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| 1909 'Granny's Genealogy', Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), 7 February, p. 2. (THIRD SECTION), viewed 28 Jul 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57590352 |
Showing posts with label Families. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Families. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Trove Tuesday - Granny's Genealogy
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Trove Tuesday - Family
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| 1947 'CARTOON PARADE', News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 30 August, p. 2. , viewed 09 May 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127059442 |
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Running in the Family
Some weeks ago I finished reading a book that I had picked up from the swap section in a cruise ship's library. When I travel I take a bundle of op shop purchases away with me and dispose of or swap them along the way but I could not bear to part with this one so it travelled with me over many days and through a dozen countries. It has now been reposing on my desk waiting for me to tell you about it
On our trip we visited Sri Lanka and that was what made me select this book that recounted the author's return to his native land of Sri Lanka. I imagine that the fellow traveller who had ditched the book purchased it for local knowledge. I did not realise until I reread the blurb that it was actually a family history book.
In Running in the Family Michael Ondaatje (first publishedin 1982 - my edition was published by Vinatge Books) tells in a series of short vignettes tales of his parents, ancestors and families. As he travelled around Sri Lanka Ondaatje met and interviewed family members, friends and work colleagues of his parents. There emerged stories of love, passion and divorce, drunkenness, wild parties and hair-raising car and train rides. For me the stories didn't flow so well from one to the other but the writing was superb. After reading a few ordinary crime novels it was a treat to read this small book and savour the stunning use of language, the prose was delectable.
If you ever contemplate writing a family history book take a peek between the pages of this tome to see how beautifully you can telll your family tales.
On our trip we visited Sri Lanka and that was what made me select this book that recounted the author's return to his native land of Sri Lanka. I imagine that the fellow traveller who had ditched the book purchased it for local knowledge. I did not realise until I reread the blurb that it was actually a family history book.
In Running in the Family Michael Ondaatje (first publishedin 1982 - my edition was published by Vinatge Books) tells in a series of short vignettes tales of his parents, ancestors and families. As he travelled around Sri Lanka Ondaatje met and interviewed family members, friends and work colleagues of his parents. There emerged stories of love, passion and divorce, drunkenness, wild parties and hair-raising car and train rides. For me the stories didn't flow so well from one to the other but the writing was superb. After reading a few ordinary crime novels it was a treat to read this small book and savour the stunning use of language, the prose was delectable.
If you ever contemplate writing a family history book take a peek between the pages of this tome to see how beautifully you can telll your family tales.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Trove Tuesday - A day out with her sisters
Today is one of my schoolfriends birthdays. When I was writing a birthday message on her Facebook timeline I noticed among the images on her page a clipping from an Australian Women's Weekly in 1958. One of the family members had commented that she wished the family had a better copy of the article that featured my friend, her four sisters and their Mum.
I wondered if they knew of Trove and if the quality of the image available there was better than what the family had. I first tried a search to find the advertisement but drew a a blank. As I had the date of the publication I then browsed through the pages (and had a meander down memory lane) until I found on Page 51 the advertisement I was looking for. The quality of the online article is so much clearer than that which my friend has.
I've now added some tags so that anyone searching for the family will be able to find this article.
Happy Birthday Lee.
I wondered if they knew of Trove and if the quality of the image available there was better than what the family had. I first tried a search to find the advertisement but drew a a blank. As I had the date of the publication I then browsed through the pages (and had a meander down memory lane) until I found on Page 51 the advertisement I was looking for. The quality of the online article is so much clearer than that which my friend has.
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| 1958 '[No heading].', The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 3 September, p. 51, viewed 25 March, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4912609 |
Happy Birthday Lee.
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