Sunday, September 22, 2024

More Deaths and Burials

One of my observant offspring noticed that, on my family site, I still have marked as "Living" some people who are actually "Deceased". Mea Culpa.

What excited me was that one of my offspring was actually looking at my website!

I explained that, while I note recent deaths in the main tree in Family Historian on my laptop, I only upload a gedcom file to the website every so often. I was horrified to find that my last upload/update to my TNG site was nearly a year ago. 

In addition to recent deaths I have been working through my database to identify people born before the 1930s for whom I don't have death records.  Using  a variety of tools I have been able to update many  records. I have also been able to find and add birth registration details for people born prior to 1924. 

Today, instead of searching for more records, I created new gedcom and uploaded it to my site. I hope my descendant will be proud of me!

Following are some statistics captured from my website, www.geniaus.net, after the upload

 Description  Quantity 
Total Individuals11,884  
Total Males6,255 (52.63%)  
Total Females5,575 (46.91%)  
Total Unknown Gender54 (0.45%)  
Total Living6,302  
Total Families3,945  
Total Unique Surnames2,471  
Total Photos76  
Total Documents3  
Total Headstones0  
Total Histories0  
Total Recordings0  
Total Videos0  
Total Sources472  
Average Lifespan161 years, 183 days  
Earliest Birth (John ChatfyldAbt 1530  

 Longest Lived1  Age 
Rita Mary Cecilia Nott104 years  
Lilian May Nelson104 years  
Kathleen Mary Large101 years  
Jean Mary Gowans101 years  
Josephine Emily Lynam101 years  
Margaretha Johanna Haver100 years 318 days  
Annie Joan Hogan100 years 219 days  
Irwin Morris Godden100 years 78 days  
Isabella Catherine Gowans100 years 23 days  
Martha Ann Auty100 years  

Thursday, September 12, 2024

A Picnic with Patrick

Yesterday on a sensational spring day husband and I stopped for a picnic lunch at Curry Reserve near Camden, NSW. This park, which is on the edge of the historic town was gazetted as a reserve in 1976, is special to me. On the recommendation of the local Council it was named after my 3xGreat-Grandfather, Patrick Curry, an Irish convict who had been assigned to the Macarthur family of Merino fame. Patrick is one of my favourite ancestors.

It had been several years since our last visit; we were surprised to find a lovely updated park. As we sat and watched local children playing in the beautiful water park I reflected on Patrick's life 200 years ago. I wonder what Patrick would think of this lovely facility for local families close to the area where he farmed on the banks of the Nepean RiverI recalled Paddy's words to Caroline Chisholm "I have reared a large family in comfort, want for nothing." 

I am sure Patrick would not have been able to imagine the 21st century facilities at Curry Reserve but he would have been honoured to be associated with the site. 


Lots of opportunities for cool fun





Barbeque area

Modern facilities building

Proud to visit this important family site 

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Kiva

Together with a number Genies from around the world I am a member of the 'Genealogists for Families' Project on Kiva

We believe that our small deeds can make a big difference to families who are less fortunate.

Our motto is, 'We care about families (past, present and future)'

This morning I received a summary of my activity on Kiva for January to June 2024

My Kiva Activity 

I loaned some of that $US41.59  this morning to Ukashatu in Ghana.

Lending with Kiva is such a rewarding activity as one knows the identity of the borrowers and can see how the funds are being expended. I encourage you to join our team

Click here for details

Thursday, July 25, 2024

A Late Night Night or an Early Morning

In a recent post I shared my excitement about being chosen as a subject for a Wikitree Challenge. 

As the event, The 2024 WikiTree Challenge 11 will be launched on zoom at 2am tomorrow (my time in Australia). My immediate issue is do I go to bed early and set an alarm for 1:30ish or do I try and stay awake? I'll see how my day pans out. 

Promo for the WikiTree Challenge

I'm now sitting in my geneacave dealing with a range of emotions:

* Gratitude for the invitation to have my family chosen as the focus of this project

* Delight to have a light shone on my band of ordinary ancestors and forebears that includes labourers, convicts, indigenous Australians, Irish immigrants, sportsmen and a pioneering priest.

* Appreciation for the Wikitreers who have signed up to work on my tree

* Apprehension as my sometimes dodgy research will be on show to a band of experienced genealogists

* Embarrassment that my Wikitree is not too deep or wide

* Pride that Australian Genealogy research is the focus of the eventt

* Excitement that the volunteers may learn a little about Australian History as they climb my tree

* Joy that my tree is receiving the love it deserves

* Suspense as I ponder on what the volunteers may dig up

Roll on 2am.

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