Over the last few months as I consider moving my working database from RootsMagic to Family Historian, I’ve been trying to clean it up and have noticed many gaps, especially where sources are concerned. Addressing this is both a blessing and a curse – great for my database, but also time-consuming. While checking the profile… Continue reading Gathering corroborating evidence…
The theme this week for Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is Crime and Punishment. It caught my eye because I have several distant relatives who were transported to Australia early in the 19th century. I wrote about James Lawley last December, and am returning with another tale of a boy gone… Continue reading 52 Ancestors…Death sentence commuted…
In continuing my work on attaching obituary images, I came across one for Jonathan Wiley, my cousin three times removed, who was born in England in 1849 and died in Australia in 1934. Long-time readers of this blog might recall my blog post about his family’s emigration in 1857/1858, when his parents, my 3rd great-aunt,… Continue reading Observations on a 1934 obituary…
I’m still working away on my James Lawley project, made a little bit more difficult because FindMyPast doesn’t always make it clear exactly what records I’m looking at, and, in some cases, doesn’t allow browsing back and forth in the images to find the beginning and/or end of the document. That said, FMP certainly has… Continue reading Abstracting records brings you so much more…
This week I continued my work on James Lawley, but also got a wee bit distracted by the release of Family Historian 7 from Calico Pie in the UK. It has been under development for quite a while, and though I knew it was in beta testing, I didn’t expect to see it before Christmas.… Continue reading Bright shiny object of the week…and more about James Lawley…
During these strange times, we can at least not feel so guilty about spending hours at our computer. As genealogists and family historians, we love to learn almost as much as we love finding new details and records about our ancestors and right now, learning from home has never been so easy! Over the last… Continue reading Learning from home…videos, webinars, blogs, podcasts, and more!
I’m back with another 52 Ancestors post as this week’s prompt, cousins, brought to mind something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. One of the biggest joys of exploring my ancestors has been collaborating with cousins, far and near (literally and figuratively). Over the last 30 years I’ve made some wonderful cousinly connections and… Continue reading 52 Ancestors…Cousinly connections…
Bearded men are not common in my family. I’m not certain why this is, however, for this week’s 52 Ancestors post, I have found a photo of one of my uncles sporting facial hair, so I thought I’d share it, along with some of my favourite memories of him. Jan Jerzy Basiński was born on… Continue reading 52 Ancestors…Bearded…
I’m a first generation Canadian, travel is a theme that recurs throughout my posts on this blog. My parents travelled here in 1958, my aunt, grandmother, and uncle earlier in the decade, while two of my other uncles emigrated to Australia, and another to the US during the 50s and 60s. And, most intrepid of… Continue reading 52 Ancestors…travel tales…
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