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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …