The Charlemagne Factor
The common ancestor is an idea with a long history, and if you have been around the internet or genealogy circles anytime since the late 1990s, the concept that westerners are all descended from Charlemagne…
Articles with family history
Mapping Family History
I have a bit of a weakness for maps, and lately I have been contemplating how to plot some of the never ending list of place names that appear in the course of digging around…
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…