How one of my childhood sweets lead to a gene discovery
Genealogy Photo a Day via Instagram – Day 3 Sweets. When I was a kid one of my favourite childhood sweets was a thing called a chocolate fish. So you knew what they looked like Read More …
Category: Genealogical Research
On my TravelGenee blog I share my family history and my travels researching and learning about family history. The Genealogical Research category covers any blog posts that features family history research. This might include research trips, tips for your research, online places to explore and more.
I write about family history conferences I attend so you can learn from the things I learn.
You will also find my posts for blogging challenges for family history month and others like the A to Z blogging challenge each April.
Use Your Society to Honour Local People
Why share a story? Here is another review of a talk at the Footsteps in Time Conference: Being interested in how societies and individuals can use modern technologies to promote, share and research family history Read More …
Get a Good History Book and Read It
What you can learn at a family history conference At conferences it can be worthwhile to attend a talk that you think will have nothing to do with your research so I attended Martyn Killion’s Read More …
Prosecution Project: Unlocking Criminal Records in Australia.
The Prosecution Project Professor Mark Finnane was the opening speaker on Saturday morning. He spoke about the Prosecution Project where he is part of a group digitising and unlocking criminal records. Eventually they plan to Read More …
#AtoZChallenge 2017 Reflections Post & Summary
April is over and I am finally doing my reflections post for the #AtoZChallenge 2017. I had to catch up with some work first and do an assignment for the Family History Diploma I am Read More …
#AtoZChallenge Z for San Diego Zoo
Z for San Diego Zoo The first time I saw flamingos closeup was at the San Diego Zoo in California. We spoke to one of the zoo personnel who said that the value of the plants Read More …
#AtoZChallenge Y for Youngest to Oldest – Dawson Family
Y is for Youngest to Oldest – Dawson Family The #GenealogyPhoto prompt was Oldest & Youngest however I’m turning it around to Youngest to Oldest with the Dawson family for A to Z Blogging Read More …