Tag: Gilhespy

N navigates North Shields, Nguiu and Nuremberg

16 April, 2012

I am participating in the A to Z 2012 blog challenge throughout April. My theme is a genealogical travelogue or a travel genealogue (I’m not sure which). Today’s places are scattered far and wide. N is for North Shields (Northumberland) North Shields lies between Tynemouth and Newcastle on Tyne in Northumberland. In its heyday there … More N navigates North Shields, Nguiu and Nuremberg

A family word cloud

1 April, 2011

Inspired by a post by Aillin at Australian Genealogy Journeys I had to give this a go, using Wordle to produce a cloud of my families’ names and places. Haven’t figured out how to deal with double-word places eg Charters Towers but it was fun. And another of just my family names: And some places from my husband’s … More A family word cloud