The challenge for Week 34 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks series is Non-Population. I really struggled with what to write about this week – how do I take non-population? What does that even mean? Apparently in the USA, the Census has two parts – the population schedule and the non-population schedule. In Australia, whilst a census has been…
It isn’t unusual for a family to have some sort of legend. Maybe it’s a legend surrounding the family’s arrival in a country or that there’s an ancestral castle waiting to be claimed. Maybe it’s a story about how you’re supposedly related to someone famous. You could explore how you proved or disproved the story. Then there are the “tall…
The challenge for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks for Week 32 is Youngest. I knew immediately who I wanted to pick, my new nephew, but I do not give details or post pictures of my children or other people’s children on the internet. So, instead, I had to come up with something else. The challenge suggestions were the youngest child…
I wondered how I would approach the Week 31 Challenge in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Oldest. Do I find the oldest person in my tree? Do I have enough to write about them? Week 31 – Oldest It is amazing in families that one year you have numerous older relatives, and then, in the blink of…
Every family has someone in who is bait different, quirky or just plain lager than life. The Week 30, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Colourful. Today I am writing about my maternal grandfather, Byro Jim. Week 30 – Colourful Albert James Newman was born on 18 March 1920 at 889 Hamilton Street, Boulder Western Australia to…
The Week 29 Challenge in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is music. This was an easy one for me to choose as my dad devoted his life to his music both in an amateur and professional capacity. Sadly we lost my dad a month ago so this is a fitting tribute to him. The below story is the eulogy my…
I read about Thomas MacEntee’s Genealogy Do-Over earlier this year and have procrastinated for a while about undertaking the process. I have over 25 years of documents both physical and digital and whilst, for the most part, I have kept them organised, in recent months it has got out of control. My dad recently died and we are in the…
The Week 28, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Travel. I have so many ancestors I could write about in regards to this topic, and many I have already. In So Far Away I discussed the journey’s a number of my family took, including my parents, brother and myself. In Strong Woman I talked about my great-great-grandmother Ellen Johnson (Bridges) and the journey…
I have gotten a bit behind on the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge and updating my blog. We unfortunately lost dad on the 2 July 2018 and so there have been other more pressing matters to attend to. I am hoping in the coming weeks to catch up on 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks as well as exploring other…
The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge for the halfway mark is Black Sheep. All genealogists at some point will find a black sheep in their family. Whether it be someone who was quirky and just didn’t quite fit the family to criminals. I have come across my fair share of black sheep in my family. I have written about…