tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47762812569056488872024-03-18T18:33:01.332+11:00GeniAusGeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3090125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-6600056138787117092024-03-17T12:40:00.006+11:002024-03-18T13:02:54.899+11:0024 years ago<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On St Patrick's Day I remember my first visit in 2001 to <a href="https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/gowran/kilmadum/kilkieran/ballyfoyle/" target="_blank">Ballyfoyle, Kilkenny</a>, and the home of <a href="https://www.geniaus.net/getperson.php?personID=I135&tree=geniaus001" target="_blank">Patrick Kealy</a>, my Great-Great-Grandfather.</span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It was the birthplace of my Great-Grandmother <a href="https://www.geniaus.net/getperson.php?personID=I86&tree=geniaus001" target="_blank">Mary Kealy</a> who emigrated to New South Wales.</span><br style="background-color: white; 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font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz _aa9_ _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/familyhistory/?hl=en" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#familyhistory</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz _aa9_ _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ireland/?hl=en" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-66161153955391348082024-03-12T13:50:00.003+11:002024-03-12T13:50:31.451+11:00Save the Date : Connections2025<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iZq624rHx4X3te8jH5_gj69uTKbxK_NVwdX570cnyq1NbbFtK7obwkxJCNJRYRzYGU2Z2V9fKeZIZeNdedZl8BpP6Bk2bO7o-YVULCnIzt6Ab8jI_a5NpbLEn-wuXat_Fo_46FwHtwrILZG8TgObh-y0bvz55JRYtY7V2JHlW7TL0tEl5E2Mn0SMIVE/s1125/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20132504.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="1125" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iZq624rHx4X3te8jH5_gj69uTKbxK_NVwdX570cnyq1NbbFtK7obwkxJCNJRYRzYGU2Z2V9fKeZIZeNdedZl8BpP6Bk2bO7o-YVULCnIzt6Ab8jI_a5NpbLEn-wuXat_Fo_46FwHtwrILZG8TgObh-y0bvz55JRYtY7V2JHlW7TL0tEl5E2Mn0SMIVE/w577-h131/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20132504.png" width="577" /></a></div><p></p><p>G'day Genimates, </p><p>I am sharing this Save the Date notice on behalf of our friends at The <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b- d&amp;q=genealogical+society+of+queensland" target="_blank">Genealogical</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b- d&amp;q=genealogical+society+of+queensland" target="_blank">Society of Queensland – GSQ</a>. We encourage you all to follow the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555896460536" target="_blank">Connections 2025</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555896460536" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> for event updates and to show your support to help make this a wonderful, engaging event for history aficionados all over Australia and New Zealand.</p><p><b>SAVE THE DATE: March 21-24, 2025</b>.</p><p><b>The Australasian Conference - Connections 2025</b> - will be held in Brisbane over four days in March 2025. Hosted by the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b- d&amp;q=genealogical+society+of+queensland" target="_blank">Genealogical</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b- d&amp;q=genealogical+society+of+queensland" target="_blank">Society of Queensland</a>, the conference combines the 17th Australian Conference on Genealogy and Heraldry (also known as Congress) and the 5th History Queensland State Conference. </p><p><b>Connections 2025</b> is a must do event for family and local historians. <a href="https://www.connections2025.org.au/" target="_blank">Visit the Conference website</a> for more details and watch this blog for regular updates. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0ymgIY36HeM8jUPSZhRK0tVZwq5PE7YyBfBXxhP7a4z2xq__a0mi6pr6EL5V1g4omnoILTs5IL_SKUyBRg4f7AR0AvIwE9SN9DvivAq2VIxgX9mMUag3U03h_niMiU6GvT9kghk5e7MlV4naTQ-ZR4fKjr1bpHQw-fpbRciJ2WFVJlv2C9usnmmYO8Q/s640/20180309_155634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="640" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0ymgIY36HeM8jUPSZhRK0tVZwq5PE7YyBfBXxhP7a4z2xq__a0mi6pr6EL5V1g4omnoILTs5IL_SKUyBRg4f7AR0AvIwE9SN9DvivAq2VIxgX9mMUag3U03h_niMiU6GvT9kghk5e7MlV4naTQ-ZR4fKjr1bpHQw-fpbRciJ2WFVJlv2C9usnmmYO8Q/w548-h267/20180309_155634.jpg" width="548" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the 650 Delegates enjoying High Tea at the 2018 Congress in Sydney</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>I am honoured and thrilled to be the <b>NSW Ambassador</b> for this event. I have attended and enjoyed the the last four Congresses and have found them to be enriching, entertaining educational events. The bonus is that I met up with old friends in person and had opportunities to forge relationships with new-to-me genimates. </p><p>I am hoping to see a strong cohort from New Wales and to meet many genies from beyond our State in Brisbane. The event will have an international flavour, I already know of genies attending from The Netherlands, The United Kingdom and The United States.</p><p>With your help we can make this an affair to remember. </p><p>Cheers, Jill aka GeniAus</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-23000117552514913992024-02-01T15:11:00.006+11:002024-02-01T15:11:41.809+11:00The Big News<p>This morning I posted on social media news of the <i style="font-weight: bold;">17th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry </i>(otherwise known to genies as Congress)<i style="font-weight: bold;"> & 5th Queensland History State Conference</i><b>.</b></p><p>As the <a href="https://www.connections2025.org.au/ambassadors" target="_blank">NSW Ambassador</a> I am thrilled to let you know that the comprehensive <a href="https://www.connections2025.org.au/" target="_blank">website</a> for the combined event, <a href="https://www.connections2025.org.au/" target="_blank">Connections2025</a>, has now gone live. The website gives details of the dates, site, accommodation and keynote speakers plus a program outline. Information for prospective speakers is also available.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDjruNtrpP7ikMEl_PXB31YxOhS1N4kmqZfy9005uz4DQHG7SmIbZe4_rP3ki3qb03huVTzGFs2owZBn28GGTChMoKp-f0Q87pwODF-qUZPXNt5oSrB5uqviboaYezNs6BnJxTop36LhmNp7nUGuTX7tPdaM2TtfSlc5qOPXtuIMlXMCKTPqecjoegC0/s1039/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20143610.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1039" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDjruNtrpP7ikMEl_PXB31YxOhS1N4kmqZfy9005uz4DQHG7SmIbZe4_rP3ki3qb03huVTzGFs2owZBn28GGTChMoKp-f0Q87pwODF-qUZPXNt5oSrB5uqviboaYezNs6BnJxTop36LhmNp7nUGuTX7tPdaM2TtfSlc5qOPXtuIMlXMCKTPqecjoegC0/w400-h223/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20143610.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.connections2025.org.au/">Connections2025 Website</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I have been fortunate enough to attend Congress in <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2012/03/please-say-gday.html" target="_blank">Adelaide</a>, <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2015/03/geneabloggers-at-congress-posts-from.html" target="_blank">Canberra</a>, <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2018/03/for-those-who-missed-show.html" target="_blank">Sydney</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile/100057743766296/search/?q=norfolk%20island" target="_blank">Norfolk Island</a>. Congress is the premier live event on the Australasian calendar. Once again we will have an opportunity to see and hear speakers from home and abroad, catch up and meet new genimates and talk to sponsors and vendors. <br /><p>Back in 2018 there was a bumper crowd at the last Congress before Covid. As Covid was still around and travel difficult in 2022 numbers were down in Norfolk Island. </p><p>Brisbane in 2025 with its international and domestic airports and other good transport options offers us an opportunity to have the best event ever. Mr GeniAus and I are already planning a road trip/geneajourney that will have<a href="https://www.connections2025.org.au/" target="_blank">Connections2025</a> as its highlight. </p><p>Please consider joining us at <a href="https://www.connections2025.org.au/" target="_blank">Connections2025</a>. </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-61858570146426452292024-01-31T20:02:00.001+11:002024-02-01T10:33:58.425+11:00Big News<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6M7EWnhOhvqiXjExuNbypXrTWdpnmi7RP1sOdGnuz46vAuBI-nxZ_U8v6GsduNyE97Euv0Wi9q1fbWIY6r-dLqHXyQ4qb7EYcyP0GnaucTJsD0JkZTCBooR-6PMk99EIaYV4rkY-F-dcOqYbNUJRpgXhZdFd8f4SvXu8Q-0YRYKz_VmN-eLbunp7kDKo/s1080/My%20lips%20have%20been%20sealed.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6M7EWnhOhvqiXjExuNbypXrTWdpnmi7RP1sOdGnuz46vAuBI-nxZ_U8v6GsduNyE97Euv0Wi9q1fbWIY6r-dLqHXyQ4qb7EYcyP0GnaucTJsD0JkZTCBooR-6PMk99EIaYV4rkY-F-dcOqYbNUJRpgXhZdFd8f4SvXu8Q-0YRYKz_VmN-eLbunp7kDKo/w400-h400/My%20lips%20have%20been%20sealed.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-42595181590065237312024-01-30T12:35:00.001+11:002024-01-31T22:08:12.125+11:00Accentuate the Positive 2023 - Responses<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Thanks to the wonderful genies who have supported <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2023.html" target="_blank">this exercise</a>. A shoutout to <b>Jennifer Jones</b> who was the first to submit a response for 2023 and to <b>Bobbie Edes</b> and Linda <b>Stufflebean</b> for enquiring if I would be running the challenge this year.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>It warms my heart to see so many genies reflecting on their practice and realising that they have made progress during their geneayear. It is important to reflect/assess/evaluate our research and practices. </b></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope I haven't missed any contributions. If I have please let me know and I will add your link. If you fancy some reflection I'm always happy to receive new contributions as documents, in emails or in blog posts. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB33mJ4WCWMbmzz6tpiUBw_RmIc0NPlZjVi4kKA2AMdfCEsN_AolUf1inRXZtx9dVHvnweR5xlTuDfPNoecCgw_1wSET-e7iuaK2eRSNWY_gYfNrSvMvCsNwi5IIxjbJ-f0Dn85nvJVLN4Lxe980vkLBkn8TLDa_LvBShBqnuyMLZf-Itl1IDqFtYV6co/s1000/2023AccPos%20(2).png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1000" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB33mJ4WCWMbmzz6tpiUBw_RmIc0NPlZjVi4kKA2AMdfCEsN_AolUf1inRXZtx9dVHvnweR5xlTuDfPNoecCgw_1wSET-e7iuaK2eRSNWY_gYfNrSvMvCsNwi5IIxjbJ-f0Dn85nvJVLN4Lxe980vkLBkn8TLDa_LvBShBqnuyMLZf-Itl1IDqFtYV6co/w619-h186/2023AccPos%20(2).png" width="619" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Please enjoy these inspirational posts from our genimates:</b></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Alex Daw</b> <a href="https://familytreefrog.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2023.html">https://familytreefrog.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2023.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Andrew Redfern</b> </span><a href="https://andrewredfern.com/reflecting-on-my-family-history-journey-in-2023/">https://andrewredfern.com/reflecting-on-my-family-history-journey-in-2023/</a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Anne Young</b> <a href="https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2023/12/15/2023-progress-on-my-family-history/">https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2023/12/15/2023-progress-on-my-family-history/</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Bobbie Edes</b> (on GSQ blog) <a href="https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/remembering-to-accentuate-the-positive-2023-jill-balls-yearly-challenge/">https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/remembering-to-accentuate-the-positive-2023-jill-balls-yearly-challenge/</a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Carmel Galvin</b> </span><a href="https://earlieryears.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-2023.html">https://earlieryears.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-2023.html</a></div><div> </div><div><b>Jane</b> <a href="https://janeologist.blogspot.com/2024/01/accentuate-positive-reflection-on-my.html">https://janeologist.blogspot.com/2024/01/accentuate-positive-reflection-on-my.html</a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Jennifer Jones</b> </span><a href="https://jonesfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/accentuate-the-positive-geneameme-2023/">https://jonesfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/accentuate-the-positive-geneameme-2023/</a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Karen LeSueur Packard Rhodes </b> <a href="https://karenaboutgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/12/accenting-positive-in-old-song-were.html">https://karenaboutgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/12/accenting-positive-in-old-song-were.html</a></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Lilian Magill</b> <a href="https://researchbylily.