab Feb Photo Festival – Day 3

Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: 1 Feb – Cuddles and Maccas

1 February, 2013

This little photo is my favourite from all my baby photos though I’m not entirely sure why. I guess I just like the fact that I looked cuddled up tight in my rug, nursed by my Dad, and wearing either his hat or my Grandad’s. Like many newly-weds my parents initially lived with parents until … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: 1 Feb – Cuddles and Maccas

Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival – the intro

30 January, 2013

Some weeks ago Julie from Angler’s Rest challenged us all to join her in the February Photo Collage Festival. It seemed logical to combine this with the Family History Writing Challenge hosted by The Armchair Genealogist, Lynn Palermo which inspires us all to write at least 250 words a day throughout February. As I’d already … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival – the intro