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Members Christmas memories.

GSQ Blog Posted on December 19, 2022 by guestbloggerDecember 19, 2022

At our last Wednesday morning Zoom session, I asked members to write a short story just 200-300 words of a Christmas memory. This was an enjoyable challenge in our October Writers Group meeting also, and I realised it is a good way for any family historian to begin their own all important story. The suggestion was to also copy it to their genealogy software program profile page of themselves.  Hopefully following this, some of our newer members will also join … Continue reading

Posted in Children, Christmas, Family, Memories

The simplest of photos can be the catalyst for great things.

GSQ Blog Posted on December 5, 2022 by guestbloggerNovember 22, 2022

Document and preserve the stories and the memories. By Victoria MacGregor. The sharing of an old family photograph, and a personal memory, isn’t a popularity contest, or a “what-ya think” moment. The sharing shouldn’t be attributed to the number of likes, hearts or thumbs up collected. Leave all that admiration and back slapping to social media and the showcasing of random current event images. Sharing an old family photograph, can and should be the starting point for a walk down … Continue reading

Posted in Family, family pictures, Photos, Victoria MacGregor

Grandfather: William Leonard Tunny (Len) 1884-1942. Part 1.

GSQ Blog Posted on November 14, 2022 by guestbloggerSeptember 9, 2022

By Yvonne Tunny. When I started my family history search into my father’s family, all I had was mum’s recollections and a handwritten copy of my grandparent’s marriage certificate.[1] My grandfather, Leonard Tunny (Len) said he was a farmer from Beerburrum, born in Cunnamulla and 29 years old when he married the 19-year-old Elizabeth Leitch Robertson (Lizzie) at the ‘residence of the bride’s parents’ on 20 September 1920 in Beerburrum, Queensland. I knew where Beerburrum was, it is a small … Continue reading

Posted in Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.), Beerburrum, Family, family histories, Farming, Queensland, Soldier Settlements

Family History places are precious.

GSQ Blog Posted on October 31, 2022 by guestbloggerNovember 6, 2022

By Bev Murray. I’m sure that as family historians you will appreciate the wonderful experience of discovering special family history places.  It’s such a thrill to discover places where significant events took place and to be able to think, “I’m here! This is where it happened!” I have enjoyed this experience on numerous occasions. During a visit to the UK in 2014, I had the good fortune to stay in the home where my paternal grandmother, Florence Wright had lived. … Continue reading

Posted in Dawley, Derbyshire, Family, family histories, family history, family pictures, Ironbridge, photographs, Photos, Places, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Tissington

Little Daddy

GSQ Blog Posted on July 11, 2022 by Sue BellJuly 18, 2022

How do you engage children in family stories or in fact any stories? I have been contemplating this recently and luckily was able to attend an interesting talk by Kate Simpson, a children’s author during the GSQ Mini Seminar on 4 June, Sharing Family History: telling, writing. In her talk, she spoke about preserving stories for the next generation of your family and the importance of knowing your audience and making sure your story was focused on their age and … Continue reading

Posted in Bell family, Family, family pictures, grandchildren, Photo books, photographs

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