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-2023.html">https://researchbylily.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-2023.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Linda Stufflebean</b> <a href="https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2023/12/accentuate-the-positive-2023-edition/">https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2023/12/accentuate-the-positive-2023-edition/</a><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Pauline Williams </b>(on GSQ Blog) <a href="https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/accentuate-the-positive-2023/">https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/accentuate-the-positive-2023/</a></span></div><div><b style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-family: inherit;">Robyn </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://robynandthegenies.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-2023-lost-found-and.html" style="font-family: inherit;">https://robynandthegenies.blogspot.com/2023/12/accentuate-positive-2023-lost-found-and.html</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Samantha John</b> <a href="https://lyfelynes.com/accentuate-the-positive-2023-genealogical-year-in-review/">https://lyfelynes.com/accentuate-the-positive-2023-genealogical-year-in-review/</a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Shauna Hicks</b> <a href="https://www.shaunahicks.com.au/accentuate-the-positive-geneameme-2023/">https://www.shaunahicks.com.au/accentuate-the-positive-geneameme-2023/</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-59529683116492047172023-12-08T08:30:00.002+11:002023-12-08T08:30:00.129+11:00Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back in 2012 when geneablogging was more popular than it appears to be today I threw out a challenge to fellow genies. I have continued this tradition each year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>I wrote<i> "I feel that a lot of my geneablogging friends are too hard on themselves; several have reported on their successes this year but quite a number have lamented that they haven't achieved as much as they set out to do or that they haven't blogged with the frequency they envisaged.".</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div>In the meme I ask respondents to <b>Accentuate the Positives</b> of the current geneayear by responding to some prompts. Over the years a generous group of genies has responded to these geneamemes with entertaining and enlightening posts. </div><div><br /></div><div>Two regulars have already asked if there will be a 2023 edition. How could I not go ahead after that interest? Here goes:</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84A358-xhM6D9kglgQENQODWgV73DQhEal1D2IeFwDFNshBqkRcGUcPbW0VNHjMUFPc1yanlUFDNbZW59AK3iT2BNvl4EIhGFsjD67dRFmLR6yRIyfA44joSJp_NwrDrxAMWYm30ot0nb1JQX8kZsbuuuTdJf1sJoesoRryeMMgNpNIfDh6oyDTPLVwA/s1000/2023AccPos%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1000" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84A358-xhM6D9kglgQENQODWgV73DQhEal1D2IeFwDFNshBqkRcGUcPbW0VNHjMUFPc1yanlUFDNbZW59AK3iT2BNvl4EIhGFsjD67dRFmLR6yRIyfA44joSJp_NwrDrxAMWYm30ot0nb1JQX8kZsbuuuTdJf1sJoesoRryeMMgNpNIfDh6oyDTPLVwA/w544-h163/2023AccPos%20(1).png" width="544" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>I invite you to take part in this activity</b> by responding to the following statements/questions, several of which are new, in a blog post. Write as much or as little as you want and complete as many statements as you wish. If you wish to take part and don't have a blog please email me your responses and I will post them here on the GeniAus blog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">Once you have done so<b> please share your post's link</b> in a comment on this post or to me via email to <a href="mailto:Jillballau@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">jillballau@gmail.com</a>. I will sometime</span></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"> in mid-January, </span></span>share a list of links to your responses right here on the GeniAus blog.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.0909px;">Remember to<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Accentuate the Positive</span></b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.0909px;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">(Please delete the items that are not relevant to your situation.)</span><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">1. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">On revisiting some old research I found ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">2. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2023 I</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> hooked up with a new (to me) living cousin ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">3. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm pleased I replaced a tool I had been using with ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">4. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">My sledge hammer did great work on this brick wall ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">5. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was pleased that I finally read ... ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">6. I enjoyed my geneajourney to ...</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. In 2022 I finally met ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">8.</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">I was the recipient of <a href="https://geneadictionary.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/genearosity/" target="_blank">genearosity</a> from ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">9. <span style="font-family: inherit;">I am pleased that I am a member of ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">10. </span>I made a new DNA discovery ...<br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">11. An informative journal or newspaper article I found was ...</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">12. A newspaper archive (Trove?) helped me ...</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">13. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I enjoyed my wander around ... cemetery</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">14. AI was a mystery to me but I learnt ...</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">15. The best value I got for my genealogy dollars was ... </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br />16. It felt good to contribute to ...<br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">17. </span>It was wonderful to catch up with genimates ...<br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">18. I wouldn't be without this technology ...</span><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">19. </span></span>I wrote ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 19. </span>I got a thrill from opening someone's eyes to the joy of genealogy ...<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20. Another positive I would like to share is ...</span></span></div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Please share this invitation far and wide in your social media channels.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-23761620061101689352023-12-07T16:27:00.003+11:002023-12-08T09:30:28.831+11:00A Snow White Dome<p>When fiddling on my blog today I noticed that, in my header image, I had brown or pepper and salt coloured hair. Nowadays my dome is snow white. My branding should reflect the person that I am. </p><p>I liked my old image that showed me waving while frolicking in the ocean. I liken my genealogy environment to a body of water where I can swim - a place where I can relax and have fun, play in the shallows or dive deep, it's somewhere that can throw up challenges and surprises. </p><p>When holidaying in Vanuatu earlier this year I was enjoying a swim in a glorious lagoon when Mr Geniaus snapped a photo of me enthusiastically waving and showing my white hair plastered to my head. The image shows me in a happy place as I am when playing in my genealogy world. </p><p>Over I went to Canva where I created a new header using their Blogger Header template. I've uploaded the completed image to the blog. While I may tweak it over the coming days it will remain basically the same until I next fiddle with my branding. Next task is creating a new header for the Geniaus Facebook Page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/geniauspage">https://www.facebook.com/geniauspage</a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoL_ZESb4ssKb3FpvR-qBNv6BRoiTTA7ENDgC_uAJWQXqzLAZ7xKvjNJinI3DtG78BR4nYSJgVeu6n-qf8wvN8Nagn5IWNY16dS2eWUfWDjMOqYH1r1IrNeAJomfxEyplPAoJF6568TzdVQC_K5sGaXHQ3CeXcyigzO4UojHTIwY7vt_Xtq6-9s3aSYKQ/s1000/2023GrniAusHeader%20(1).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1000" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoL_ZESb4ssKb3FpvR-qBNv6BRoiTTA7ENDgC_uAJWQXqzLAZ7xKvjNJinI3DtG78BR4nYSJgVeu6n-qf8wvN8Nagn5IWNY16dS2eWUfWDjMOqYH1r1IrNeAJomfxEyplPAoJF6568TzdVQC_K5sGaXHQ3CeXcyigzO4UojHTIwY7vt_Xtq6-9s3aSYKQ/w400-h120/2023GrniAusHeader%20(1).png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new header - created with Canva</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-74893090046389626052023-12-05T15:57:00.003+11:002023-12-05T15:57:54.963+11:00Almost a Year<p>I had committed to updating <a href="http://www.geniaus.et" target="_blank">my online tree</a> regularly from my main database in Family Historian,</p><p>Over the past year I have made my tree a priority. I have been beavering away adding new cousins and finding BDM and Burial references for those already in my tree. FindaGrave has provided many clues that have assisted in finding these references. Each time I play around I promise that I will upload to my website - but that boring task isn't as much fun as the thrill of the hunt. </p><p>Today's discovery that the last upload was in December 2022 made me move. I bit the bullet and can report that my website is up to date! It was so long since I had had carried out this task that I had forgotten the process and had to find my notes. It is a simple exercise that only took me 15 mins (including the finding instructions). </p><p>If I want to connect with cousins I need to do this on a more regular basis. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm0__YOBvrF8fJop4exoAI3O279Gt120KI1ZC3WPDGBWLN13oFJqGxNsc9to68kUtRxw_sr8u6gn3Svel13jbzYjnzug0oawGFnBuid1Y_kLchG05XNW4UHRawC0aeIfZaKT93WskegaxOlqJ5xUjZhb-s7RAQ-fEIert4xwvcItLEVj-Evnr2lYIli8/s532/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20154641.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="532" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm0__YOBvrF8fJop4exoAI3O279Gt120KI1ZC3WPDGBWLN13oFJqGxNsc9to68kUtRxw_sr8u6gn3Svel13jbzYjnzug0oawGFnBuid1Y_kLchG05XNW4UHRawC0aeIfZaKT93WskegaxOlqJ5xUjZhb-s7RAQ-fEIert4xwvcItLEVj-Evnr2lYIli8/w400-h400/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20154641.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Latest Statistics - <a href="http://www.geniaus.net">www.geniaus.net</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-69186263372868182023-11-23T15:25:00.001+11:002023-11-23T15:25:40.169+11:00Aunty Kath's Slides<p>Dad's younger sister, <a href="https://geniaus.net/getperson.php?personID=I73&tree=geniaus001" target="_blank">Kathleen Curry</a>, was the first person in my immediate family who travelled from Australia to work in another country. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UIqKyQqKzBfc8zjd4YbJmwRqZon12SVY8SvMHvEAJsIJKkhNkTuCInoJBsZmFXSHW5cKqYPEBFnobXK6fVvrtFXhyphenhyphen_d4oweofGUz_YAjIy2c7oN1JXuXhTgxVZC-4OY55M7wX3YXi3rKVXkMCqEzJkfOCtq8e0qIU3bmYo6baQ1sL6Vq89awexQCP_c/s899/IMG00073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UIqKyQqKzBfc8zjd4YbJmwRqZon12SVY8SvMHvEAJsIJKkhNkTuCInoJBsZmFXSHW5cKqYPEBFnobXK6fVvrtFXhyphenhyphen_d4oweofGUz_YAjIy2c7oN1JXuXhTgxVZC-4OY55M7wX3YXi3rKVXkMCqEzJkfOCtq8e0qIU3bmYo6baQ1sL6Vq89awexQCP_c/w400-h268/IMG00073.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Curry 1927-2013</td></tr></tbody></table><p>During the 1960's Aunty Kath and her friend Pat Jones travelled to Wellington, New Zealand where they lived, worked and explored. A second adventure in that decade took them to Port Moresby in Papua, New Guinea where they also worked. I remember devouring Kath's letters recounting her adventures that she religiously sent home to Nanna each week. Perhaps I was inspired to travel by her letters. </p><p>Aunty Kath was also one of the first people in our family who had a 35mm camera. Our family only had a Brownie Box camera that took tiny black and white images so I was most impressed with the brilliant colour slides Aunt Kath's camera produced. </p><p>As Kath had no descendants of her own her husband's family passed Kath's collection of colour slides on to me after she passed away. </p><p>I have been busy scanning and sharing the family photos in the collection with my cousins and they have brought great joy. I didn't know what to do with her travel snaps that included several holidays in Australia. I was surprised that there was only a small collection of images from PNG. What to do with those I found? </p><p>For want of somewhere else to share them I am pasting them to this post. Perhaps they will help someone in the future who is searching for a particular image. </p><p>Thankfully these images were labelled so I am adding Kaths's descriptions from 60 years ago to each image below.