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Members Christmas memories.

GSQ Blog Posted on December 19, 2022 by guestbloggerDecember 19, 2022

At our last Wednesday morning Zoom session, I asked members to write a short story just 200-300 words of a Christmas memory. This was an enjoyable challenge in our October Writers Group meeting also, and I realised it is a good way for any family historian to begin their own all important story. The suggestion was to also copy it to their genealogy software program profile page of themselves.  Hopefully following this, some of our newer members will also join … Continue reading

Posted in Children, Christmas, Family, Memories

My Sad and Glad Tales of PRONI.

GSQ Blog Posted on December 12, 2022 by Bobbie EdesDecember 12, 2022

I’ve been pondering on what to write about in my next blog for a few days now having finished a series of stories about my Irvine family from Killyleagh in Co Down. Having mentioned this to our GSQ Patron, she suggested I write about researching at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) in Belfast, so that’s what this missive is about. I have now realised that my blog is due for publishing on 12 December 2022. This date marks … Continue reading

Posted in Archives, family histories, family history, Ireland, Irvine family, original documents, PRONI, Public Records Office of Northern Ireland

The simplest of photos can be the catalyst for great things.

GSQ Blog Posted on December 5, 2022 by guestbloggerNovember 22, 2022

Document and preserve the stories and the memories. By Victoria MacGregor. The sharing of an old family photograph, and a personal memory, isn’t a popularity contest, or a “what-ya think” moment. The sharing shouldn’t be attributed to the number of likes, hearts or thumbs up collected. Leave all that admiration and back slapping to social media and the showcasing of random current event images. Sharing an old family photograph, can and should be the starting point for a walk down … Continue reading

Posted in Family, family pictures, Photos, Victoria MacGregor

The Woman behind the Man.

GSQ Blog Posted on November 28, 2022 by guestbloggerNovember 18, 2022

By Betty Lee. “Lastly, and most of all, thanks are due to my wife who coddled me back to sufficient health, in spite of my rebellious self, to undertake the task of authorship, and then put up with me while I wrote.” This last sentence in the Author’s Acknowledgments from The Coast Watchers, Eric Feldt’s 1946 book, gives but a tiny glimpse of the importance of Nancy Feldt in the life of her remarkable husband. In recent years I have … Continue reading

Posted in Coast Watchers, Courier Mail, Eric and Nan, Pacific Coastwatchers, Papua New Guinea, PNG

Telling our own stories.

GSQ Blog Posted on November 21, 2022 by guestbloggerOctober 24, 2022

By Shauna Hicks. GSQ has scheduled me for two guest blog posts a year. Every time my turn comes around, I struggle for a topic. What is going to interest other family historians? This time I’m going to write about something that I’m working on now with my own family history. And that’s trying to tell my own story. We spend lots of time researching our ancestors, but we also need to remember that in 100 years or so, someone … Continue reading

Posted in Bardon, Brisbane, family histories, Queensland, Sharing family stories, Shauna Hicks, stories

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