This series of blog posts is part of the A to Z 2019 Blogging Challenge in which I will write snapshot memories of my early married life in the then Territory of Papua New Guinea. Four years in (Port) Moresby Ela Beach excursions as a family A weekend drive to check the mail A few … More Ela Beach Excursions
The Prompt for the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2013, Day 6, is Santa Claus. Geneabloggers prompt says “Today is the Feast of Saint Nicholas and the origin of Santa Claus. What are your memories of Santa Claus and waiting for him to come at Christmas? What does Santa mean to you today and how … More Advent Calendar: Day 6 – Santa Claus
Seven days in Papua New Guinea (PNG), seven days home in Australia. A short enough time you would think, but somehow our world has shifted ever so slightly on its axis. It seems that we have been reinfected with the PNG virus. Our normal life seems vaguely strange as we try to reacclimatise to all … More Return to Milne Bay
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 we have a guest post from Mr Cassmob on Popondetta, a place I’ve never visited. I divert into a sort of pathetic poetry on Port Moresby, and … More P presents Popondetta, Port Moresby and Peel Island
OliveTree Genealogy is celebrating the 3rd year of Sharing Memories – A Genealogy Journey with the goal of writing our memoirs and childhood memories for our descendants. The topic for Week 2 is “First flight”. This seems like such a simple question doesn’t it, yet for me there were three flights that fitted this description. … More Week 2 of Sharing Memories 2012: First flight(s)
What songs did your family listen to during Christmas? Did you ever go carolling? Did you have a favourite song? The Christmas carols I remember most from my childhood were Adeste Fidelis and Silent Night. Then when I got a small record player in my high school years we bought a new Christmas LP and … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories – 21st December 2011 –Christmas Music
Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did your family throw a holiday party each year? Do you remember attending any holiday parties? My family have never been party people so no, we didn’t … More Advent Calendar of Memories 2011: 7th December – Holiday parties
Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did you ever send a letter to Santa? Did you ever visit Santa and “make a list”? Do you still believe in Santa Claus? I guess at … More Advent calendar of Christmas Memories: 6th December –Santa Claus
Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did you have a real tree or was it artificial? How big was the tree? Who decorated the tree? What types of Christmas trees did your ancestors … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011: 1st December: The Christmas Tree
The topic for Week 22 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is Secrets. Describe something about yourself that won’t be found on any record 100 years from now. Well my first thought was that if it was a secret it wouldn’t be so any longer once I blogged … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 22: Secrets: Independence comes to PNG
Family history across the seas 