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb_91l8p-xwEuM-AvV9JHe0fustA5H0TGqz_Ooz8JSBfARvv5bKds5VGFdSF4JotqAgRSYuCKecxop18hoas4yxP2MTG9snBrKmUVzkgvp3eGf9uLXCYFwhvXGJpY47euT4qzmy-hudu3dVLrKQcEcdhNscx5V26GZWcLNJs-m-Pz4dwypvs1vXqs7jM/s899/IMG00207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb_91l8p-xwEuM-AvV9JHe0fustA5H0TGqz_Ooz8JSBfARvv5bKds5VGFdSF4JotqAgRSYuCKecxop18hoas4yxP2MTG9snBrKmUVzkgvp3eGf9uLXCYFwhvXGJpY47euT4qzmy-hudu3dVLrKQcEcdhNscx5V26GZWcLNJs-m-Pz4dwypvs1vXqs7jM/w400-h268/IMG00207.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Native Mission Village</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzHt3eo1QVcUiP5MaqVi9GjCn3viUdBQvDfsIMtLH96FydFJAfu1Dv3qxN2mn4JPtVkdOaQwebPO5IUn14m3fG-scAkQ1mBBvtdMe-y6ocdduwr9j3dokqFiMXchx1tiFM8r8eorbUn2hAK3wjOs5DKouMjJoKIHqoBlvNWtw0RWYqHzSxcRXkk9aM2s/s899/IMG00208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzHt3eo1QVcUiP5MaqVi9GjCn3viUdBQvDfsIMtLH96FydFJAfu1Dv3qxN2mn4JPtVkdOaQwebPO5IUn14m3fG-scAkQ1mBBvtdMe-y6ocdduwr9j3dokqFiMXchx1tiFM8r8eorbUn2hAK3wjOs5DKouMjJoKIHqoBlvNWtw0RWYqHzSxcRXkk9aM2s/w400-h268/IMG00208.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manus Island</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirHQ3ZQXsr2pKY8pCJNksbiNBWxkmsdmcYOyElsR3hKeu1d7VL1kUZyEpeFYBVReeHFX4yhFkgO8G9lb93_4wxxYG_-AjAYAmIR_dmKBeUsBbN1WpA2ZcAwkCpyB9lP_uG38HCIaGiKvPsc2ZO8WXXNdy0rkNmdBslGgM5u0cR7TfQz1062YNoNDy6Vc/s899/IMG00209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirHQ3ZQXsr2pKY8pCJNksbiNBWxkmsdmcYOyElsR3hKeu1d7VL1kUZyEpeFYBVReeHFX4yhFkgO8G9lb93_4wxxYG_-AjAYAmIR_dmKBeUsBbN1WpA2ZcAwkCpyB9lP_uG38HCIaGiKvPsc2ZO8WXXNdy0rkNmdBslGgM5u0cR7TfQz1062YNoNDy6Vc/w400-h268/IMG00209.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bomana War Cemetery</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJwyPHN1_NnW_QdgCzi80cRL8BT2FnIK2kOSopKqMunmWK1gN0fRVEIvZYl51xXxPRdEijznwXJ65GnS9GGmoUzxTD8sdCXjVpnfGBjWKfekHDs5303bAoPKr1tMHDrUNT-wvLed9BuChrSLMQEBnZOP9nuBjR4cHG0Asrz8Afrr3vkR_-3Brn1Fn1BI/s899/IMG00210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJwyPHN1_NnW_QdgCzi80cRL8BT2FnIK2kOSopKqMunmWK1gN0fRVEIvZYl51xXxPRdEijznwXJ65GnS9GGmoUzxTD8sdCXjVpnfGBjWKfekHDs5303bAoPKr1tMHDrUNT-wvLed9BuChrSLMQEBnZOP9nuBjR4cHG0Asrz8Afrr3vkR_-3Brn1Fn1BI/w400-h268/IMG00210.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chapel on Manus Island</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCsAc-JZulh2E3hXcI6zeJGsynRDt996uX2miL68_Wofx_wH3FxfTEsR1TdKTRDATPhX-R1US47o9Ohh8jC6dLsEh2Qgj3qRMwbvjxD_7LwITSyOcrIqY-WkrrKQcRTIy0YFkpcQooBF6INYEG2e2iUrbIv-tZ-Mxr1DmZOmV1ncvGUXozBmaIAFtktk/s899/IMG00211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCsAc-JZulh2E3hXcI6zeJGsynRDt996uX2miL68_Wofx_wH3FxfTEsR1TdKTRDATPhX-R1US47o9Ohh8jC6dLsEh2Qgj3qRMwbvjxD_7LwITSyOcrIqY-WkrrKQcRTIy0YFkpcQooBF6INYEG2e2iUrbIv-tZ-Mxr1DmZOmV1ncvGUXozBmaIAFtktk/w400-h268/IMG00211.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shrine at Bomana</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRmHiE_MaEguczFhGWhd2C4MXSNUMpjvQQuk5KOGVwzs7Q99NNxf9KwB98ITyShaRmkyGIaR6_e2Wq8PDqPpwWZdIUpEBY8BXwqQMsueerHEGc65CRNuBYNMNAXXWHulgh3Ti-DxgrkGaTR0CKjxbuNYkje9RPMfURaI1YHKa5psDH9mV-nxmnUY8KSg/s899/IMG00212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRmHiE_MaEguczFhGWhd2C4MXSNUMpjvQQuk5KOGVwzs7Q99NNxf9KwB98ITyShaRmkyGIaR6_e2Wq8PDqPpwWZdIUpEBY8BXwqQMsueerHEGc65CRNuBYNMNAXXWHulgh3Ti-DxgrkGaTR0CKjxbuNYkje9RPMfURaI1YHKa5psDH9mV-nxmnUY8KSg/w400-h268/IMG00212.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">War Cemetery near Rabaul</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPgtGE1BvGS1uIXR2QR2zfiNDO3_B3RC2CWZtbczIDdNa6_fxwSbyxK8CXKjHMD7WoqsIYQKzHhQge3qLcitMivn6JY9YxtA0mh9tVxBXxCA9LBDu2Hh07-Q3PTGm8sHLMUn44KZ_YxFWbiXAsf10Qgs_RbXDUtdT_9FT9sGus3FytE8VkYYdwxl1p7s/s899/IMG00213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPgtGE1BvGS1uIXR2QR2zfiNDO3_B3RC2CWZtbczIDdNa6_fxwSbyxK8CXKjHMD7WoqsIYQKzHhQge3qLcitMivn6JY9YxtA0mh9tVxBXxCA9LBDu2Hh07-Q3PTGm8sHLMUn44KZ_YxFWbiXAsf10Qgs_RbXDUtdT_9FT9sGus3FytE8VkYYdwxl1p7s/w400-h268/IMG00213.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bitapaka Cemetery, Rabaul</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgIgQf76MSE5ScuO4Ghyphenhyphenxfnz9gBkvkJZHOD41h-8hyphenhypheniFJMsUM8l_AdngxtTu_804B3XZb73b71k5QwxnO38sSXrHAr5dWAM3qAcwwokGUyJnOMKSouh3KTyDpuCaErqlIe4dZReFHVWICRVhHtH6BYSSF2AlDGCKRG66hWROhJwlstWbqeaNdnd_MacU/s899/IMG00214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgIgQf76MSE5ScuO4Ghyphenhyphenxfnz9gBkvkJZHOD41h-8hyphenhypheniFJMsUM8l_AdngxtTu_804B3XZb73b71k5QwxnO38sSXrHAr5dWAM3qAcwwokGUyJnOMKSouh3KTyDpuCaErqlIe4dZReFHVWICRVhHtH6BYSSF2AlDGCKRG66hWROhJwlstWbqeaNdnd_MacU/w400-h268/IMG00214.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Koki Native Market</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL70n6zUr8teOMbo6IJ8bru0aA3v3wblsKSKmsHO2mYXroAs9k7jRk6HRnFlMoEhzh3ruP0sqAmazetqBI2BeYa2Zg_xmVl9xzxRkyRVu22ZcJKf1QODFP5ziij9VRfDSlxkR7A8vghpQUHZrpr7q3WhDzqUl3xs18eq-CgW_aTGC9TnLRVkk3hXpi8WY/s899/IMG00215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL70n6zUr8teOMbo6IJ8bru0aA3v3wblsKSKmsHO2mYXroAs9k7jRk6HRnFlMoEhzh3ruP0sqAmazetqBI2BeYa2Zg_xmVl9xzxRkyRVu22ZcJKf1QODFP5ziij9VRfDSlxkR7A8vghpQUHZrpr7q3WhDzqUl3xs18eq-CgW_aTGC9TnLRVkk3hXpi8WY/w400-h268/IMG00215.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Koki Water Village</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjeI0SK9wUfY5YwrZvT9iiwbiob71criggPnNuxTmbOilG6ngXR4FSVIHt5avE0HGGE5VoLgsN0Fq7HJbbZhLxousTv7kihIdSgJKKhK7yqNPFNvkN1qT9eh310iu-B2O8JZLO4FlJSIBNK4nI7gY4HUoNpmzaZvWbM113qlFpyY0DFMHSfxOB-MwHfM/s899/IMG00216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjeI0SK9wUfY5YwrZvT9iiwbiob71criggPnNuxTmbOilG6ngXR4FSVIHt5avE0HGGE5VoLgsN0Fq7HJbbZhLxousTv7kihIdSgJKKhK7yqNPFNvkN1qT9eh310iu-B2O8JZLO4FlJSIBNK4nI7gY4HUoNpmzaZvWbM113qlFpyY0DFMHSfxOB-MwHfM/w400-h268/IMG00216.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Native Village, Port Moresby</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MGUrS0XHNN3yR_WKnFBsCElSsHr79FJiUIBHyaZfs-3_WVzcYpIDHB1PDcZmw1QE93yYHxsKYmKj737OdOs0ZtCjj22xtUnCaPQ1yTJ5DGz_QYgMVmJCp9xp0rXznXAOE6GX-wEcsi34uaZbcuwtSRh7WTDxriZLm8GbCurZQ9vtrWGbvSWA_GEd7ik/s899/IMG00217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MGUrS0XHNN3yR_WKnFBsCElSsHr79FJiUIBHyaZfs-3_WVzcYpIDHB1PDcZmw1QE93yYHxsKYmKj737OdOs0ZtCjj22xtUnCaPQ1yTJ5DGz_QYgMVmJCp9xp0rXznXAOE6GX-wEcsi34uaZbcuwtSRh7WTDxriZLm8GbCurZQ9vtrWGbvSWA_GEd7ik/w400-h268/IMG00217.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samarai Island</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2q3MpTs6UxYtQ2eE3MP26M-XY5UKDhUlkkfOjQXcLcoSjQECpgbI_kfY9yAD_KMFAXEuDRpgbmY-peNeRtRitWAhA7OR_bQRj-05l4yvySERI2ur8t8ZJZCnyYp0ZzGiWTGhjLAIE8rOnyZqiXSUVWA96hdsCI-yk7zqoDayibc0nBt4CkqMPm4uZHg/s899/IMG00218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2q3MpTs6UxYtQ2eE3MP26M-XY5UKDhUlkkfOjQXcLcoSjQECpgbI_kfY9yAD_KMFAXEuDRpgbmY-peNeRtRitWAhA7OR_bQRj-05l4yvySERI2ur8t8ZJZCnyYp0ZzGiWTGhjLAIE8rOnyZqiXSUVWA96hdsCI-yk7zqoDayibc0nBt4CkqMPm4uZHg/w400-h268/IMG00218.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samarai Island</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlbYHiANY3iYfBWpjNII215NM9kv6rzDTY6NFYrn9xH3dNvLYgpR52JLv-mFkhWK1whwgjy-aLAjFJiVfidS_hyscIVL83wNqAvi2uqG31C_kz2hL1-wuHCW2OaPJzyovo0frUQYXsUoG1CI4Xt7cOWbJYnIBUrrSDeoEkgOoM8UDLWhWcZc_gtpPuXM/s899/IMG00219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlbYHiANY3iYfBWpjNII215NM9kv6rzDTY6NFYrn9xH3dNvLYgpR52JLv-mFkhWK1whwgjy-aLAjFJiVfidS_hyscIVL83wNqAvi2uqG31C_kz2hL1-wuHCW2OaPJzyovo0frUQYXsUoG1CI4Xt7cOWbJYnIBUrrSDeoEkgOoM8UDLWhWcZc_gtpPuXM/w268-h400/IMG00219.JPG" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samarai Island</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNTvROf7uXk0Yw3JM4VPvwAXYCnNiKjlxAs-NxtIbJ7YMcYXkOUILplP3FGHem8QB6F_uOzb-WLYUR5JGDwtfkC01C7rj6pv7r0GxyHnMYdVO_JeykNYNI3hkanDj0BE8NZfJI_ywHS5HZCHUp1ZA_-3KQQzOrM3AHl31k_VUA2QIs6p6e2FC0cewM-o/s899/IMG00220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNTvROf7uXk0Yw3JM4VPvwAXYCnNiKjlxAs-NxtIbJ7YMcYXkOUILplP3FGHem8QB6F_uOzb-WLYUR5JGDwtfkC01C7rj6pv7r0GxyHnMYdVO_JeykNYNI3hkanDj0BE8NZfJI_ywHS5HZCHUp1ZA_-3KQQzOrM3AHl31k_VUA2QIs6p6e2FC0cewM-o/w400-h268/IMG00220.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Native Village near Lae</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsecFG3_YVKLg6_zoJ6T5yYUTZaP90hnoLCq8BBfm66Tw5AzSHnR3q466baB8cFvnfhXA46P_pnrEY_OfXX-KIwzZnPiGBeG-Ki3eSzoSFWx-A5f6vje4ChUl5aSOgo41f1icIIoih9mhB31x6QQb191NzOBeS4ZlTOt5c2fgesrx-kQWXl1XnHGQMuY/s899/IMG00221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsecFG3_YVKLg6_zoJ6T5yYUTZaP90hnoLCq8BBfm66Tw5AzSHnR3q466baB8cFvnfhXA46P_pnrEY_OfXX-KIwzZnPiGBeG-Ki3eSzoSFWx-A5f6vje4ChUl5aSOgo41f1icIIoih9mhB31x6QQb191NzOBeS4ZlTOt5c2fgesrx-kQWXl1XnHGQMuY/w400-h268/IMG00221.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Native Village near Lae</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8_-zR5bWSpBzUAmpMyhRjK0bap3Qm3JWBhwY3cCv05bHMg4DGXYNBr69tgMzo0XoUEVGgV1K5P0vdXPf6RbLSN4vFvVQiKwBFvYWjr6NzEfLaoT-_kW81dTxFK8ILYlXI05vSDm0V8PRONtT0IijKlRa-JDUpgGxwzS3pZY60x4yPUBzDwqn-vppLw0/s899/IMG00222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="899" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8_-zR5bWSpBzUAmpMyhRjK0bap3Qm3JWBhwY3cCv05bHMg4DGXYNBr69tgMzo0XoUEVGgV1K5P0vdXPf6RbLSN4vFvVQiKwBFvYWjr6NzEfLaoT-_kW81dTxFK8ILYlXI05vSDm0V8PRONtT0IijKlRa-JDUpgGxwzS3pZY60x4yPUBzDwqn-vppLw0/w400-h268/IMG00222.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Native Girl and Baby</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-29558376782002706572023-11-09T16:52:00.001+11:002023-11-23T19:25:41.713+11:00A Kealy in Cairns<p>When I announced on Facebook in September that I was in Cairns, Queensland one of my Kealy cousins sent me a message:</p><i>"Hi Jill<br /><br />While in Cairns are you going to visit William Kealy’s grave? I’m pretty sure it is at the Pioneer Cemetery."</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-kXXJyqx4PiCAgeO-B-IRrUe5oDjuuGMdN4ke0fgxcniKiELc02LmOV0Vwrww70L3PL7MYzzcipaVw5BPAeNScNOiyV0oTYaDPLVFusppHVtHHchjkuP1c_jRBaTkkoe1oy0uWQ8raGvf6Mfs0MdWrbgultey_BpnVd0j7W_zpKhFzfYmKYmoFX5Zls/s640/378398545_7001775739834009_7518839501115089136_n%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-kXXJyqx4PiCAgeO-B-IRrUe5oDjuuGMdN4ke0fgxcniKiELc02LmOV0Vwrww70L3PL7MYzzcipaVw5BPAeNScNOiyV0oTYaDPLVFusppHVtHHchjkuP1c_jRBaTkkoe1oy0uWQ8raGvf6Mfs0MdWrbgultey_BpnVd0j7W_zpKhFzfYmKYmoFX5Zls/w480-h640/378398545_7001775739834009_7518839501115089136_n%20(2).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Thomas Kealy (courtesy R. Gallagher)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Although I had <a href="https://geniaus.net/getperson.php?personID=I301&tree=geniaus001" target="_blank">William Thomas Kealy</a> in my database I didn't know his story and how he was related to me. My database told me that <i>William Thomas KEALY is 1st cousin twice removed of Jill Patricia CURRY. </i>William was the Great-Uncle of the cousin who had contacted me.<i> </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzOA4K3MAlMezCY2NR1ufWvoDuZ-A-rL2VeK_j17DiCuRyOMVTgW7M4kjr87NdMYUAojjKiKJTNE0LSql8Ea7UvQQ2H6SvUqIbLjMQmuZFweQ-WYcnINyTwdK8GWc2u94wMm9RGUbEmFtN9JMLR5uds9u4C75S6x8arYTg16Sluoo-_mxGmMuzTL-OLM/s1305/kealywttoAJC.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1305" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzOA4K3MAlMezCY2NR1ufWvoDuZ-A-rL2VeK_j17DiCuRyOMVTgW7M4kjr87NdMYUAojjKiKJTNE0LSql8Ea7UvQQ2H6SvUqIbLjMQmuZFweQ-WYcnINyTwdK8GWc2u94wMm9RGUbEmFtN9JMLR5uds9u4C75S6x8arYTg16Sluoo-_mxGmMuzTL-OLM/w640-h293/kealywttoAJC.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Thomas Kealy relationship to my Dad, Allan Curry</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>I did a further bit of searching and responded to my cousin:</div><i>"I've worked out where it is, less than a km away. Found a grave number on local history site. Will try to walk that way tomorrow."</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Within ten minutes of our arrival at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeod_Street_Pioneer_Cemetery" target="_blank">McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery</a> I had located the grave marker thanks to the excellent information provided in a gazebo at the cemetery.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjobe33KtzLF6gqOU8G3Vj-W13mhQIos6FwUwZf4WbC8LDFnUlJMR_1IjHcGjfT_WXjXhVFM3LwLb5tmxh1CPEMS8WtRoID2AfvvTrk12HRmgprLvTzeJBdI2mqsc6TV0IJWEsoF2zuJ-RV3Zktc91ZNuH2GaEC3dDTdGTblOF2YaVIN66SbFLTZ0nNRE/s800/20230914_103607.