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Early migrants to South East Queensland

GSQ Blog Posted on May 14, 2018 by Pauline WilliamsMay 14, 2018

As regular readers of this blog will be aware, I wasn’t born in Brisbane, let alone in Australia. At times, I do dip my toes into Australian records, however, and have gradually been picking up more knowledge. As well as my regular activities with GSQ, I also belong to a genealogy group that meets monthly. We take it in turns to set a challenge for the following month and some of these challenges have been awesome in opening our eyes … Continue reading

Posted in context in family history, family histories, Trove | Tagged early Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Ship Fortitude

Mapping the parishes of England

GSQ Blog Posted on February 12, 2018 by Pauline WilliamsFebruary 27, 2018

Parish records are the main source for information when your UK family history research extends back beyond the period covered by civil registration which started in England and Wales in July 1837 and the census which was conducted on 6 June 1841. Parish records can often be a rich source of information, but sometimes it’s a major challenge to find the actual parish where your ancestors were baptised or married. Maps are an invaluable resource in situating their lives within … Continue reading

Posted in context in family history, GSQ | Tagged book reviews, context in family history, England parish maps, maps

Travel on my mind

GSQ Blog Posted on January 8, 2018 by Pauline WilliamsJanuary 8, 2018

I sat down to start writing this blog post after the whirl of Christmas and Boxing Day was over. I’ve been thinking about the two trips I’m planning for this year: the AFFHO Congress in Sydney in March and the Unlock the Past Cruise to Alaska in September. My main activity over the past few weeks, however, has been to write up a family history for my dad’s ancestry, which has been somewhat on the backburner for several years. I wanted to … Continue reading

Posted in context in family history, family histories, research | Tagged canals, parish records, railways, roads, travel

The places where we live usually impact on our lives

GSQ Blog Posted on November 12, 2017 by Pauline WilliamsNovember 12, 2017

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

Posted in context in family history, family histories, research | Tagged 1939 Register, Booth's poverty maps, living conditions 1800s, maps, Vision of Britain through time

What if we told the truth about how we work?

GSQ Blog Posted on November 6, 2017 by Bob McAllisterNovember 1, 2017

  The way in which you justify your conclusions concerning a branch of your family tree has much in common with a formalmathematical proof. Each one depends upon assembling demonstrated (and defensible) facts and then proceeding from them via a path of inexorable logic to an inevitable conclusion. But they share far more than that. Both a genealogical argument and a mathematical proof are deliberately structured to obscure the false starts, blind alleys and mistaken identifications that make each subject … Continue reading

Posted in context in family history, process, research, Trove, Uncategorised | Tagged Cameron, Lochiel, Tasmania

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