Monthly Archives: February 2017

Beware Junk Genealogy – Don’t Rely on Research of Others…Validate Sources!

GSQ Blog Posted on February 26, 2017 by

Lately I received an email questioning the validity of my family tree, based on a belief that a photograph of my paternal great-grandmother Ida Parker was in fact a photo of a woman named Mary, the emailer’s great-grandmother; the evidence for this assertion was having been told (as a child) that the photograph was great-grandmother Mary. Upon seeing the photograph in my family tree the emailer felt compelled to enlighten me.  And to claim a new branch of her family … Continue reading

The New South Wales Regiment of Cavalry

GSQ Blog Posted on February 20, 2017 by

A few months ago, my father sent me a photo of a medal he had been shown while visiting a relative he had not seen for many years. This relative is his second cousin and they have a great uncle in common. The medal had belonged to this great uncle, Hugh Smith, and had been handed down to my father’s cousin by her mother. She brought it along to show my father. No-one at the family gathering knew what the … Continue reading

Getting organised

GSQ Blog Posted on February 14, 2017 by

Getting organised Following on from January’s post, I thought I’d talk a bit more about getting organised. On Saturday 21 January I presented a session for GSQ on Organising your research. This was planned as a practical course to provide suggestions on how to manage your paper records as well as your digital records. This proved to be quite popular and so we had to limit the numbers. I have agreed to offer this session again on 3 June, so … Continue reading

The RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City: Be There From Home!

GSQ Blog Posted on February 8, 2017 by

RootsTech is a conference (8-11 February) that combines technology and genealogy. Now it its seventh year it has highlighted many technological advancements, program changes, new applications for tablets and phones that can be used for genealogy, many classes teaching people how to use technology in their genealogy from using Google Earth to better scanning methods to DNA analysis to using Scrivener, Evernote, Excel and so much more. It is held in Salt Lake City, the genealogical mecca that has the … Continue reading