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjobe33KtzLF6gqOU8G3Vj-W13mhQIos6FwUwZf4WbC8LDFnUlJMR_1IjHcGjfT_WXjXhVFM3LwLb5tmxh1CPEMS8WtRoID2AfvvTrk12HRmgprLvTzeJBdI2mqsc6TV0IJWEsoF2zuJ-RV3Zktc91ZNuH2GaEC3dDTdGTblOF2YaVIN66SbFLTZ0nNRE/w400-h300/20230914_103607.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gazebo at cemetery with details of interments and cemetery history</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96ScpNz5V26HpAcpWum6vQC7Fq0P8qS9Kk_bc5W87TRz2vK97fO8QKeCpmYiIRK9p-ihTrl6lqN62ZbJlhaJxG_YAMQMnstaEbbuTNutgqALp89Bh2iWaRnpszkHVX-H_eB8n1azyhRqxrW2lxXq_H24JQxCvS9DYO1XEnp9YeE1nU9yVUXStx-BUR6Y/s800/20230914_101357.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96ScpNz5V26HpAcpWum6vQC7Fq0P8qS9Kk_bc5W87TRz2vK97fO8QKeCpmYiIRK9p-ihTrl6lqN62ZbJlhaJxG_YAMQMnstaEbbuTNutgqALp89Bh2iWaRnpszkHVX-H_eB8n1azyhRqxrW2lxXq_H24JQxCvS9DYO1XEnp9YeE1nU9yVUXStx-BUR6Y/w400-h300/20230914_101357.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Thomas Kealy on interment list</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8N2fP6VU_9A4zxwIdH8fK-yHeA8aHuWTdAmJWQg_FBUMT0tStsrFD0veK8WUqt690LMedcxGTmM8WsMyOUWijS7Ztgpo-ot9wLdOeU2yQYodfK3pbSlqWOOuNny2eiApxvZ0OfM6o5IVstU6dc7z4x7-jdJdJQapZ7V3nAe4cUIQ7Mr8jPy9MhxIshKQ/s800/20230914_101633.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8N2fP6VU_9A4zxwIdH8fK-yHeA8aHuWTdAmJWQg_FBUMT0tStsrFD0veK8WUqt690LMedcxGTmM8WsMyOUWijS7Ztgpo-ot9wLdOeU2yQYodfK3pbSlqWOOuNny2eiApxvZ0OfM6o5IVstU6dc7z4x7-jdJdJQapZ7V3nAe4cUIQ7Mr8jPy9MhxIshKQ/w400-h300/20230914_101633.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diagram showing location of William Thomas Kealy's grave</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmyTbpJ2j1vAgpQHMm_wqy9x264OaybcWKeFj2N970clM8Dk01lTwulxKlTc6rHU0rQGv2vH18mL7-Ol0bq3EKYfJO9XMJPQPVtmR1XMwotfyzwzmHMXFvIX8sRoGUU-DOBUQtXZwFj9HhVWu7RAL8MsQ-ed9wIo6F9nfmluHwVbIx6Mu0t1A_YNJlCE/s800/20230914_102301.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmyTbpJ2j1vAgpQHMm_wqy9x264OaybcWKeFj2N970clM8Dk01lTwulxKlTc6rHU0rQGv2vH18mL7-Ol0bq3EKYfJO9XMJPQPVtmR1XMwotfyzwzmHMXFvIX8sRoGUU-DOBUQtXZwFj9HhVWu7RAL8MsQ-ed9wIo6F9nfmluHwVbIx6Mu0t1A_YNJlCE/w400-h300/20230914_102301.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Thomas Kealy - Grave marker</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>I was thrilled to be able to send these photos to my cousin. Meanwhile one of my genimates who is a member of the Cairns Family History Group saw our messages on Facebook was able to provide me with some further information. That's Genearosity in action. </div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>William's ordeal was reported in the local press.</div><div><br /></div><div>As this next report in The <i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;">Cairns Morning Post </i> is difficult to read I am pasting a transcription below:</div><div><div class="zone"><p> SCRUB ACCIDENT.</p></div><div class="zone"><p>At 3 o'clock on Wednesday after-noon the Ambulance Brigade received word from thc Cairns Tramway sta-tion- master, Mr. J. Brown, that a man named W. Kealy had been in-jured whilst falling scrub on Mr. A. J. Draper's selection at Babinda; The senior bearer at once proceeded, to Aloomba by tram with the little to meet the injured man who was being conveyed slowly in, and the Super-intendent also drove out to Nelson in the field wagon. </p><p>Particulars re (next section too blurred to transcribe) <strike>»rtliiiE the accldonf. slate dat Point but the giant of the" forc"5t~</strike> I when descending, struck another tree and rebounding suddenly hit Kealy in the stomach, causing severe and painful injuries. His mates, who were not far off,- ran to his assist-ance and hot fomentations were ap-plied to ease the pain of the sufferer but notwithstanding this his agony was terrible.An improvised stret- cher was made and the sufferer ac-companied by 13 of his mates was carried 71/2 miles to Harvey Creek where a pump car was requisitioned. </p><p>The party eventually reached Al-oomba where the senior ambulance bearer was met and the sufferer brought on to Nelson which was reached at 8 p.m. The patient was in excruciating pain the whole time and Dr. .Knowles, who was at the Mulgrave at the time advised the removal of Kealy to Cannon's Hall where morphia- was injected. The surgeon and ambulance bearers stayed with the unfortunate man the greater part of the night' but to-wards morning he appeared 'some-what relieved and gained a little sleep. </p><p>At 6.30 a.m. yesterday, a start was made for Cairns and three hours later the patient was admitted to the hospital. Kealy is about 33 years of age and has a wife; and fam-ily at the Hunter River, New South Wales. Much appreciation is due to Dr. Knowles who immediately, when, apprised of the accident, left a local function and exerted every effort, to relieve the intense agony, of the suf-ferer. The residents of the little township also showed their practical sympathy by rendering all possible assistance to the surgeon and am-bulance.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FoEVU-HN-Q89XULmP4PWSMk52Up5X9ptGmZUX3ZQIdqDSAiu41fIqMouKDAyRrrLtoK3VqlZ1Gip9gUjrDylavgTeL3xTHNAnfl6UhCJCPXEk_wZ_hw6ZeeKs4mBlbfRgA9YybJfxzO5jXzbe01cLTYGU7MYYTlWN8FUIiaQbunWu9645j4fl2MIip4/s558/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20164959.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="558" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FoEVU-HN-Q89XULmP4PWSMk52Up5X9ptGmZUX3ZQIdqDSAiu41fIqMouKDAyRrrLtoK3VqlZ1Gip9gUjrDylavgTeL3xTHNAnfl6UhCJCPXEk_wZ_hw6ZeeKs4mBlbfRgA9YybJfxzO5jXzbe01cLTYGU7MYYTlWN8FUIiaQbunWu9645j4fl2MIip4/w400-h239/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20164959.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;">1908 'SCRUB ACCIDENT.', </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;">Cairns Morning Post (Qld. : 1907 - 1909)</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;">, 14 August, p. 5. , viewed 23 Nov 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39410855</span></p></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;">1908 'THE " POST " SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1908.', </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;">Cairns Morning Post (Qld. : 1907 - 1909)</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;">, 15 August, p. 4. , viewed 23 Nov 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39410880</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulZLqsbjOT9K6Ys-Wj122C9WqbO1lxNOsXCa0y_ovz6NDevPjFkK2y8vggKjv9kciUN6IWBfsWOKRpSHCZLKoF2M4a2EjeD-G7nn3A-hN5Ubhtt8UCAWB0qFqVnNobHaOT1r1C-fhQ2p-TgwNLV6A4_D_NmHJP1CH2begTen6FBUCv1d4lSpOZB5WSUE/s614/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20162134.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulZLqsbjOT9K6Ys-Wj122C9WqbO1lxNOsXCa0y_ovz6NDevPjFkK2y8vggKjv9kciUN6IWBfsWOKRpSHCZLKoF2M4a2EjeD-G7nn3A-hN5Ubhtt8UCAWB0qFqVnNobHaOT1r1C-fhQ2p-TgwNLV6A4_D_NmHJP1CH2begTen6FBUCv1d4lSpOZB5WSUE/w314-h400/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20162134.png" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">1908 'FATAL ENDING.', </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Cairns Morning Post (Qld. : 1907 - 1909)</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">, 17 August, p. 5. , viewed 23 Nov 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39411026</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>As this next report in The <i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;">Cairns Morning Post </i> is difficult to read I am pasting a transcription below:</div><div><div class="zone onPage readMode" data-h="60" data-page-id="3873185" data-rotation="-1" data-w="528" data-x="4230" data-y="4640" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 1em;"><div class="paragraph onPage" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">THE LATE W. <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="49" data-w="110" data-x="4633" data-y="4643" style="background-color: #ffca70; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 143, 101); box-sizing: border-box;">KEALY.</span></div></div></div></div><div class="zone onPage readMode" data-h="1325" data-page-id="3873185" data-rotation="-1" data-w="640" data-x="4185" data-y="4705" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Variable", serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="paragraph onPage" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">In connection with the death of <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="42" data-w="151" data-x="4204" data-y="4755" style="background-color: #ffca70; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 143, 101); box-sizing: border-box;">William</span> <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="42" data-w="151" data-x="4355" data-y="4755" style="background-color: #ffca70; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 143, 101); box-sizing: border-box;">Kealy,</span> under distressing circumstances, as the result of a</div></div><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">tree-felling accident at Babinda Creek recently, it may be explained that the young man was </div></div><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">unmarried, and as a matter of fact, at the time of his death was engaged to be married. </div></div><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">This will serve to contra-dict a statement that the man was</div></div><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">married, having a wife and family in New South Wales. He was a native of the Hunter River district</div></div></div><div class="paragraph onPage" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">and his father and mother are both living at Dungog on the Hunter. We conversation yesterday with </div></div></div><div class="paragraph onPage" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">Mr. Her-bert Tucker, one of his mates for the past nine years, a "Post" repre-sentative was informed </div></div></div><div class="paragraph onPage" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">that "Billy" <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="29" data-w="99" data-x="4194" data-y="5351" style="background-color: #ffca70; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 143, 101); box-sizing: border-box;">Kealy,</span> as he was popularly known was a steady, decent, </div></div></div><div class="paragraph onPage" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">and respectable young fellow, a favourite with every-body, and a staunch comrade. He</div></div><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">had been in Queensland between two and three years, having been about six months in the</div></div><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;"> <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="32" data-w="86" data-x="4530" data-y="5560" style="background-color: #ffca70; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 143, 101); box-sizing: border-box;">Cairns</span> district, and at one time worked on the Town Council. Latterly, he, with Mr. Tucker</div></div></div><div class="paragraph onPage" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">and others, had a contract clearing some sugar land for Mr. A. J. Draper at Babinda Creek, and</div></div><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">were by the latter insured under the Workmen's Compensation Act, so that the parents of poor <span class="highlightedTerm" data-h="36" data-w="87" data-x="4624" data-y="5837" style="background-color: #ffca70; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 143, 101); box-sizing: border-box;">Kealy</span></div></div></div><div class="paragraph onPage" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;"> will receive a substantial sum to com-pensate them in a small measure for the loss of an affectionate</div><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">son.</div></div><div class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;">1908 'THE LATE W. KEALY.', <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cairns Morning Post (Qld. : 1907 - 1909)</i>, 18 August, p. 4. , viewed 23 Nov 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39411114</div><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMP0CYxlKCvPlkoeAkrukFOyV-JugotOj1KL5nb5c8uxFwzV9ZIm_IpaIdDEee1TfeHekmgCsS13C2H_gbtDroRhxcSBpXTV7fO2skIJXoPxCM4j15Ch_8p9A6hW4I7CQCDo6eYZAJ0CoqinK_KiSc0eJ5tCT_xJbAJIHJn1easb0Q4TJCn4tBqGsrv0/s397/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20192350.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="397" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMP0CYxlKCvPlkoeAkrukFOyV-JugotOj1KL5nb5c8uxFwzV9ZIm_IpaIdDEee1TfeHekmgCsS13C2H_gbtDroRhxcSBpXTV7fO2skIJXoPxCM4j15Ch_8p9A6hW4I7CQCDo6eYZAJ0CoqinK_KiSc0eJ5tCT_xJbAJIHJn1easb0Q4TJCn4tBqGsrv0/w400-h240/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20192350.