Blaine Overload?

I have just been perusing the program for Diving Deeper in Sydney, Unlock the Past's DNA event in Sydney next month.

It was pleasing to see that there are plenty of opportunities to hear DNA Guru, Blaine Bettinger on the program. Blaine will be the opening act on each of the three days of the conference when he will give a keynote type address to all attendees.The remainder of the sessions that cover a wide variety of topics are at three levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced with two of the days concluding with a panel session. 

Blaine is giving 14 presentations in all and I will endeavour to attend most of them. He is such a knowledgeable and affable presenter that I am sure my case of Blaine Overload will be easy to handle. 

Others on the program I want to hear are two knowledgeable out of towners,  Louise Coakley from Cairns and Shelley Crawford from Canberra. 

There are still a couple of TBA slots on the program, I would love to see one of these filled with one or more experienced genies who are not  DNA experts but DNA dabblers. I would love to hear how ordinary genies like me deal with this exciting new tool in their resource repertoire. No doubt Alan Phillips (Mr Unlock the Past) will let us know via social media when the program is complete.

No matter what is offered I am confident that this event will be am amazing learning experience for all who attend.

Rootstech London 2019 - Pass Giveaway

Rootstech London 2019 - Pass Giveaway

One of the perks of being a RootsTech London Ambassador is that I receive a free pass to the event for myself and one to give to one of my genimates.

Each year I pack my bags and make the long trek from Australia to Salt Lake City to attend Rootstech, The Greatest Geneashow on Earth.This year I have added RootsTech London to my travel calendar. RootsTech London will be held at The ExCel Centre London. from 24-26 October 2019.

My Free Pass Giveaway provides me with an opportunity to give someone else a chance to experience the excitement and education Rootstech offers.

The winner of this competition will

 receive a complimentary RootsTech London  Pass with access to:

• Over 150 Classes
• Keynote / General sessions
• Expo Hall
• Evening Event

This 3-Day Pass does not include airfare, hotel or the coverage of any other expenses. If the winner has already registered for RootsTech London, the original registration fee will be refunded.

What do you need to do to be in the draw?

This year I have followed the lead of fellow Australian Rootstech Ambassador, Fran Kitto, and am using KingSumo to host my competition. 

Enter by following this link:
https://kingsumo.com/g/q6d5h7/geniaus-rootstech-london-free-pass-giveaway

Trove Tuesday - Husbands

Every family tree has them, most women have them, some women even have two, three or more and nowadays some men have them too.

I have just one and am very pleased with my choice, I won the husband lottery.

As it is my husband's birthday today I was thinking about husbands. I was amazed at how many articles there are in Trove on the subject, some of the articles were very long so I restricted this post to shorter articles from more than 100 years ago. I doubt we would find articles like these in newspapers of today.

1900 'Husbands.', Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), 1 December, p. 24. , viewed 23 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169869673

1891 'Ringed Husbands.', The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), 27 June, p. 1440. , viewed 23 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163654531

1918 'HUSBANDS.', Rutherglen Sun and Chiltern Valley Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), 5 April, p. 6. , viewed 23 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121017548

1901 'SOME "DONTS" FOR HUSBANDS', Benalla Standard (Vic. : 1901 - 1931), 28 June, p. 1. (Supplement to the Benalla Standard), viewed 23 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152317698

1918 'HUSBANDS.', The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918), 23 January, p. 7. , viewed 23 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226812723

1907 'ON HUSBANDS.', Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1918), 24 August, p. 1. (Ovens and Murray Advertiser Supplement), viewed 23 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200201759

1909 'ON HUSBANDS.', The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), 13 February, p. 7. , viewed 23 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23598019

What is Twiggli?

I'm a bit ho, hum about printed out family trees stuck on walls. I think most of them are dull and boring! I guess I'm more of a digital girl.

After visiting Twiggli's stand at THE Genealogy Show in Birmingham recently I changed my mind. I loved the family tree posters they had on display at THE Show and thought that they may even appeal to my grandchildren.

The Twiggli stand at THE Genealogy Show 2019

All you need to produce a Twiggli tree is a gedcom file which you can upload to their website to produce a poster. You can see what the poster looks like for no cost (it will be watermarked so won't be good for printing),  and edit away until you have something that appeals. For just 10GBP you can buy and download a non-watermarked file that you can take to your favourite printer (like Officeworks in Australia) for printing.

I was so pleased to see a product that would be accessible to my Australian genimates at a Genealogy event in England

Any questions? Go to the FAQ page on the Twiggli site.