Yesterday, since the topic for Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun was to write about what your father loved to do, I decided to use my post for week 24 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks series. Since I had fallen behind with this series, today I am catching up by writing a post… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #21 Military
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52 Ancestors #24 Father’s Day/ Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun – What Did Your Father Love to Do?
Each week on Randy Seaver’s Genea-musings blog he has a post for Saturday night Genealogy fun. Because of the time difference, I have called my series Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun. This week the mission was: 1) It's Father's Day in the USA on Sunday, so let's talk about our fathers. 2) What did your father… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #24 Father’s Day/ Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun – What Did Your Father Love to Do?
52 Ancestors #20 Another Language
Most of my ancestors who came to Australia, came from the British Isles, so English is the only language I have had to deal with (at least on my side of the family), except for the mother of William Edward Ball. William was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. His father was an English wine merchant, while… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #20 Another Language
52 Ancestors #18 Close Up
The topic for week 18 was Close Up, and I have decided to write about my 2x great grandmother, Jane Elizabeth Oldroyd, and her sister Rachel Oldroyd, because they lived close to each other. Jane was born 5 April 1828 at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, and her sister Rachel was born in 1833 in Wakefield. The… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #18 Close Up
52 Ancestors #17 Cemetery
I have decided to do this post about the Kilcunda Cemetery, as this is the only cemetery where I have taken photos of the graves of family members. Since these were my first attempts at taking photos of gravestones, and I took these back in 2008/2009 on a mobile phone, they aren’t very good photos,… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #17 Cemetery
52 Ancestors #19 Mother’s Day
I have not yet written posts for weeks 17 and 18, but, since yesterday was Mother’s Day, and the topic for week 19 is Mother’s Day, I’ve decided to skip ahead to week 19 for today’s post. I decided for this post to write a brief summary of the information I have for the mothers… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #19 Mother’s Day
52 Ancestors #16 Storms
The topic for week 16 was “Storms”. When I think of storms here in Australia, I think of what would have the most impact, and I came up with “floods”. This made me think of what I had read in the book “St Andrew’s Church Newry: Celebrating a Centenary 1885-1985”, by Florence Pearce , about… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #16 Storms
52 Ancestors #15/Trove Tuesday – Taxes
The topic for week 15 was Taxes, but, since tax records aren’t available here in Australia, and I haven’t come across any while researching the branches of the family from the United States, I decided to turn to Trove, and to make this 52 Ancestor’s post a Trove Tuesday post as well. While searching Trove… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #15/Trove Tuesday – Taxes
52 Ancestors #14 Maiden Aunt
As soon as I read the topic, I knew who to write about – my aunt, Margaret Amelia Marr. Margaret was born 17 May 1924 at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. She was two years younger than my mum, and two years older than their brother, Aubrey. At the time of her… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #14 Maiden Aunt
52 Ancestors #13 The Old Homestead
I have fallen behind in this series because my Ancestry.com subscription was due to expire at the end of April, and I didn’t think I’d be able to afford to renew, so over the last couple of months I was doing as much research as I could, while I could. Now that my subscription has… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #13 The Old Homestead