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">1908 'Family Notices', </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Cairns Morning Post (Qld. : 1907 - 1909)</i><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">, 23 September, p. 4. , viewed 23 Nov 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39413512</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="read" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1px; min-height: 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0.15em; position: relative; transition: all 0.7s ease 0s;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-32464399493591004772023-11-05T16:19:00.000+11:002023-11-05T16:19:23.087+11:00Limping along <p>Back on this day in 2014 I celebrated the sixth birthday of this blog with a post titled <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2014/11/six-years-and-going-strong.html" target="_blank">Six Years and Going Strong</a>. </p><p>Today this blog is 15 years old. </p><p>My blogging status today would be limping along. While I don't post often or regularly I am still committed to the blogging platform as a means of sharing and preserving family stories and geneanews. </p><p>Sometimes something related to my family history research (that I haven't previously' posted here) pops up in my Facebook memories. I then add a retrospective post about whatever happened on that day. Today I wrote about <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2014/11/temperance.html" target="_blank">an archive visit on this day in 2014</a>.</p><p>I always get a thrill when someone contacts me with an enquiry, a correction or further information relating to one of my posts. </p><p>I look forward to several more years limping along at the GeniAus blog.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-63396848383074508442023-08-29T13:40:00.000+10:002024-01-22T19:29:08.762+11:00Visiting Ann<p>Several months ago I was going over some old research and found a new reference on ancestry.co.uk. to my husband's 3xGreat-Grandmother, <a href="https://www.geniaus.net/getperson.php?personID=I494&tree=geniaus001" target="_blank">Ann Elms (nee Jones)</a>.</p><p>It was a record from the <b>Register of Private Graves at The City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery</b>. The record gave details of the grave's purchase by Ann's husband, Benjamin John Elms, and notes Ann's interment in the grave.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPS_b2VkS2DpEcX0_m4sQurPpVmRcr96VfeU8Qm5_Ix0bKPc_8WuLzY_EXaeqGFl5REnvXBq8jIp63OSRbMtWXADHhOiy8YeEa6R-d6G75cKL0SUfzShTlBI1nVAoRDTMtiIQtNKHTpC12pS6eO5Ef2t5AURAlQfMoMW_6lXRO0251cnWL8stUrqjg7w/s1075/Screenshot%202023-08-28%20164044.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1075" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPS_b2VkS2DpEcX0_m4sQurPpVmRcr96VfeU8Qm5_Ix0bKPc_8WuLzY_EXaeqGFl5REnvXBq8jIp63OSRbMtWXADHhOiy8YeEa6R-d6G75cKL0SUfzShTlBI1nVAoRDTMtiIQtNKHTpC12pS6eO5Ef2t5AURAlQfMoMW_6lXRO0251cnWL8stUrqjg7w/w640-h424/Screenshot%202023-08-28%20164044.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I then found a second reference from the <b>Register of Burials</b> in the year 1866 at The City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPyk2HSfzhdKCDXf-wLwpFuHUViUI2dzJarpFx26NR8Eoh_37ahvfpAq6ZYA4xH9r-qbWQWkoe5DNUTc9CfDUuR1xIXTAp0UxSmJsjW-h0Z1i93ZSrzSJeC-JpLHFoksFTUsVtLjZRTHGvaP4WNJblVc_MC1QXYpifodwM2639xp334g_Wfb8TDjr7OI/s921/elmsScreenshot%202023-08-28%20165620.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="921" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPyk2HSfzhdKCDXf-wLwpFuHUViUI2dzJarpFx26NR8Eoh_37ahvfpAq6ZYA4xH9r-qbWQWkoe5DNUTc9CfDUuR1xIXTAp0UxSmJsjW-h0Z1i93ZSrzSJeC-JpLHFoksFTUsVtLjZRTHGvaP4WNJblVc_MC1QXYpifodwM2639xp334g_Wfb8TDjr7OI/w640-h462/elmsScreenshot%202023-08-28%20165620.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Once I knew that Ann was there I wanted to plan a visit to the cemetery. It so happened that we had a holiday to Europe planned later in the year so we included a stay in London and a visit to the cemetery on our itinerary.</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I learnt about <a href="https://fothcp.org/" target="_blank">The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park</a>, <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span>an independent charity that looks after Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (the current name for</span></span> The City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery). I found a wealth of information about the cemetery and its history plus an offer from The Friends to provide assistance in locating graves. </span></p><p>Several weeks prior to our intended visit I wrote to The Friends and received a reply that I had been put on a list of enquiries to be dealt with by volunteers and that it may take some time to get help from them.</p><p>As we were driving up to London last week my husband asked if I had heard back from The Friends and I indicated that I hadn't. We resolved to visit the cemetery on our own and try to locate the grave by ourselves. </p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXBiWpD3cwUco_hnKgBk0aUQA410PDAuqKZe-sJlH8LPy0pkSVhFRbcHX17YKKuGHteq-7WFXUqCXsD8mtJIyqPSY9Hj6Xk_sB32i60zQJ5sgmaeBN0jwca73zBsj8kfOAOnEsz1EurhyA9tmg8Pn1lCWuQ662vCZkG2rhdiQg_MNSKiKEJabHooCerY/s800/20230821_094823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXBiWpD3cwUco_hnKgBk0aUQA410PDAuqKZe-sJlH8LPy0pkSVhFRbcHX17YKKuGHteq-7WFXUqCXsD8mtJIyqPSY9Hj6Xk_sB32i60zQJ5sgmaeBN0jwca73zBsj8kfOAOnEsz1EurhyA9tmg8Pn1lCWuQ662vCZkG2rhdiQg_MNSKiKEJabHooCerY/s320/20230821_094823.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert was anxious to honour his ancestor</td></tr></tbody></table>After we settled in our hotel a few hours later I received an email from the Heritage Officer at the cemetery who said <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Do you have a copy of the burial record/s or at least a burial number for Ann? Happy to help but we need the grave number to assist. If you are visiting on Monday I may be able to meet you on site to help with the location." </span></span><span face="Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span></i>I responded immediately. As it was after business hours we didn't expect an immediate response and resolved to visit the cemetery on Monday.</p><p>As we were heading out last Monday morning we heard from Claire Stack the Heritage Officer <i>"Thank you for those documents, that's all I need. I can do anytime from 10am today." </i>We agreed to meet at 10am.</p><p>We received a warm welcome from Claire whose passion for her work and love of her workplace were evident. Claire had access to information not on Ancestry that enabled her to take us to the old area in the cemetery where the grave could be found. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ilov1bJR13fdNLEJOfg9d2U1BKgQqa1SXbEtBMMjU_kbbGHtdlxJzSixi3A7jOUhIZ4RMoeGWLhBBf48D4E1wggKxPKnwHw2Tm_iNyqGZ8lXC0vxsSYtDosWo5skNQZzpPIEwbw1Xxd3nMbcBEh6OmQNZm74Alu0kpkv28YtXkqEtG0LdrVqduLU8ew/s800/20230821_095718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ilov1bJR13fdNLEJOfg9d2U1BKgQqa1SXbEtBMMjU_kbbGHtdlxJzSixi3A7jOUhIZ4RMoeGWLhBBf48D4E1wggKxPKnwHw2Tm_iNyqGZ8lXC0vxsSYtDosWo5skNQZzpPIEwbw1Xxd3nMbcBEh6OmQNZm74Alu0kpkv28YtXkqEtG0LdrVqduLU8ew/w400-h300/20230821_095718.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ann's grave was somewhere among the ivy and brambles </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Claire and Robert started looking through the undergrowth and stinging nettles in the appropriate section and, after just a few minutes, Claire called that she had found it. There was a headstone but it was covered in ivy which obliterated the inscription.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcFvtuMgijionAX5WNUkL8DmZAACbL6JJ897ljy2Ya06DO5NybZpSwS6f4Fd_vFozfGgAthHCq8ck5u8dHxTQMPjlDexG4URGNbei9UvQCb05cA6bH6lnb774jKWvZG6UiH2nI-8jFNV1tW17mk6AY0ruppYznXRbMJLtLtavVKFnBef0VdLDslwqOw4/s2048/368683398_10163065039923677_2411141452185341367_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcFvtuMgijionAX5WNUkL8DmZAACbL6JJ897ljy2Ya06DO5NybZpSwS6f4Fd_vFozfGgAthHCq8ck5u8dHxTQMPjlDexG4URGNbei9UvQCb05cA6bH6lnb774jKWvZG6UiH2nI-8jFNV1tW17mk6AY0ruppYznXRbMJLtLtavVKFnBef0VdLDslwqOw4/w300-h400/368683398_10163065039923677_2411141452185341367_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Headstone covered in ivy</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Mindful of the fragility of the headstone Claire asked Robert not to pull the ivy off but to remove the leaves and try to break off the ivy at the base of the headstone. This we did.</p><p>It appeared as though Ann's husband, <a href="https://geniaus.net/getperson.php?personID=I493&tree=geniaus001" target="_blank">Benjamin John Elms</a>, had intended for this to be a grave for the whole family. The inscription at the top of the headstone is "The family grave of Benjamin & Anne Elms of Poplar." I have not yet been able to locate Benjamin's final resting place in 1872. The Register of graves indicates that there is only interment.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW54PwL-KnX5aPHYTvWjGge2UxiCcq_okv1aU37t4k30kXduQyIZYztUT8M7PKeoqgP8fztYQNyB3wZWndEVHF7JWoNbRxhNYorq04HHYPPUcX1u8jFStFH11QfaiT-M83eHU6NkspxaA3rJimM89APtyvkjnBOZqe8rKjMuqokVaNjNNh0WpeLLPjyXA/s2048/368694311_10163065040033677_3530974922963035761_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW54PwL-KnX5aPHYTvWjGge2UxiCcq_okv1aU37t4k30kXduQyIZYztUT8M7PKeoqgP8fztYQNyB3wZWndEVHF7JWoNbRxhNYorq04HHYPPUcX1u8jFStFH11QfaiT-M83eHU6NkspxaA3rJimM89APtyvkjnBOZqe8rKjMuqokVaNjNNh0WpeLLPjyXA/w300-h400/368694311_10163065040033677_3530974922963035761_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The inscription revealed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjIWe7ViKiAUCvywozYNqhQFAjIfVnCgMETTyBDXr54OiYQXu2HCpG4lpY4ZRAaQkzIuoS3WpnkLbV7dIDBiu-rmLjH7EjbD--C9UJwzxc88UxoTr6qCiGy1hCCOMJ6HcCd-8F21ccS6XFv6wfW5XfRYMtdKxJZvmn_nVcuBJpY6YDbUIjGpC_nXANb0/s2048/368931532_10163065040163677_3175131033793903883_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjIWe7ViKiAUCvywozYNqhQFAjIfVnCgMETTyBDXr54OiYQXu2HCpG4lpY4ZRAaQkzIuoS3WpnkLbV7dIDBiu-rmLjH7EjbD--C9UJwzxc88UxoTr6qCiGy1hCCOMJ6HcCd-8F21ccS6XFv6wfW5XfRYMtdKxJZvmn_nVcuBJpY6YDbUIjGpC_nXANb0/w300-h400/368931532_10163065040163677_3175131033793903883_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert, a happy descendant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aFdqtZq-CnElhWSwzKU5mTIrMboJzlmS_fvaUY01mMqSab2qB6wS6gugyeYOyFDgwqn1pzmsiUisOyGerdmiabyAoUa8QzN0Gew8Oq2tw-krK7472sEyfVkCQcupPFDODg5SyFlIzzNlvj8GPSzVorpcXQmwW-J_21Y74g22uNt5OFhi2rn2BgfEPY4/s800/20230821_102257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aFdqtZq-CnElhWSwzKU5mTIrMboJzlmS_fvaUY01mMqSab2qB6wS6gugyeYOyFDgwqn1pzmsiUisOyGerdmiabyAoUa8QzN0Gew8Oq2tw-krK7472sEyfVkCQcupPFDODg5SyFlIzzNlvj8GPSzVorpcXQmwW-J_21Y74g22uNt5OFhi2rn2BgfEPY4/w400-h300/20230821_102257.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is not lost but only gone before<br />I hope we meet her on a brighter shore<br />Where we shall never part again<br />Lord be it so - Amen Amen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Being able to honour an ancestor was a rewarding activity on the last day of our holiday.<br /><p>Our thanks go Claire for her warm welcome and assistance in locating Ann's grave. We would never have found it without Claire's care and kindness. </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-55991799150857589172023-08-28T15:50:00.006+10:002023-08-28T16:17:45.045+10:00Back in the Saddle<p>I'm settling in at home after a seven week journey around Northern Europe and the UK. While the trip was mostly for pleasure I managed some research while visiting a cousin in Wiltshire and during our time in London.</p><p>Prior to setting off on our next holiday I have a few gigs on the agenda.</p><p>On Friday 1st September I am hosting the <a href="https://www.sag.org.au/" target="_blank">SAG</a>'s Weekly Hangout with the topic being <b>Patres Nostri: paternal tales. </b>I love these events that give members an opportunity to share and hear each others stories. Through my participation I get to chat with and learn from so many SAG members from around Australia and New Zealand.</p><p>Saturday 2nd September takes me to the newest library in our neighbourhood at <a href="https://www.lakemac.com.au/Venues/Sugar-Valley-Library-Museum" target="_blank">Sugar Valley</a> to present <a href="https://library.lakemac.com.au/Events/DNA-for-Family-History-Research" target="_blank">an introductory session on DNA</a>.</p><p>On Friday 8th September I will be presenting a session <b>Genealogy for All</b> at the Free Family History Fair that precedes our State Conference which is being hosted by the <a href="http://www.wyongfamilyhistory.com.au/" target="_blank">Wyong Family History Group.</a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mYK7cEN2t4SfvrcxumQZwN8_d6S4p31dcoOoW4IsGEUZ4jHLhglgaFmKUkCkZ9DPqAVBXgcGzPBoCdq83lxUHV_UCpbjkF9xaes8H4BQG2O4qgLlrjl1arwDUexw0gbO94JmCAi5k4dhhZrMuA6vMz0Wfw_ZKe4Vvl_0372PFrgbYdqUtdKMiBFi-4I/s1192/370238521_10229373725944140_6402779901242347222_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mYK7cEN2t4SfvrcxumQZwN8_d6S4p31dcoOoW4IsGEUZ4jHLhglgaFmKUkCkZ9DPqAVBXgcGzPBoCdq83lxUHV_UCpbjkF9xaes8H4BQG2O4qgLlrjl1arwDUexw0gbO94JmCAi5k4dhhZrMuA6vMz0Wfw_ZKe4Vvl_0372PFrgbYdqUtdKMiBFi-4I/w453-h640/370238521_10229373725944140_6402779901242347222_n.