One of my readers, Kerry Jones, completed the Accentuate the Positive 2016 Challenge and sent it to me in a Word doc. With Kerry's permission I am sharing it here. Congratulations on a beaut year, Kerry.
Accentuate the
Positive
1. An elusive ancestor I found was: David Culley, my fourth Great Grandfather.
2. A precious family photo I found was: A photo of my great great Grandmother, Ellen Crowley. I found it quite by accident. I went to the website of the Female Convict Research Centre and there sitting prominently on the site was Ellen! I was delighted as I have never seen a photo of her before.
3. An ancestor's grave I found was: It was actually a photograph of the grave of my grandmother (who I had never met). Edith Ballard’s grave is in Queensland and I hope to see it one day.
4. An important vital record I found was: So many! But one of the most interesting ones that I found was the Apprenticeship of my fourth Great Grandfather, David Culley. He was apprenticed to be a plumber in 1803 and later in his life worked at Windsor Castle.
5. A newly found family member shared: I discovered some new information about my husband’s ancestors through meeting a new found family member. Her Great Great Grandmother and my husband’s Great Grandfather were twins.
6. A geneasurprise I received was: Being contacted by a distant relative who had done a lot of research into subsequent generations.
8. I made a new genimate who: I am studying the Diploma of Family History online through the University of Tasmania and I met two ladies who are also studying it. One of them lives in the next street to me! We have now met twice and have formed a nice little support group.
9. A new piece of software I mastered was: Wavepad. I used this to edit an Oral History interview that I had done. It was remarkably easy.
10. A social media tool I enjoyed using for genealogy was: Probably Facebook. There are many different Facebook groups and reading some of the posts is very interesting.
11. A genealogy conference/seminar/webinar from which I learnt something new was: A presentation at the Dead Person’s Society in Melbourne. This was on Finding Hidden Records and the presenter, Ada Ackerly was excellent.
14. I taught a friend how to: Use Ancestry.
17. A new genealogy/history book I enjoyed was: Not a new book, in fact a very old book was ‘Tasmanian Convicts’ by Alison Alexander. It is very well written and easy to read and very informative.
20. Another positive I would like to share is ...Learning as much as possible about genealogy is great. Reading blogs, Facebook posts and studying online all help one’s knowledge.
1. An elusive ancestor I found was: David Culley, my fourth Great Grandfather.
2. A precious family photo I found was: A photo of my great great Grandmother, Ellen Crowley. I found it quite by accident. I went to the website of the Female Convict Research Centre and there sitting prominently on the site was Ellen! I was delighted as I have never seen a photo of her before.
3. An ancestor's grave I found was: It was actually a photograph of the grave of my grandmother (who I had never met). Edith Ballard’s grave is in Queensland and I hope to see it one day.
4. An important vital record I found was: So many! But one of the most interesting ones that I found was the Apprenticeship of my fourth Great Grandfather, David Culley. He was apprenticed to be a plumber in 1803 and later in his life worked at Windsor Castle.
5. A newly found family member shared: I discovered some new information about my husband’s ancestors through meeting a new found family member. Her Great Great Grandmother and my husband’s Great Grandfather were twins.
6. A geneasurprise I received was: Being contacted by a distant relative who had done a lot of research into subsequent generations.
8. I made a new genimate who: I am studying the Diploma of Family History online through the University of Tasmania and I met two ladies who are also studying it. One of them lives in the next street to me! We have now met twice and have formed a nice little support group.
9. A new piece of software I mastered was: Wavepad. I used this to edit an Oral History interview that I had done. It was remarkably easy.
10. A social media tool I enjoyed using for genealogy was: Probably Facebook. There are many different Facebook groups and reading some of the posts is very interesting.
11. A genealogy conference/seminar/webinar from which I learnt something new was: A presentation at the Dead Person’s Society in Melbourne. This was on Finding Hidden Records and the presenter, Ada Ackerly was excellent.
14. I taught a friend how to: Use Ancestry.
17. A new genealogy/history book I enjoyed was: Not a new book, in fact a very old book was ‘Tasmanian Convicts’ by Alison Alexander. It is very well written and easy to read and very informative.
20. Another positive I would like to share is ...Learning as much as possible about genealogy is great. Reading blogs, Facebook posts and studying online all help one’s knowledge.
