Hello 2015 and a visit to the State Records Office
Yes, yes, I am aware that it is now 16 days into 2015 but the truth is between finishing my Masters, getting the results – I passed of course – Christmas, New Year and the…
an oft neglected genealogy & history blog
Yes, yes, I am aware that it is now 16 days into 2015 but the truth is between finishing my Masters, getting the results – I passed of course – Christmas, New Year and the…
I often joke that I am related in someway to half the people in the town that I grew up in, and with my maternal grandmother’s family having been in the region since the 1840s…
Sometimes you come across a character in your research who for one reason or another sparks your curiosity. One such person is John Phillip Gail, the second husband of my 3x Great Grandmother Christiana Sophia…
I’m sure you’ve all heard the axiom “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Setting aside the utter ridiculousness of that statement in general, in…
is not something I am very good at, and given my own atrocious handwriting you think I would be. Yesterday I turned to twitter to help me make out a place name on a board’s…
Being on uni break and suffering from brain fog inducing sinusitis, I’ve spent the past couple of days meandering through my family tree research and following whatever tangents caught my interest. A pleasant morning was had searching…