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><p>I'm hoping to catch up with some genimates and meet new family history fanatics at these events</p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-45164635697159951232023-08-19T22:09:00.003+10:002023-11-23T19:12:07.781+11:00A Genimate in LondonWe capped off our genealogy day by spending a few hours and sharing a pleasant dinner with genimate and font of knowledge on all things English, Graham A Walter.<div><br /></div><div>There's always plenty to talk about when genealogy is involved<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3zJq4yMJOWdGJ13GOXzL_vRiZ8dwKDjbMYTsND_x8G1M_gXr4_5CdAzVzC7nofIijiZDRqDbtSx7KxCE64bJG8FxYj5WFjK_4iznpzhaLU5f6A7hnAgCuN5wVQmQJwsu1pqCNLHRl5sXccVrNjtyqpzOLx8qq6w5L4U2Rve7NqWjCW91i-we6_SuHDY/s1080/369087471_10163060918768677_5972258329528882499_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3zJq4yMJOWdGJ13GOXzL_vRiZ8dwKDjbMYTsND_x8G1M_gXr4_5CdAzVzC7nofIijiZDRqDbtSx7KxCE64bJG8FxYj5WFjK_4iznpzhaLU5f6A7hnAgCuN5wVQmQJwsu1pqCNLHRl5sXccVrNjtyqpzOLx8qq6w5L4U2Rve7NqWjCW91i-we6_SuHDY/w400-h300/369087471_10163060918768677_5972258329528882499_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graham and Jill</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-5867308829260532792023-08-19T16:31:00.004+10:002024-01-22T19:28:05.059+11:00Chasing down the ElmsWe went chasing Robert's Elms ancestors at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Tower-Hamlets-Archive-and-Bancroft-Road-library-163186067065855/?__cft__[0]=AZXpOoc4F7kFyvJNNXYOhOPki9LLQoGY_c70G6JIzzlPVANDsr9vN43TtLU_QmY9jKiNvfp_Qb1zWu3Hm596FEt4AKXfAb8JhGz-Xi3toza1HDSBh_cvs5DYyGldAOUIDmRtI5qJosUjK96zAgZxddbMEAqTp75GCjnFmCaugoTsZvAjlBleIewu3uTRDXRNSy4&__tn__=kC%2CP-R">Tower Hamlets Archive and Bancroft Road library</a> in London today. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5D_EyM3_n0LjzBM67Awx9jgiu44LoL2jV1B_E8GKISm4mmEtCFntUl_to-okWnHD2X-JZoXGapXOrWI-A8Xf8Q7JfVdLH6me644FAdYi6en4IS8OGPjhJA4OlQaqLiPwCQ-0xZA_QgNaNzOKHURnlldYnsrCBLBR7n-_NcTJQBTHljOorJe4_roxEOPQ/s960/368681894_10163060348578677_6422299399739219402_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5D_EyM3_n0LjzBM67Awx9jgiu44LoL2jV1B_E8GKISm4mmEtCFntUl_to-okWnHD2X-JZoXGapXOrWI-A8Xf8Q7JfVdLH6me644FAdYi6en4IS8OGPjhJA4OlQaqLiPwCQ-0xZA_QgNaNzOKHURnlldYnsrCBLBR7n-_NcTJQBTHljOorJe4_roxEOPQ/w300-h400/368681894_10163060348578677_6422299399739219402_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The archive is housed in a beautiful old building which needs an injection of funds for some necessary maintenance. The mish-mash of furniture is at odds with the heritage features of the building. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1cJR4q5MPQcccIrUqxMac1N5IG6fr2ZVTgGN8Dq3VwfGP-rzceWCp7kG-k_k08kucftfgvSvuDoja25rntzCRwLZBqi93dmlC_a373UFSBEGq6ak1KNPfDEqKVcXjzpo6rTRQqt_mKwcwsgvRMw3xiSjsz5Kz8FPYeDJEcLUx1eHF4zO1orlbeZXovk/s2048/368675371_10163060349038677_7607485392867666445_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1cJR4q5MPQcccIrUqxMac1N5IG6fr2ZVTgGN8Dq3VwfGP-rzceWCp7kG-k_k08kucftfgvSvuDoja25rntzCRwLZBqi93dmlC_a373UFSBEGq6ak1KNPfDEqKVcXjzpo6rTRQqt_mKwcwsgvRMw3xiSjsz5Kz8FPYeDJEcLUx1eHF4zO1orlbeZXovk/w400-h300/368675371_10163060349038677_7607485392867666445_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The public area of the Archive</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><br /></div><div>The four staff we encountered were most agreeable and took an interest in our quest. There were many local resources available plus PCs with internet access that were loaded with several local and commercial databases. As use of the services and resources at this facility is free we did not quibble about paying the 7 pounds 50 cents fee to use our camera to take images of the resources/.</div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to the main research area there is an entry foyer that has a selection of new and secondhand resources for sale.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIBKird1vqo5qPn9qQa2H8mE1ViQvwlMED5lQklBkVkGcQeoUI-5lkHpEsFQ8OxJ8V43TImE5E3nAzKGOctR8QCHshuC87RwPtziTS-h28xRSdq8_4qz_oN0JZsPYH2JGUW8P9bjE9UphF-0k0jYoqVh3QKXIWNRkt-XUFX-uruxqK7wWX3IdbtTY4p8/s2048/368886747_10163060348948677_7131787116592397167_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIBKird1vqo5qPn9qQa2H8mE1ViQvwlMED5lQklBkVkGcQeoUI-5lkHpEsFQ8OxJ8V43TImE5E3nAzKGOctR8QCHshuC87RwPtziTS-h28xRSdq8_4qz_oN0JZsPYH2JGUW8P9bjE9UphF-0k0jYoqVh3QKXIWNRkt-XUFX-uruxqK7wWX3IdbtTY4p8/w300-h400/368886747_10163060348948677_7131787116592397167_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entry Foyer</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><br /></div><div>While we didn't find as much information as we hoped we confirmed that the Elms were landowners in Poplar in the early 19th century. We were also able to pinpoint the locations of Elms Cottages in Poplar where the family lived for several decades. We have several photos of documents to review once we recover from our holiday.</div><div><br /></div><div>We thank the local authorities at Tower Hamlets for their commitment to local and family history and preserving these resources for future generations. </div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-30834831765827998682023-06-18T11:26:00.003+10:002023-06-18T11:26:45.090+10:00600 Burials<p>I have been very quiet on the geneablogging scene lately as I have been concentrating on my personal research. </p><p>Since I started researching 35 years ago many things have changed and many new indexes and resources have become available on the internet. My recent efforts have been directed towards killing off and burying the relatives in our family tree, I am slowly looking at those born prior to 1930 and seeking out their Birth, Death, Marriage and burial records.</p><p>I use the spreadsheet type view in <a href="https://www.family-historian.co.uk/" target="_blank">Family Historian</a> software that allows me to choose which fields I want to display and then sort them by name, date or other element. Viewing this shows me the gaps I need to fill</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3YqKbdQm6hylWa850V8qM58LYg-0G4lTU7wWImV9QLyeMV9NM8lyGOvlGAew8FyerErH3h6oZfUjPLjpNHBTJyzczGYT7tXos9geUnQcuIL6d0_7jDhgW-BO00QCmwa1fapXTJwYMuiZY9qtcJ_2UZxZ467asDuUmCMlt57ilK2akihzK-tIsc2v/s1477/1800deaths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1477" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3YqKbdQm6hylWa850V8qM58LYg-0G4lTU7wWImV9QLyeMV9NM8lyGOvlGAew8FyerErH3h6oZfUjPLjpNHBTJyzczGYT7tXos9geUnQcuIL6d0_7jDhgW-BO00QCmwa1fapXTJwYMuiZY9qtcJ_2UZxZ467asDuUmCMlt57ilK2akihzK-tIsc2v/w400-h176/1800deaths.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An excerpt from my database sorted by a surname (hidden) then a death date which shows the gaps </td></tr></tbody></table><br />To support this work I have many popular site tabs open on my menu bar. One of these is FindaGrave where I may have two or more tabs open.<div><br /></div><div>In conjunction with this research I have been creating a Virtual Cemetery of our children's descendants on FindaGrave. When searching this site add extra details to family profiles and I try to link up family members. While on the site I add our biological relations to my cemetery. </div><div><br /></div><div>So why am I blogging about this today?</div><div><br /></div><div>I have reached a milestone as I just managed to inter the 600th biological relation into my <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1484583" target="_blank">Virtual Cemetery</a>. (I had intended celebrating at 500 but forgot.)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQ-cPhMMXwBvUtm1i4ihnPHzP08mE2Vfe2TQDpNmALQWQW_oSx9VnxDrQxKo7QwYbqLDZ4ugj2R91yPd5iLjB6TNi1tM1zgp5kHPSI3m3VQVIOAzwJ9RQ7EEvCPZoTyDBmJZDhguNZx4_PNhFkoId674QVshLcbu_lbcYL7x5U-po8QJKRg2Hdgw8/s879/ballcurr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="879" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQ-cPhMMXwBvUtm1i4ihnPHzP08mE2Vfe2TQDpNmALQWQW_oSx9VnxDrQxKo7QwYbqLDZ4ugj2R91yPd5iLjB6TNi1tM1zgp5kHPSI3m3VQVIOAzwJ9RQ7EEvCPZoTyDBmJZDhguNZx4_PNhFkoId674QVshLcbu_lbcYL7x5U-po8QJKRg2Hdgw8/w400-h89/ballcurr.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1484583" target="_blank">My Virtual Cemetery</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I hope that some time in the future family members may find this useful. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-90612183012719647492023-06-07T12:33:00.000+10:002023-11-23T19:12:35.180+11:00Memories - Snapped by Susan<p>A photo of me presenting a session at THE Genealogy Show in Birmingham, England in 2019 popped up in my Facebook memories today.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVJu2o64e6MoPzXcLjo8AgwUELz6aGiosokGBT1zGJgii1djFepWq3GmhjMLwClKOeSu3TAxesMT0mMBAjJ9GBZM4hDdxtM75h0kPuDmegDlVvGYwm0XwtbZkPhlgJhPWr9re32pDvv8TsXRVW4TdJMuYewql_oS4C1oXb3AwsI0d6SN3ynRgmL_1/s960/62156922_10157539107554155_118606797484326912_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVJu2o64e6MoPzXcLjo8AgwUELz6aGiosokGBT1zGJgii1djFepWq3GmhjMLwClKOeSu3TAxesMT0mMBAjJ9GBZM4hDdxtM75h0kPuDmegDlVvGYwm0XwtbZkPhlgJhPWr9re32pDvv8TsXRVW4TdJMuYewql_oS4C1oXb3AwsI0d6SN3ynRgmL_1/w400-h300/62156922_10157539107554155_118606797484326912_n%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jill presenting at The Genealogy Show 2019</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I paused to remember the photographer, the late Susan K Howard, with whom I shared some memorable geneamoments online, at Rootstech and workring at THE Genealogy Show. Susan was a genial and generous genie.<br /><p><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-10620167076647752532023-05-04T11:38:00.000+10:002023-06-07T11:51:30.413+10:00A Large Footprint<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHLwWAFQZJYnzsg1UFhzzm7DHFok2D_js0PpksPV_8eHsxpPeos2qlpsGewKAXTWHZLic1SpXOCGO7lFAkN1BXXz8R35Q9MAEFg2yNwizuntv_It-j65n9ND-qJKXjVRL8c5VvthcYNVok1RuNKP10k_ENF_51YTGZsjr0YS_uEpTJfs8M6aM2qXv/s320/Badge2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHLwWAFQZJYnzsg1UFhzzm7DHFok2D_js0PpksPV_8eHsxpPeos2qlpsGewKAXTWHZLic1SpXOCGO7lFAkN1BXXz8R35Q9MAEFg2yNwizuntv_It-j65n9ND-qJKXjVRL8c5VvthcYNVok1RuNKP10k_ENF_51YTGZsjr0YS_uEpTJfs8M6aM2qXv/w200-h200/Badge2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>While there hasn't been much action on the GeniAus blog I have been blogging on my personal blog, <a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/">jillballau</a>. I am using that blog to document some of the events in my life so that I can leave a large footprint for those who come after me.<div><div><br /></div><div>In April I completed at that blog the <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">A to Z blogging challenge</a> where I related some of my activities in the past year. Following are links to my posts for the challenge. <div><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-is-for-aeroplanes.html">A is for Aeroplanes and Airports</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-b-is-for-bridges.html">B is for Bridges</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-c-is-for-cocktails.html">C is for Cocktails</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-d-is-for-dogs.html">D is for Dogs</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-e-is-for-evening.html">E is for Evening</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-f-is-for-funny.html">F is for Funny</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-g-is-for-gardens.html">G is for Gardens</a><div><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-h-is-for-home-sweet.html">H is for Home Sweet Home</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-i-is-for-indigenous.html"> I is for Indigenous</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-j-is-for-joy.html">J is for Joy</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-k-is-for-knockers.html">K is for Knockers</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-l-is-for-libraries.html">L is for Libraries</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-m-is-for-monuments.html">M is for Monuments</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-no-thanks.html">No thanks</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-o-is-for-old.html"> O is for Old</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-p-is-for-panorama.html">P is for Panorama</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-q-is-for-qantas.html">Q is for Qantas</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-r-is-for-reflections.html">R is for Reflections</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-s-is-for.html">S is for Streetscapes</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-t-is-for-toilets.html">T is for Toilets</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-u-is-for-up-close.html">U is for Up Close</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-v-is-for-vistas.html">V is for Vistas</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-w-is-for-workers.html">W is for Workers</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-x-is-for-extra.html">X is for eXtra Special</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-y-is-for-yellow.html">Y is for Yellow</a><br /><a href="https://ballau.