Don't dilly-dally

 Hope to see YOU in Brisbane

25 Stackpole Street Wishart, QLD 4122 PO Box 1467, Carindale Qld 4152 www.connections2025.org.au convenor@connections2025.org.au Brisbane | 21 – 24 March 2025

EARLY BIRD – ends 30 November 2024 If you are still to register for Connections Past-Present-Future consider the following: The daily registration fee for the conference is $260, if you register for the Friday only it does not include the Meet and Greet, which would be an additional $33. If you register for two days of the conference only, the registration fee is $520. If you register for all three days of the conference it is $515, and this includes the Meet and Greet and with Early Bird registration the  price is $395. The Conference Dinner, which is on Saturday night, is an additional $66 at Early Bird pricing. Masterclasses on the Saturday and Sunday are filling fast and are $75 per class. Lunches are of your choosing, but you do need to be aware of the venue’s trading restrictions. Early Bird pricing on lunches provided by the venue is $25. See below. Parking  is $10 on Friday and is free on Saturday & Sunday. See Conference Parking Tours on the Monday are Optional.

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 Individuals	11,884
Total Males	6,255 (52.63%)
Total Females	5,575 (46.91%)
Total Unknown Gender	54 (0.45%)
Total Living	6,302
Total Families	3,945
Total Unique Surnames	2,471
Total Photos	76
Total Documents	3
Total Headstones	0
Total Histories	0
Total Recordings	0
Total Videos	0
Total Sources	472
Average Lifespan1	61 years, 183 days
Earliest Birth (John Chatfyld)	Abt 1530

Longest Lived1	Age
Rita Mary Cecilia Nott	104 years
Lilian May Nelson	104 years
Kathleen Mary Large	101 years
Jean Mary Gowans	101 years
Josephine Emily Lynam	101 years
Margaretha Johanna Haver	100 years 318 days
Annie Joan Hogan	100 years 219 days
Irwin Morris Godden	100 years 78 days
Isabella Catherine Gowans	100 years 23 days
Martha Ann Auty	100 years

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 River. I 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 

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

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