Category Archives: Pauleen Cass

“Grab & Go” or “Go Slow”

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In true 21st century style, we are all tempted to do a “grab & go” run on our favourite paid genealogy site. Each site regularly brings new records online and more and more people join the sites. Then there’s all those trees to trawl for common relatives or ancestors. Certainly, this strategy can quickly add branches and information to our trees. However, do we stop and reflect on what we’re seeing and whether it’s substantiated by solid records? This tree-snob … Continue reading

Defining Experiences

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We all have experiences that change our view of the world from migration to family moments. While acknowledging the impact of marrying and having children, and grandchildren, as lasting defining experiences, today I thought I’d look at external factors that significantly impacted my world view. Post-War Migration In primary school I attended a small near-inner city suburban Catholic school. Each class was small and we were all taught by nuns. In the early years of primary, our suburb had an … Continue reading

Remember to Accentuate the Positive – 2020.

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Jill Ball has set a January challenge on GeniAus for a yearly blog to Accentuate the Positive. This is my 2021 effort reflecting on my 2020 year.  The challenge has 20 set points to cover. Remember to Accentuate the Positive An elusive ancestor I found was – Someone I had been searching many years for, an adopted baby. I finally cracked the mystery and managed to track who she had married, when she died and what children she had. A great … Continue reading

Living with a Family Historian.

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Wos’it like, then, eh? Wos’it really like? Living with a Family Historian (FH), that is. (Dropping poor Michael Caine imitation.) Herewith some reflections and anecdotes, probably somewhat muddled because they include events from Pauleen’s (aka the FH in question) pursuit of her family history, far more sporadic forays into mine, and the involvement of our daughters. For Pauleen, the journey began in the mid-1980s, with an enquiry at the Genealogical Society of Queensland stand in an Historical Fair in George … Continue reading

Guest post – Pauleen Cass – perspectives on Congress 2015

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Congress 2015 has just come to a close after four days of concentrated learning and socialising. What a great job the convenor, Kerrie Gray, and her Congress team of “green people” did to bring us such a diverse and interesting set of topics and speakers. The idea of the Purple Patch people was an inspired one as they helped us find our way, sold us raffle tickets and were generally helpful, day in and day out. As part of the … Continue reading