The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge this week is sports. Sport was never a big thing in my childhood – we didn’t tend to watch it or play it. I grew up riding my bike around the neighbourhood or swimming in a mates pool. Our extracurricular activities revolved around music not sport. Dad, did for a time, play rugby.…
The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge this week is Ten. So many ways to interpret this – ten children, the tenth person on your tree, the 10th army unit. I opted to go with ten children. Week 40 – Ten Susan Criddle and David Brand were my second great-grandparents on my mother’s side. Susan was born in…
The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge for Week 39 is On the Farm. Many of our ancestors would have been involved in farming in years gone past and my family were no different. Even those who didn’t live on farms most likely had a few chickens and a veggie patch – I know my paternal grandmother did which became…
This weeks challenge in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Unusual Source. There are so many resources out there for genealogists to explore. The usual birth, death, marriage, census, immigration, and military records but there is so much left to find. Week 38 – Unusual Source For a long time I have wanted to know more about my…
Over the weekend I was fortunate to have time to attend my first Genealogy Seminar. It was run by the Genealogical Society of Queensland and offered a varied range of topics and speakers. The seminar was titled Top Genealogical Sources: The Expert’s Guide with invited guests talking about their favourite genealogical source. The topics were varied and the speakers knew their…
The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge for Week 37 is Closest to Your Birthday. I trawled through my ancestors to find someone who may share a birthday with me, but alas, was unable to. The closest date I could find was the death of my great-grandfather. Week 37 – Closest to Your Birthday Frederick Charles Newman My…
I have gotten a bit behind on the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge with my UK trip and so now face the daunting task of catching up. The Week 36 challenge is Work to coincide with Labour Day in the USA – in Australia ours is May. I have chosen for this topic to write about a common occupation…
At the end of July I wrote a post about Thomas MacEntee’s Genealogy Do-Over and that I was going to start the process. I have started but it is not going as fast as I would like. Prior to going to the UK in early September I started putting boxes of stuff into the study which quickly became the “I will…
Well it has been a very long time between posts. I have been so busy with sorting Dad’s estate out, helping mum sort their home, and preparing and then going on our Family History Holiday. We left for the UK on 6 September and arrived home on 3 October. I have so much to do around the house to catch…
The Week 35, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is Back to School. Many people will find ancestors who are teachers, sometimes women, as this was an acceptable occupation for them to enter. Today I will talk about two women I know of in my ancestry who were teachers. Week 35 – Back to School Dorcas…