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The “My Family History Year” is all about events in my ancestors lives on a particular date. Births, marriages and death dates are just the start. Also covered are newspaper articles, family events and more I discover researching my family history. The first post commenced on 1 January 2014 and I hope to one day have an event for every day of the year.
If you are on social media, follow family history blogs or attend society meetings you might have seen people moaning about the FamilySearch tree. “People keep changing MY tree.” “There are so many mistakes.” Then Read More …
After Tuesdays Cemetery Topic at #ANZAncestryTime on Twitter Carmel put up a geneameme for us to share our cemetery memories. Here are a few of mine. A beautifully tended plot or cemetery Last Christmas we Read More …
With a surname like Kitto, how can I not repeat it again for this years blogging A to Z held each April – AtoZChallenge Kitto. AtoZChallenge Kitto – All Dressed up for a Wedding I Read More …
I wrote about the Jeffries, including Flora in a previous A to Z Challenge back in 2016. The post mentions Flora Elizabeth Jeffries was born in 1868. She was my paternal grandmother’s half-sister and the Read More …
G for Great Grandmothers This AtoZChallenge Great Grandmothers, reports a coincidence on the date of death for Amelia Bretel and Mary Scott McDonald. Both occurred on the 7th of March. On the 7th Match in Read More …
I have featured my grandfather, Charles Collis Dawson, a number of times for the #genealogyphotoaday so here is a combination of some Instagram posts. The photo above is from 1949 at my Aunty Joan’s wedding. Read More …
AtoZChallenge Catholic Station My great great grandmother and great great grand father were married on 9th June 1853 at the Catholic Station in Nelson, New Zealand. I was unsure what the term Catholic Station meant Read More …