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Accentuate the Positive – 2021 (in Jan 2022).

GSQ Blog Posted on January 17, 2022 by Bobbie EdesJanuary 17, 2022

Many years ago Jill Ball set a January challenge on GeniAus for a yearly blog to Accentuate the Positive – 2021 and this one in January 2022 is my 4th yearly effort.  The challenge has 20 set points to cover, however I have used a few challenge points from past years to replace those that haven’t fitted my year. I encourage readers to check back next week for Pauline’s challenge. I got the most joy from – In 2021 I … Continue reading

Posted in Accentuate the Positive challenge, blog, blogging, family history, genealogy, Genealogy challenge, Geniaus, GSQ, Jill Ball

Elizabeth Hardwicke’s letter to her daughter Maria

GSQ Blog Posted on November 29, 2021 by Sue BellNovember 16, 2021

I have written before that one of the unexpected rewards of contributing stories to GSQ Blogs is that it has helped me solve a number of genealogical mysteries.  For example, it helped me solve the mystery of the identity of my great-great uncle Francis Needham’s wife in India when a distant relative contacted me after seeing my post and, not only told me that she was an Assamese lady called Mary, but also provided me with a photo. However, I … Continue reading

Posted in Bell family, blog, early Australians, family history, GSQ, Letters & diaries, Tasmania

Tell Your Family Stories.

GSQ Blog Posted on August 3, 2020 by guestbloggerAugust 3, 2020

By Pauleen Cass. With the tsunami of genealogical data available online it’s tempting to just keep adding more and more facts and branches to your family tree. It’s also tempting to ignore the context of the data – to not look beyond the page you’ve landed on. Do you assess what you’re seeing, whether it’s a transcription or an image of the original document? All this data adds to what you know about your families but does it tell their … Continue reading

Posted in blog, blogging, family history, Memories, stories

Violet Jane Stirling (1886 –1964) – A First World War Nurse

GSQ Blog Posted on July 31, 2017 by margJuly 31, 2017

This is my first blog for GSQ and I thought I would share my passion for family history and combine it with my research on Queensland First World War nurse.  This is the story of Violet Stirling who joined the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and was a nurse with the AIF Violet Jane (Jean) Stirling was the eldest child of James Thomas Stirling and Annie Porter. She was born in North Branch on the Darling Downs on 24 June … Continue reading

Posted in Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.), blog, Darling Downs, First Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.), Matron, nurse, nurses, World War One, WW1 | Tagged AANS, Nurse, WW1

Will Your Photos be Sold?

GSQ Blog Posted on June 8, 2016 by Helen SmithJanuary 1, 2017

Of course not, I hear you say, but unfortunately there are family photos for sale in many charity shops around the world. They are removed from their albums and all provenance is lost. We have to persuade our families that the family photos have value so they don’t just “clear out the rubbish” when we die or go into a nursing home. How can we do that? We need to tell the story  of the photo. Every photo has a … Continue reading

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