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-anno-itinerantur-z-is-for-zing.html">Z is for Zing</a></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-60487694250380653892023-01-26T15:34:00.001+11:002023-01-26T15:34:27.604+11:00Descendants<p>I had a rest from searching for ancestors over the holidays and concentrated on living family </p><p>Earlier this month we gathered with our 16 descendants and some of their partners for a family holiday in the snow in Hokkaido, Japan.</p><p>We were so fortunate to spend a week together. It was especially lovely to see our grandchildren catching up and enjoying their time together. They all enjoyed their time in the snow and indoors.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivi3Ih8jgNUiMVvo2NQjxGWBLg7sGzg1qlvjz-4LenFWCdyREVAevIgWWf7aW44VXJqwgG6fO4eTYZ_Y6dr--I2iujaY1qfyf5sEMdLBqu93WyX5sgyFba2n0QEHuYPrP00RmZVS_2cscKnK8M4g4eM1MGpI4UwwCb0f7uqxwcKg3hg6PbL9rh8htj/s2097/20230113_201942c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2097" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivi3Ih8jgNUiMVvo2NQjxGWBLg7sGzg1qlvjz-4LenFWCdyREVAevIgWWf7aW44VXJqwgG6fO4eTYZ_Y6dr--I2iujaY1qfyf5sEMdLBqu93WyX5sgyFba2n0QEHuYPrP00RmZVS_2cscKnK8M4g4eM1MGpI4UwwCb0f7uqxwcKg3hg6PbL9rh8htj/w400-h300/20230113_201942c.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">With our four children<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5FJMxtHGsIiz3O8imK8YPfY8u0T2FVL1j8flJxnNd-dHgJsk_qNy3pUoWNdPAMT6FmsgxSMvaJguR9buF5_nwrtW2ibEv1I9tBxZWmAqQzei_1XWKYDsIIIB6M9UGh_oQfA-eD2zUxGE8CD7dk8EWcGMDv5XADUVDQcaFNqlFKz1OFHSpsha9KO_/s2478/20230113_201831c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1858" data-original-width="2478" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5FJMxtHGsIiz3O8imK8YPfY8u0T2FVL1j8flJxnNd-dHgJsk_qNy3pUoWNdPAMT6FmsgxSMvaJguR9buF5_nwrtW2ibEv1I9tBxZWmAqQzei_1XWKYDsIIIB6M9UGh_oQfA-eD2zUxGE8CD7dk8EWcGMDv5XADUVDQcaFNqlFKz1OFHSpsha9KO_/w400-h300/20230113_201831c.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With our twelve grandchildren</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-87733498222382083982023-01-23T11:33:00.001+11:002023-11-23T19:12:58.839+11:00My Cousin Tim<p>I got to know my cousin, Tim, yesterday.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfN1Tc3lebKBKwKLaqmJNwTNP0o-GOUwUTg-OR6jOrcJozbEAewIKvc0-vAEKDZme14R4IRG_BKIIfXO99X1D2x9No1rPFt_pK1czZD-jBhLw6EkcEV3BTOUKnsWhGl0duw-KmBYTFWjxi96MSFypr8wPdJXsCxejekYbTexurEDMrHF3t7TjW9WqU/s2048/325302280_716709363361077_8621685118774713954_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfN1Tc3lebKBKwKLaqmJNwTNP0o-GOUwUTg-OR6jOrcJozbEAewIKvc0-vAEKDZme14R4IRG_BKIIfXO99X1D2x9No1rPFt_pK1czZD-jBhLw6EkcEV3BTOUKnsWhGl0duw-KmBYTFWjxi96MSFypr8wPdJXsCxejekYbTexurEDMrHF3t7TjW9WqU/w400-h300/325302280_716709363361077_8621685118774713954_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jill and her first cousin Tim</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Back in 2014 I wrote a <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2014/03/mary-olive-duncan-1931-1997.html" target="_blank">post about my Aunty Mary</a> in which I mentioned a child she had borne and given up. I knew nothing of Tim's existence until Mary's funeral in 1997 when the Minister acknowledged Mary's son in the congregation. What a bombshell! </p><p>It was such a shock that I neglected to get Tim's contact details.</p><p>As an only child with close relatives thin on the ground I have been wanting to find Tim and welcome him into the family fold for the past 25 years.</p><p>Since 1997 I have been hoping that one day Tim would seek out members of his biological family. On Friday evening Tim, who is now in his fifties, and his wife were googling Mary's name and came across Mary's name with two Living children mentioned in my online tree. </p><p>When I was checking my email on Saturday morning I got this message:</p><p><b> "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Proposed Change: Duncan Mary Olive (I99)</span></b></p><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tree: GeniAus Family Tree</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Link: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.geniaus.net/getperson.php?personID%3DI99%26tree%3Dgeniaus001&source=gmail&ust=1674517724250000&usg=AOvVaw3XypvRfVhkX0IXCqegUKaJ" href="http://www.geniaus.net/getperson.php?personID=I99&tree=geniaus001" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">http://www.geniaus.net/getpers<wbr></wbr>on.php?personID=I99&tree=<wbr></wbr>geniaus001</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Description: I am number 2, living Male</span>"</b><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Tim had found me!</h4><div>During the course of the day we exchanged emails and then had a very emotional 'phone call when we arranged to meet up the following day for lunch at our home.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meeting Tim, his beautiful wife and two of their children was an awesome but emotionally draining experience. I learnt about Tim's childhood that was no bed of roses, I was so sad that he didn't have the opportunity to meet <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-book-of-me-prompt-7-maternal.html" target="_blank">our dear grandmother Ethel</a> and the extended family. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was little compensation but I was pleased I could send Tim away with a cache of photos of his mother and her family, some stories and contact details for another cousin. I am so pleased that I have recorded many of these stories on this blog and that Tim and his children will be able to absorb them at their leisure. I can't make up for all those missing years but I will do my darndest to use my skills to help Tim and his family learn about their heritage.</div><div><br /></div><div>I thank Tim and family for spending time and so graciously accepting us yesterday and Tim for his willingness to do a DNA test. I look forward to our further meetings.</div><div><br /></div><div><b> I know that Aunty Mary would be so proud of the man Tim has become today. </b></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-20735666354580155392023-01-19T15:03:00.009+11:002023-01-23T10:35:15.385+11:00Accentuate the Positive 2022 - The Responses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiflP9EYLZvmmmT8m931RuSKNQkUzG3iL1caEX7OiKtGQ8Mh3ZiMZHILHAbhdCxG2A3dkUBfxLZXLnXSGlXgGz6YdgwVz2l1WLs76hlHhpTkLSrf6GILOsVYB0TrEOpMW-5ec83rEL7rSqFRJQ4Jks489Rjt6EU1xcJSFquoo-ZYrnbV_5bjsCS4G/s640/2022Geniauscommhead.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="640" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiflP9EYLZvmmmT8m931RuSKNQkUzG3iL1caEX7OiKtGQ8Mh3ZiMZHILHAbhdCxG2A3dkUBfxLZXLnXSGlXgGz6YdgwVz2l1WLs76hlHhpTkLSrf6GILOsVYB0TrEOpMW-5ec83rEL7rSqFRJQ4Jks489Rjt6EU1xcJSFquoo-ZYrnbV_5bjsCS4G/w640-h192/2022Geniauscommhead.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Thanks to the wonderful genies who have supported this exercise. </p><p>I have recently returned from a family holiday to Japan where all of our descendants and their partners joined us for a cool time at Disney and up in the snow in Hokkaido. On my return I was delighted to find more responses to this challenge.</p><p>I feel that I may have missed some posts along the way - please let me know of any omissions. If you fancy some reflection I'm always happy to receive new contributions to add to this list as documents, in emails or in blog posts. See: <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2022/12/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2022.html">https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2022/12/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2022.html</a></p><p>Please enjoy these inspirational posts from our genimates.</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alex from Family Tree Frog <a href="https://familytreefrog.blogspot.com/2023/01/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2022.html">https://familytreefrog.blogspot.com/2023/01/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2022.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anne from Anne's Family History <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><a href="https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2022/12/28/2022-continuing-progress-on-my-family-history/">https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2022/12/28/2022-continuing-progress-on-my-family-history/</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bobbie on the GSQ Blog <a href="https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/remembering-to-accentuate-the-positive-2022-challenge/">https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/remembering-to-accentuate-the-positive-2022-challenge/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jane from The Janeologist <a href="https://janeologist.blogspot.com/2023/01/accentuate-positive-reflection-on-my.html">https://janeologist.blogspot.com/2023/01/accentuate-positive-reflection-on-my.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kerrie Anne from Steely Genes <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><a href="https://asteelygenesjourney.wordpress.com/2022/12/28/accentuate-the-positive-2022/">https://asteelygenesjourney.wordpress.com/2022/12/28/accentuate-the-positive-2022/</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lilian from Lilian's Tree </span><a href="http://researchbylily.blogspot.com/2022/12/accentuate-positive.html">http://researchbylily.blogspot.com/2022/12/accentuate-positive.html</a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Linda from Empty Branches on the Family Tree </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><a href="https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2022/12/accentuate-the-positive-2022/">https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2022/12/accentuate-the-positive-2022/</a></span></p><p>Lynn <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2023/01/guest-post-accentuate-positive.html">https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2023/01/guest-post-accentuate-positive.html</a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Margaret from Kiwi Nomad <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><a href="https://kiwinomadancestors.blogspot.com/2022/12/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2022.html">https://kiwinomadancestors.blogspot.com/2022/12/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2022.html</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sammi from Lyfelynes <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><a href="https://lyfelynes.com/accentuate-the-positive-2022-genealogical-year-in-review/">https://lyfelynes.com/accentuate-the-positive-2022-genealogical-year-in-review/</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shauna Diary of an Australian Genealogist <br /></span><a href="https://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.com/2023/01/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2022.html">https://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.com/2023/01/accentuate-positive-geneameme-2022.html</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-68568768237170478102023-01-17T14:29:00.001+11:002023-01-19T14:49:38.018+11:00Guest Post: Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2022<p>Thanks to Lynn who, although she doesn't have a genealogy blog, sent me a contribution for the 2022 Accentuate the Positive Geneameme. </p><p>I was delighted to be able to host Lynn's contribution on the GeniAus blog. I found several items I need to chase up in this post.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2022 from Lynn McAlister UE</span></b> (Lynn.McAlister@lmgenealogy.com)</p><p><b>A new software package or web application I embraced was</b> ... I joined <a href="https://mastodon.social/explore" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>, where I’ve made new connections with genealogists all over the world (and some of those I knew from elsewhere on line).</p><p><b>A new genealogy/history book that sparked my interest was</b> ... <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781250758170/" target="_blank">Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Family</a> <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781250758170/" target="_blank">Paper</a>s: A Sephardic Journey through the Twentieth Century.</p><p><b>In 2022 I finally met</b> ... my tribe! I now have a word for what I do: <b>“Genohistory”</b> (described by Donna Cox Baker as “that spot in the road where genealogy and history meet”).</p><p><b>I progressed my DNA research by</b> ... finally testing my husband’s parents! We’ve been trying to sort out my father-in-law’s paternity for years!</p><p><b>An informative journal or newspaper article I found was</b> ... Jürgen Eichhoff, “Types of German Surname Changes in America”, in The Report 43: A Journal of German-American History, vol. XLIII (1996), pp. 23-35 (https://loyolanotredamelib.org › php › report05 › articles › pdfs ›report43.pdf).