Recently I have been conducting some research to help a friend out. She had been researching for a while and had come across some brick walls. One of these walls was the search for the parents of her great grandfather, Edmund Meagher. Edmund Meagher married Harriet Beecher Stowe Alexander in Melbourne in 1875 and died in Adelaide in 1935. No parents were listed on his death certificate, so, I decided to attack the problem from another angle – by researching … Continue reading
By Bob McAllister. It can be extremely frustrating to know something about an ancestor but not have the evidence to back it up. When it comes to serious genealogical discussion a statement like “Oh everyone knew they came from Tasmania” just will not do. So when you do locate a record that apparently justifies the claim, there are grounds for rejoicing. But it takes the edge off your excitement to find a second record (from the same source) that apparently … Continue reading
‘Lifelong learning’ has been defined as the “ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated” pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. Therefore, it not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship, and personal development, but also self-sustainability, rather than competitiveness and employability.” In the spirit of this definition of lifelong learning, I’ve been reflecting on some of the things I’ve learnt this year and what lies ahead for 2016. 2015 has been a fairly busy year in terms of conference … Continue reading
A couple of months ago I posted information about the In Time and Place conference being held at Riverglenn at Indooroopilly in Brisbane’s west on 3 and 4 October. This conference, Queensland’s first local, family and social history conference, was a joint venture for History Queensland, Genealogical Society of Queensland, and Queensland Family History Society. The program was divided into two streams: Family History and Local History. Overall, the presentations were excellent and many demonstrated clearly the nexus between family and local … Continue reading
