Young Aussie at Rootstech

I was thrilled to see young Australian, Tas, who travelled to Rootstech last year in this promotional video for Rootstech 2016.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Tas at Rootstech 2015 and was so impressed by this confident Sydney school student. You can see what he had to say (a little more) than on the Rootstech clip here:

Find out more about Rootstech 2016 here.

GAGs - GeniAus' Gems - 2 October 2015

I've been so busy shopping online that I nearly forgot to share my GeniAus' Gems this morning. I just have time to get them listed before lunch.

I bookmarked lots of posts this week, culling the list is very hard so I'm presenting a Baker's dozen. I hope that you will enjoy these posts as much as I did.

1. Renate reflects on geneablogging
http://justthinking130.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/where-have-all-readers-gone.html

2. Carmel is preserving after her gray matter.http://librarycurrants.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/keeping-brain-active.html

3. More security coming for Blogger blogs.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2015/09/blogger-offers-https-for-blogspot.html

4. Fairfield City Library relates the story of its German Community.
https://fairfieldlocalstudies.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/german-community-in-fairfield/

5. Welcome back to blogging Helen. I missed you.http://genieq.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/im-back-sort-of.html

6. Chris shares more links for Irish research
http://astheywere.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/irish-records-in-australia-third-edition.html

7. Ethnicity analysis from Sherie. Interesting.
http://genealogybugsherie.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/ancestry-dna-ethnicity-results-vs.html

8. Diane discovers an impressive collection in an attic

http://cdfhs.org/found-in-the-attic-part-1/

9. John reviews the Rockstar Genealogist poll.
http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/whats-wrong-with-rockstar-genealogist.html

10.  I share DearMYRTLE'S enthusiasm for Google+. Do you.

http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2015/09/google-for-shared-interest-groups.html

11. Alan shares ome beautiful images from family bibles.
http://almewett.com/2015/09/25/jesse-and-rhoda-mewetts-family-bible-entries/

12. Ttove helps Matt find family faces.
http://thehistoryofmatt.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/puttings-faces-to-names-in-unexpected.html

13. Tony raises an important issue.
http://parallax-viewpoint.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/when-digital-age-hinders.html

World Ballet Day

Today, October 1 is World Ballet Day.

While we don't have any Baryshnikovs, Bussells, Fonteyns, Nureyevs or Pavoloas in our family several family members enjoyed their ballet classes and performances. I dug into the family album fo find some of our dancers from last century. It's pleasing to note that we have a young generation with three ballerinas enjoying dance.

Were there any dancers in your family?

Rootstech Pass Giveaway

I am a Rootstech 2016 Ambassador.

This year I am hosting a very simple competition to determine the winner of my "One complimentary RootsTech 2016 3-day pass ($249 value)."

Don't worry if you have already registered for Rootstech. If you are the winner you will receive a refund from the organisers.

To Enter:

1. Follow this link

2. Scroll down to the  Sponsor List

3. Count up the total number of sponsors listed

4. Email that number together with your name, email address (and twitter handle and blog URL if you have them) to jillballau@gmail.com by Midnight (GMT) 12 October 2015. Please write "Rootstech Giveaway" in the subject line of your email.

5. I will notify the successful entrant and pass on details as to how to collect the prize.

The winning entry will be announced on the GeniAus blog, Google+ and Twitter on 14 October 2015.

NB This prize is for a Rootstech Pass only. All other costs associated with attendance at the Conference are the responsibility of the prize recipient.