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
I ended 2016 in a rather reflective mood as it was a year with mixed blessings for me. I wonder what 2017 will bring. In my December post I preferred to use the term ‘aspirations’ rather than ‘resolutions’ and Helen in her post last week spoke about setting goals for the year. We all seem to have the same idea of looking forward in its broadest sense. Thomas MacEntee in a recent Geneabloggers post (http://www.geneabloggers.com) explained that he’d been contemplating … Continue reading
As the year draws to a close, we often reflect on the events during the year and start to think of what lies ahead. Like me, many of you have probably experienced the highs and lows that life can throw at us. The worst low was the death of a very close friend after a short but painful battle with cancer. The best high, and an ongoing joy, has been getting to know my new grandson who turned one in … Continue reading
Many researchers consider it important to trace their ancestors from birth through marriage to eventual death and final resting place. My focus has been more on my ancestors’ birth, family, including parentage, and what they did during their life. As long as I have a date of death or burial, I haven’t always bought a death certificate to find out actual cause of death or sought out a final resting place; UK certificates are not as informative as Australian ones. … Continue reading
I’ve previously written about putting our ancestors’ lives in context so that they become more meaningful, especially when we’re writing a family history or a biography of a particular ancestor. The importance of context came home to me earlier this year when I read a book which focussed on events in a particular period. It caused me to think (yet again) about how to write up my research. 1960s montage For instance, can you remember where you were, who … Continue reading
