Author Archives: Pauline Williams

The places where we live usually impact on our lives

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Over the years, I have been gathering photos of places where I have lived as a means of documenting significant periods in my life. I can record changes in my life experiences as I’ve moved from my parents’ home to student accommodation to the rental market to private home ownership. I have also adopted this strategy in relation to as many of my ancestors as possible. Since the majority of these lived in England, I have relied greatly on online … Continue reading

Victorian curiosities emerge in data clean-up

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I have recently purchased the upgrade of Legacy from v8 to v9, but haven’t yet installed it, pending a clean-up of the data in Legacy 8. Cleaning up data involves refreshing my memory of what I’ve already got, whether it’s been incorporated into Legacy and, more importantly, what does it all mean. When I’m researching, I use A4 notebooks to make written notes, save images either directly to my computer or to a USB, depending upon where I am. In … Continue reading

Remembering my dad

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My dad, Joe, was born in September 1921 in South Derbyshire in England and would have been 96 years old this month. The only son of Arthur Stirland and Lizzie Kinston he had an older sister as well as a younger sister. His death in 1987 was what prompted me to start researching my family history. I became aware at his funeral that all the relatives I remembered from my childhood had passed away. Who were they? I started to research the … Continue reading

All the fun of the Fair

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GSQs Family History Fair to be precise. August is Family History Month and GSQ decided to hold a Family History Fair. Saturday 5 August was the chosen day for the Fair. August in Brisbane is renowned for cold weather and westerly winds. The Exhibition, or Ekka, is held in August and is regarded as an incredible breeding ground for germs imparting colds and flu. Our previous Fair in February 2016, shortly after our move to Stackpole Street, Wishart, had been on a cold, … Continue reading

Changes at GSQ Blog

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Dear Readers There will be some changes at GSQs blog for the next few months. Two of our regular bloggers, Helen Smith and Geraldine Lee, have stepped aside from blogging for GSQ for different reasons. Until two new bloggers are appointed, several members of GSQ have volunteered to do guest posts. Look out for these guest bloggers whose posts will start to appear at the end of this month. Joan Reik and I will continue on our usual Mondays. We … Continue reading