By Lyndall Maag. It was my first visit to GSQ’s new premises in the Brisbane suburb of Wishart and I wondered what I would find. Would I find the resources I needed to progress my own research or the family tree charts that have been the basis for my monthly posts for the last 18 months? Would the charts have made the transition from the old to the new home in one piece? Would the larger scrolls in the repository … Continue reading
By Lyndall Maag. Their heads were close together and bowed low over the table in front of them, their eyes straining to read the tiny writing on the diagram unfolded before them. I had placed Family Tree Chart Number 3 on one of the tables in the Society’s library, been distracted by other tasks (classic genealogy!) and my position at the base of the chart had been thoroughly usurped! Chatting quietly, two of GSQ’s most experienced family historians scanned names, … Continue reading
By Lyndall Maag. Have you ever been sitting in a library or an archives reading room when the silence is deafening? You know, the sort of atmosphere where people’s breathing and the sound of lead pencil on paper seems loud, almost raucous? Then…you hear the sound of tearing paper and it echoes throughout the room. Looks of disapproval spread across the faces of the staff and the more experienced researchers and their sharp intakes of breath communicate in no uncertain … Continue reading
