#AtoZChallenge R for Ralph a family history pet story.
R is for Ralph. Family pets fill social media. I am a cat person. We had a cat who lived to an old age. I miss her. I don’t really like dogs! Compared to cats Read More …
Category: Instagram #GenealogyPhotoADay
Instagram #GenealogyPhotoaday
Way back in 2012 I started creating a TravelGenee Instagram Diary. It’s a kind of TravelGenee visual blog about my life, travels and family history.
i also take part have in the #GenealogyPhotoaday postings along with a number of other family historians. Here we share extracts of our family history based on prompts from @genealogygirltalks who shares these posts at @genealogyphoto on Instagram. Or sometimes I post pretty flowers.
I hope you enjoy my stories and images.
#AtoZChallenge Q for Quote
Q for Quote. Loving this quote I have been seeing on Social Media lately. 60 is the new black. I was sorting out a pile of black and white photos that I had previously scanned. Read More …
#AtoZChallenge P for Peculiar People – Odd Names
P for Peculiar People. Peculiar People was a hard GenealogyPhotoADay prompt. I had no photos with people being peculiar, silly or having fun that I was happy to share. Plus I typically ask permission before Read More …
#AtoZChallenge O for Occupation Research
O for Occupation Research Yesterday I covered how the obituary for Francis Kitto, my Great Grandfather, from the Hutt News confirmed details that I knew about him. Newspapers can provide clues to many family history Read More …
#AtoZChallenge N for Newspapers – Kitto Obituary
N for Newspaper – Kitto Obituary. Paperspast, a website from the National Library of New Zealand, is a wonderful treasure of information for family history. For the Newspaper GenealogyPhotoADAy prompt I featured part of the Read More …
#AtoZChallenge M for Map – Charles Booth Poverty Maps
M for Map – Charles Booth Poverty Maps Living in Bermondsey, south of the Thames River in the late 1800’s London I had assumed my Shepherd ancestors were very poor. However according to the Charles Read More …
#AtoZChallenge L for Landscape – Near Falmouth in Cornwall.
L for Landscape. This landscape scene is about 200 metres from my great grand fathers home in Falmouth, Cornwall. I wrote about this trip to Falmouth in Cornwall in a post called Visiting Your Ancestral Read More …