GAGs - GeniAus' Gems - 21 August 2015

On my recent holiday I had every intention of keeping up my GeniAus Gems posts duirng our time away. New and exciting parts of the world just got in my way.

I managed to read many Australian blog posts but I had to ignore those from overseas and as for commenting on posts Pfft!. It's comfortable back in my geneacave and I keep wondering if I really had that big adventure, thankfully we have several thousand happy snaps to remind us of the people and places we have encontered.

I thought that more people would be blogging about National Family History Month but reports on the event seem to thin on the ground. I am enjoying reconnecting with my genimates via their blogs.

Here are some treasures I have stored away in Evernote:

1. Tiggy has a unique way of storing ancestor stories
http://gsqld.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/family-secret-5.html

2. Some monkey business with high stakes from Vicki
https://ancestrysearch.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/the-great-monkey-escape/

3. Prue's tip for those with German ancestry
http://becomingprue.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/hints-and-tips-german-family-history.html

4. An example of splendid research from Kerryn
http://becomingprue.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/hints-and-tips-german-family-history.html

5. A reminder form Carmel about some useful videos that I had forgotten about.
http://librarycurrants.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/power-searching-videos.html

6.The State Library of NSw shares good news about electoral roll access.
http://statelibrarynsw-familyhistory.tumblr.com/post/126652338562/electoral-roll-update

7. Parramatta Council provides some information on the place where one of my ancestors spent some time
http://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/blog/2015/07/28/the-second-parramatta-female-factory-1818-1848/

8. Pleased to see Alona sharing more of her family treasures
http://www.memorabiliahouse.com/2015/08/life-before-the-internet/

9. When I was growing up I though it would be exciting to have a Halvorsen cruiser
https://anmm.wordpress.com/2015/08/07/magnus-halvorsen-1918-2015/

10. We always get excited when the kids take an interest
http://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/08/10/james-and-the-bushranger/

11. It's we who should be thanking Shauna
http://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/national-family-history-month-and-other.html

12. And because Michelle did such a great job I must include a post from my FHG
https://hornsbysfhg.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/michelle-nichols-at-hornsby-shire-fhg/