My travels and family history help you reveal yours.
The surname research I focus on is the tracing of my direct family line of ancestors. My grand parents names were DAWSON, KITTO, SHEPHERD & IRELAND (as in name not the country). These families resided in New Zealand and prior to this England and Scotland.
My grandparents main branches include the following names: Aldrige, Bice, Brettel/Butele, Collis, Edmonds, Ellery, Gibson, Harper, Ireland, McDonald/MacDonald, Monger, Rice and Scott.
August 2022 is Family History Month in Australia and New Zealand. To help celebrate blogging genimates are sharing family history stories each Sunday in August thanks to the suggestion by Alex from Family Tree Frog Read More …
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 …
Alona Tester gave us The Ancestral Places Geneameme challenge for this years Family History Month so I thought I should squeeze into my busy life having a go at this. The bulk of my ancestors Read More …
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 …
Family History Trinkets & Treasures For the #GenealogyPhotoADay prompt trinkets & treasure I shared on Instagram my polished stainless steel jewellery box with royal blue velvet interior, now faded and falling off. Dad made it Read More …
S is for Siblings. My mother with her three older siblings in about 1922. The elder three siblings were born in UK however my mother was born in New Zealand because the family had migrated Read More …
Mabel Dawson played the saxophone and piccolo for a living. Mabel Dawson with her saxophone. Named Mabel Kate Dawson, my maternal grandfathers sister was born in London, England 15 March 1881. When I was a Read More …