
Family Tree Frog
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A blog about genealogy and family history. An Australian family historian recording her research for posterity.
Family Tree Frog
1M ago
Amy Johnson Crow offers the following prompt for bloggers who are participating in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.
This week’s theme is “In the Beginning.” (According to “The Sound of Music,” the beginning is a very good place to start.) Who was the first person you wanted to find when you started your genealogy journey? Was there a family member who sparked your interest, maybe by giving you a bunch of genealogy “stuff”? This would be a great week to write about them!
Some people think family history is my life. Perhaps they're not far off the mark. Although bridge, my grandson, reading, se ..read more
Family Tree Frog
1M ago
Back in 2012 when Jill Ball aka Geniaus decided to publish the first Accentuate the Positive Geneameme she said:
"At this time of year many geneabloggers take stock of what they have achieved or not achieved in the previous twelve months and set themselves goals for the coming year. I have been reading several of these posts this week.
Jill feels that a lot of her geneablogging friends are too hard on themselves; several have reported on their successes this year but quite a number have lamented that they haven't achieved as much as they set out to do or that they haven't b ..read more
Family Tree Frog
6M ago
Image created by Alex Daw using AI on NightCafe
Lovely Jennifer Jones from Tracking Down the Family has shared the AFFHO suggested memes for family history bloggers during Family History Month.
Week 1: Family history contributions/volunteer activities that you have participated in
Week 2: Your Experiences, successes and lessons learned about cluster research or FAN club research - acknowledging that our friends, associates and neighbours are our community
Week 3: How we, as family historians and genealogist could be a closer community. Has the internet or COVID or social med ..read more
Family Tree Frog
9M ago
Photo by Alex Daw Barley Sugar
It's been a while since I've blogged and boy do I miss it.
Have you received an email from Ancestry lately suggesting you check out new traits? DNA doesn't lie, so they say, but I beg to differ.
This will probably be an intensely boring post for those of you who don't really know me but I feel compelled to record my responses to the alleged traits for the amusement or interest of posterity and my family.
16 new traits have been identified for me. There are 56 identified traits altogether.
Let's tackle the new traits first ..read more
Family Tree Frog
1y ago
The theme for Week 3 is "Favorite Photo." Amy Johnson Crow has devised these prompts and you can participate too by signing up here.
Tell the story of a favorite photo: Who is in it, when and where it was taken, and why it was taken. (That last part is often left out!)
Barbara Conner hanging up washing in Edinburgh
This is a photo of my mother hanging up the washing when we were living in Edinburgh in the 60s. I think my father took it to record what ordinary life was like at the time and to send back to the folks at home in Australia. I ..read more
Family Tree Frog
1y ago
Image by Ekaterine Kantaria from Pixabay
The theme for Week 2 is "Origins." Genealogists often get the question, "Where is your family from?" With this week's theme, you could explore an immigrant ancestor, but you could also think about the origin of other aspects of your family. Who was the first person in your family to settle in a particular town? If you have a long line of people with the same occupation, talent, etc, who was the first person you know who did it? If you want to join the challenge, sign up here.
Here is my latest ethnicity estimate from Ancestry which, if you hav ..read more
Family Tree Frog
1y ago
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Amy Johnson Crow challenges us to write about our Family History again in 2024 using her 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. The theme for Week 1 is "Family Lore." Many of us have heard stories from our grandparents about incredible feats our ancestors did or a famous person we're related to. What's a tale that has been passed down in your family? Did it end up being true or did it turn out to just be a good story? You can join the challenge too here.
The most famous/shocking story handed down in our family was that my father's great-grandfather was m ..read more
Family Tree Frog
1y ago
Every year, fabulous blogger and family historian Jill Ball on Geniaus issues a challenge to fellow bloggers to record the positive things that happened at the end of the year. No matter how big or small the achievements, the emphasis is on the positive.
Here are my responses for 2023's questions:
1. On revisiting some old research I found ...
Hmmm….to be honest I had no time to revisit old research this year AT ALL. Very disappointing.
2. In 2023 I hooked up with a new (to me) living co ..read more
Family Tree Frog
1y ago
Hi everyone
It seems I pressed the publish button too soon on my last blog post without proof reading it thoroughly.
I was asked by the Genealogical Society of Victoria to take the post down immediately this morning as it contained incorrect information about their finances. In my haste to take down the blog post, I have now completely lost it so am unable to confirm exactly where the error was. However the Secretary of GSV advised me that I indicated that the GSV ran at a loss in 2022 which is completely untrue. You can check GSV's accounts on the ACNC website here ..read more
Family Tree Frog
1y ago
A while ago, John Reid wrote an article entitled The Financial Health of Canadian Genealogical Societies 2022 . Thank you John for this most thought-provoking article.
What a brilliant idea, I thought to self. Let's see if we can do the same for Australian societies.
Reid's article looked at 12 societies in Canada:
Alberta Genealogical Society
British Columbia Genealogical Society
British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa
Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc
Manitoba Genealogical Society
New Brunswick Genealogical Society
Genealogica ..read more