Yearly Archives: 2016

Developing a Style Sheet

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Membership of GSQs Writing Group has changed over the years, so for the benefit of new members, we have started to revisit some basics, which we originally covered in early meetings. One basic is the creation of a style sheet, which is extremely useful in ensuring your finished work is consistent in terms of spelling, style and many other issues. This is particularly the case if material is incorporated from various sources, especially the internet. Current word processing packages, such … Continue reading

Dates on the Calendar are Closer than You Think!

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Now I don’t want to stress anyone and time always goes so much faster that we think.   Really I am not trying to stress anyone but now is the time to start thinking if you are planning any Genealogy Guerrilla Action this year. Christmas and family gatherings are an ideal time for Genealogy Guerrilla Action, where you can sneak family history into the activity without being obvious and having their eyes glaze over. It can take time to get … Continue reading

R.I.P. Sam Foo

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A few weeks after the discovery of gold in north Queensland in 1873, Chinese began arriving from the played-out Victorian goldfields. New Chinese immigrants arrived at the port of Cooktown at a rate of one thousand a month, most from the Pearl River region of Canton. By the end of 1874, almost one-half the population of Palmer River, inland from Cooktown, was Chinese; by 1875 the Chinese population of Palmer River swelled to more than 15,000; by 1877 Chinese outnumbered … Continue reading

FEMALE IRISH FAMINE ORPHANS

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 I have previously written in this forum about elusive ancestors. Those ancestors that you can only trace back to a certain event in their life and then you reach a dead end. You know they are your ancestor because you have the proof. You have traced backwards from your self via the relevant birth, death and marriage certificates. You know they were not born in Australia because you have the death certificate which states that they were born somewhere else … Continue reading

The truth may be out there – we all look for it in different ways

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Geoff Doherty’s guest post at the end of May coincided very neatly with my recent research on a person totally unrelated to my family. Like Geoff, this is not the first time I have become quite wrapped up in someone else’s family history and, hopefully, learnt something new along the way.   I belong to a small genealogy group called Genie Hunters. We meet monthly and the group’s aim has been to provide a forum to share our successful, and … Continue reading