Monthly Archives: December 2021

Christmas memories from near and wide

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This week’s blog consists of short memories of Christmas celebrations in countries around the world. It seems we all grew up with fond, but sometimes very different memories, so I hope these stories evoke lovely flashbacks from your own youth. Christmas Memories in Washington, USA. By Cyndi Ingle, CyndisList.com and The Genealogy Squad Christmas was always special for me as a child. My mom and dad always made it so. I believe my love of genealogy started when I was … Continue reading

Christmas in the Workhouse

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  Christmas is almost upon us and it is such a frantically busy time of the year with celebrations happening throughout December. The other night I witnessed the annual White Christmas event at Movieworld.  Enormously popular, it was a sold-out event and I’m told that many people return annually to enjoy the extravaganza, that even includes pretend snow.  The event is popular with young families and, for all those who fear for the diminishing birth rate, let me assure you … Continue reading

One very small sentence

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One very small sentence – ‘Brother in N.S.W.’ And so began the search for one ‘William Spooner’ who morphed into one ‘Patrick Toohey’. ‘Say what, that doesn’t make any sense!’ I hear the cry. But it will… be patient… I’ll explain. It was 1856 and that short, nearly illegible line scratched onto the immigration record next to the name of Eliza Butler (nee Spooner/Spunner) ‘brother in N.S.W’, was to lead one merry ‘family history dance’ some 164 years later. Eliza … Continue reading