Family Photos
I headed to my parents for the Australia day long weekend, as not only was it Australia Day but brother #2 turned 40 on the 25th and an appropriate bash had been organised to celebrate.…
Trove Tuesday: Family Celebrities
I am of the general belief that every one has in their family tree a celebrity of some sort, in my case it is the husband of my great (x2) great-aunt, Monica Sinclair. They met…
Trove Tuesday: Rose Vale School
One of my major historical interests is the history of education, something to which my shelved PhD project will attest, so it has always been a pleasure to know that one of my ancestors at…
Trove Tuesday: This seemed appropriate…
… given the state of my house as I emerged blinking from the assignment fog. [No heading]. (1933, September 2). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982), p. 28. Retrieved October 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4602358 Hope the…
Trove Tuesday: El Alamien
If you have been paying any attention to the media this week or last you would have noted that it is the 70th anniversary of the Second Battle of El Alamein. The Sydney Morning Herald. (1942,…
Trove Tuesday: Cowra Experimental Farm
One of the things I have been using Trove for is to find out more about places that are mentioned to me by various family members or that come up in the course of research.…
Trove Tuesday: From what you know…
One of the troubles I have had in researching my family tree is the reticence of one side of the family in talking about the past. Whereas one side is happy to tell you anything…
A little push…
I used to be a somewhat active researcher, in genealogy and in the history of education, but burnt out from academia I put aside my PhD and all other historical stuff and started on a…