</p><p><b>The best value I got for my genealogy dollars was</b> ... the 15-week <a href="https://genealogyonline.bu.edu/certificate" target="_blank">Boston University certificate</a> course. It gave me a chance to test my skills against advanced methodology and be assessed by professionals, and I have a new confidence that I actually do know what I’m doing.</p><p><b>A DNA discovery I made was</b> ... the identity of my husband’s previously unidentified grandfather.</p><p><b>A fabulous event I attended was</b> ... <a href="https://www.apgen.org/cpages/2022-professional-management-conference" target="_blank">APG’s 2022 Conference</a>. Not only were there numerous useful and interesting sessions, but the networking was surprisingly good for an online conference, and I also won a doorprize of four classes from the NIGS.</p><p><b>I'm happy I splashed out and purchased</b> ... Patrick Hanks, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Dictionary-American-Family-Names-3/dp/0195081374" target="_blank">Dictionary of American Family</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Dictionary-American-Family-Names-3/dp/0195081374" target="_blank">Names (3 vols.)</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Palatine-Families-New-York-Set/dp/096138882X" target="_blank">Henry Z Jones, Palatine Families of New York (2 vols.)</a>. Also several volumes of Kevan Hansen’s Map Guides to German Parish Records. All three excellent and useful resources.</p><p><b>I got the most joy from</b> ... interacting with genealogy colleagues at online conferences, in the Boston University groups, and especially in the <a href="https://ocapg.org/" target="_blank">Ontario APG group.</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-39801238816142242582022-12-20T11:03:00.002+11:002022-12-20T11:03:20.465+11:00Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2022<p> <span style="color: #222222;">One of the great supporters of my annual challenge, Bobbie Edes from Queensland, gently reminded me a few weeks about this challenge. I assured her that I would be issuing it shortly but, in the pre-Christmas busyness, I forgot. A gentle reminder from a genimate encouraged me to make it my first task this morning. </span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;">Although my rate of blogging has slowed down this year I couldn't let a year pass without continuing this tradition. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnp-F8oqn3FjjlFQQT8J0HrEemlTdEXoVECYBlc8drCRrAXQHLc7XNJMmWka-nQ3iOE-LLeYg4E6ZokH_3YsoMYQUg4xV3Bk810L8umPQ6o5I5ETg-tmpu_6CE_WI_sgpv1ilpYR5L6FrNzKg1ioQHLBK7wBqGupUJlEdG4SLo0svuEYZPkFkNHAL/s1000/Geniauscommhead.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1000" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnp-F8oqn3FjjlFQQT8J0HrEemlTdEXoVECYBlc8drCRrAXQHLc7XNJMmWka-nQ3iOE-LLeYg4E6ZokH_3YsoMYQUg4xV3Bk810L8umPQ6o5I5ETg-tmpu_6CE_WI_sgpv1ilpYR5L6FrNzKg1ioQHLBK7wBqGupUJlEdG4SLo0svuEYZPkFkNHAL/w640-h192/Geniauscommhead.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b>I invite you to take part in this activity</b> by responding to the following statements/questions, several of which are new, in a blog post. Write as much or as little as you want and complete as many statements as you wish. If you wish to take part and don't have a blog please email me your responses and I will post them here on the GeniAus blog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">Once you have done so<b> please share your post's link</b> in a comment on this post or to me via email to <a href="mailto:Jillballau@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">jillballau@gmail.com</a>. I will, </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">when I return from a family holiday in mid-January, </span></span>share a list of links to your responses right here on the GeniAus blog.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.0909px;">Remember to<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Accentuate the Positive</span></b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.0909px;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">(Please delete the items that are not relevant to your situation.)</span><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">1. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was happy to go back to ... after a Covid absence</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">2. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2022 I was particularly proud of writing ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">3. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A new software package or web application I embraced was ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">4. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">My sledge hammer did great work on this brick wall ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">5. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A new genealogy/history book that sparked my interest was ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">6. A geneasurprise I received was ....</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">7. In 2022 I finally met ...</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">8.</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Locating ... gave me great joy</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">9. <span style="font-family: inherit;">I am pleased the Covid situation caused me to change ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">10. </span>I progressed my DNA research by ...<br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">11. An informative journal or newspaper article I found was ...</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">12. I was pleased I could contribute to ...</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">13. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">... taught me how to ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">14. </span></span>I got a thrill from opening someone's eyes to the joy of genealogy ...</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">15. The best value I got for my genealogy dollars was ... </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br />16. A DNA discovery I made was ...<br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">17. </span>I enjoyed my first post Covid face to face event because ...<br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">18. A fabulous event I attended was ...</span><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><br style="line-height: 19.0909px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.0909px;">19. </span></span>I'm happy I splashed out and purchased ...</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 19. I got the most joy from ...<br /><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20. Another positive I would like to share is ...</span></span></div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Please share this invitation far and wide in your social media channels.</b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-44238991073068088752022-12-13T20:44:00.002+11:002022-12-13T20:44:47.438+11:00Strengthening the TreeLately I have <b>moved my focus</b> from attending genealogy events to working on my tree. While I love learning from and connecting with fellow genies I realise that my research has suffered. I want to leave behind a <b>full and well-sourced tree</b> for future generations so I am concentrating on my research.<div> <br />Since the advent of DNA I have recognised the value of building trees that not only go back in time but trees that go sideways and down to current generations. To assist in identifying matches <b>one needs a robust DNA friendly tree</b>. My hope is that I will eventually be able to solve many mysteries from my treeless DNA matches.</div><div><br />While I had a lot of distant cousins in my tree I had little information apart from their names. Recently I've been killing off and burying relatives and concentrating on finding sources for these events. In the past week I have found death and burial details from a range of sources for over 300 relatives. Of course there are some pesky people that just don't want to die. If I can't kill them off I make notes on their profiles indicating where I have searched. <br /><br />My main database is housed on an instance of <a href="https://www.family-historian.co.uk/" target="_blank">Family Historian software</a> on my laptop. From time to time, but not as often as I should, I export a gedcom to <a href="https://www.geniaus.net/" target="_blank">my website</a> that uses <a href="https://www.tngsitebuilding.com/" target="_blank">TNG software</a> and is hosted by <a href="https://www.simplyhosting.com/" target="_blank">Simply Hosting</a> . I was shocked to find this evening that it is a year since I uploaded an update potentially missing out on being found by distant cousins.<br /><br />Earlier today I tried to do the update and found that I was unable to log in to my web host. In a very short time <a href="https://www.simplyhosting.com/" target="_blank">Simply Hosting</a> came to my rescue and I now my website is up to date. </div><div><br /></div><div>I realise that it needs a design overhaul but, as it is a workhorse not a show pony, I would rather concentrate on content. </div><div><br /></div><div>You can visit my website here: <a href="https://www.geniaus.net/">https://www.geniaus.net/</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">
This post first appeared on the GeniAus blog http//geniaus.blogspot.com</div>GeniAushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776281256905648887.post-19686680376923999552022-11-23T13:42:00.003+11:002022-11-23T13:42:57.388+11:00Exodus and Emigration<p>As soon as Twitter changed hands I noticed an exodus of genealogists from Twitter. While I haven't left Twitter yet I set up <a href="https://geniaus.blogspot.com/2022/11/tooting.html" target="_blank">an insurance policy</a> two weeks ago. </p><p>When I joined Mastodon I joined the @mastodon.scot instance (server) as a handful of genealogists were there and the @toot.community where most of the genies were hanging was closed to new members. After a few days @toot.community opened up to more members so I emigrated there to be with the bulk of my genealogy contacts. </p><p>Things have been moving quickly on Mastodon as many Tweeps are joining the exodus from Twitter and emigrating to various Mastodon instances (servers). Several genealogists recognised the need for an instance just for genealogists and last week, About 10 days ago David set up @genealysis.social, "for anyone who is interested in Genealogy." see <a href="https://genealysis.social/about.">https://genealysis.social/about.</a> I was interested but didn't emigrate immediately.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMsjx8vbgwfGD8e6k5yIVBOLm3jdaA_UAatrwU5PMDsS1YE9hykCr3ZKiAddLHHISahw5oNAAWo0zNr7j27PpQll9SxrUrX8QHxUW1tBbE3q-GrRS0dZUeVOthCVrg5rL0tRPNTiqZfbUuqk_JjBd8W8JzIY5OdomvJsWNVxMwV7oIC4laq5ShpD0/s2400/59b29489a16dbde6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2400" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMsjx8vbgwfGD8e6k5yIVBOLm3jdaA_UAatrwU5PMDsS1YE9hykCr3ZKiAddLHHISahw5oNAAWo0zNr7j27PpQll9SxrUrX8QHxUW1tBbE3q-GrRS0dZUeVOthCVrg5rL0tRPNTiqZfbUuqk_JjBd8W8JzIY5OdomvJsWNVxMwV7oIC4laq5ShpD0/w400-h210/59b29489a16dbde6.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">@genealysis.social</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I watched and waited and observed as quite a number of genies or Geneadons (as they are called on Mastodon) emigrated to this new server. While there is still a reasonable number of genealogists on the @toot.community server they are just a small percentage of the total membership. Genies are to be found on many other servers as well. While genealogists can connect from many of the instances (servers) at Mastodon I like the idea of hanging out with my tribe.</p><p>This morning, as I had time on my hands and realised that I mostly post about family history matters I noted that the membership @genealysis.social was approaching 500. I decided that it was time to emigrate once again so I made the move (a painless process). I don't plan on emigrating again any time soon. I am pleased that I have found an instance for my tribe and look forward to the fellowship I enjoy with the genealogy community on other social media platforms. </p><p>How about joining me on @genealysis.social ?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK58hxHUJxjr7RaYZMQdphOMkyuQLvQLyOtsxqwqczpHynKCBdiXJ-lXUANMd6FJkZCWzNc3d9MgSP6_QUTw11x9Jq0UFjqRinSMNkafgbJP0qDq6FDWUNL9y1GOw7Qpa_7Eb4HZp5-o78ktE2OE698RJxGVnaItx5kvUfgep26zucMG07OTx7ru-/s1500/Follow%20GeniAus%20at%20Mastodon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK58hxHUJxjr7RaYZMQdphOMkyuQLvQLyOtsxqwqczpHynKCBdiXJ-lXUANMd6FJkZCWzNc3d9MgSP6_QUTw11x9Jq0UFjqRinSMNkafgbJP0qDq6FDWUNL9y1GOw7Qpa_7Eb4HZp5-o78ktE2OE698RJxGVnaItx5kvUfgep26zucMG07OTx7ru-/w400-h134/Follow%20GeniAus%20at%20Mastodon.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Meanwhile I am still active as @GeniAus on Twitter - it's all about insurance. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">
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