Category Archives: Meg Carney

Two Weddings.

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For many years I have been intrigued by wedding fashion, in particular the bride’s gown, and how much thought and consideration goes into the planning of this dress. A dress which is usually only ever worn once then packed away carefully, treasured but then mostly forgotten, the glory days of the preparations and the wedding itself fading into the background as the cares, worries and humdrum of everyday life take centre stage. The wedding of my grandparents, Margaret Ann Lewis … Continue reading

Changes at Tapping your roots

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On behalf of GSQ I hope you are enjoying posts by our two new bloggers: Geraldine Lee joined us in January and Meg Carney joined us in February. They will be blogging on the 4th and 3rd Mondays respectively. Many thanks to Lyndall Maag and Tiggy Johnson for their contributions over the past 18 months. As 2016 is a leap year we have a 5th Monday on 29th February. Watch our for our guest blogger.  Happy researching! Pauline 

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Timelines – the interest and pleasure they can give

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Just over a year ago, only a few months after I had joined the Genealogical Society of Queensland, I attended an Information Session on Timelines that was held at GSQ. At the time I was new to my family search and was deeply engrossed in obtaining birth, death and marriage certificates and was satisfied enough just to place each ancestor in the context of  where they had been born or died or who was married to whom and where they … Continue reading