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'A Self Made Man May Prefer a Self Made Name'
Friday, November 6, 2009'A self made Man may prefer a self made name.' Learned Hand (1872-1961)'What's in a name.' wrote William Shakespeare in 1595 in his play Romeo and Juliet. Clearly he had...
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'The very Touch of a Letter....'
Monday, December 21, 2009'The very touch of the letter was as if you had all taken me into your arms.' Anais Nin 1903-77: letter to Henry Miller, 6th August, 1932What love and comfort, a letter from...
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2013 Accentuate The Positive Geneameme
2013 Accentuate The Positive Geneameme Thankyou to my good friend Jill Ball, better known in the genealogy world as Geniaus, for challenging bloggers to take stock of their genealogy discoveries for...
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It's all In the Numbers
IT'S ALL IN THE NUMBERSI am quite late in responding to Alona from the LoneTester HQ Blog with her 'It's all in the Numbers'. geneameme. As the old saying goes.. better late than never so I am...
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Family in Historical Context..
Placing Family within Historical Context- History and your Family HistoryPhoto NSW C Class Tram built by John Morrison in the mid 1890's ©The key to understanding what life was like for our ancestors,...
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Courting Ancestors - Valentine's Day
Courting Ancestors - Valentine's DayMy paternal grandparents (right) courting on the bank of the Brisbane River 1929, 17 Mile Rocks"To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime,And I a...
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Military Medals and Records
Military MedalsMilitary Medals belonging to my great uncle Major AlexanderWallace JohnstonMilitary Medals are a significant event in history and undoubtedly will have affected or changed the lives of...
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The 4th Unlock the Past History/Genealogy Cruise - Part 1
What a Cruise!.. Part 1Although I had harboured (metaphorically) grand designs to blog frequently from the cruise ship, Voyager of the Seas, and although I dutifully kept account of the daily...
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Putting into Practice what I learned on the 4th Unlock The Past Cruise...
What did I learn on the 4th Unlock the Past Cruise?It was probably just as well that internet connection on the ship Voyager of the Seas was non- existent in our suites, since at the end of each day I...
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St Patrick's Day Post
My Irish AncestorsImage Wikimedia ©©Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, is traditionally an Irish day of celebration for the Feast of St Patrick - La Fheile Padraig . Saint Patrick is the patron saint of...
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Knocking down Northern Irish Brick Walls using Wills.
"In the name of God, Amen, I William White of Brookend, Arboe... declare this to be my last Will and Testimony" and... Who was Sarah Jane Thompson?Jemima Florence White - daughter of Sarah Jane...
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Genealogy Photo Challenge 2014
Genealogy Photo Challenge 2014 for World Photo Day The Family Curator has issued a challenge to genealogists and family historians around the world to celebrate World Photo Day by creating a photograph...
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HOW GREAT THOU ART...OR IS IT GRAND?
'It's a Grand Mistake to Think of Being Great...' Benjamin Franklin with apologies for borrowing only an exerpt of his quote.This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its...
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ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD
One Lovely Blog AwardI have been nominated for the ONE LOVELY BLOG award by the very talented Debra Watkins of the Pocket Full of Family Memories blog. Thank you Debra for taking the time to read my...
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They Witnessed our Family History - Witnesses as Sources of Information
They Witnessed our Family HistoryImage in The Public Domain ©©Our ancestors did not live in isolation. Just about every significant event in their lives was witnessed by other people. Births were...
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Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday- a find on Ebay!Image of Marburg in Queensland 1908Researching your ancestors' communities can be very rewarding. The above image is a photograph I purchased on Ebay, which hows of...
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So This is Christmas, and what have you done? ... My Christmas GeneaMeme
2014 CHRISTMAS GENEALOGY MEMEImage in the public domain ©©PLEASE LISTEN HERE for Christmas cheer....December and the festive season is almost upon us. Decorations already adorn the shopping centres and...
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So This is Christmas - and what have you done? My Christmas GeneaMeme
I My Response to my So this is Christmas and what have you doneGeneameme?Throughout the next few weeks of December, I will be publishing and updating a list of bloggers who participated in this...
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THE LIST SO FAR....So This is Christmas Geneameme Bloggers
List of Blogs which participated in the So This Is Christmas 2014 GeneamemeTHIS LIST WILL BE UPDATED AS GENEAMEMES ARE POSTEDThankyou to the bloggers who are joining me in sharing precious childhood...
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When Places Change... The Search for a Hotel in Sussex Street.
When Places and Place-Names Change - Finding the Homes of ancestors.I have been very fortunate when looking for ancestral places. Most of the places my ancestors came from have not changed enough to...
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