There were two things that my father told me about his father, John Charles (Jack) Wood, which intrigued me. One was that John Charles was born on a ship heading to India and the second was that Jack and his brother Percy, who later lived in Persia (Iran) and was a diplomat, wrote to each other in French. When I decided to go overseas in 1975, I tried to find Grandfather Wood’s birth certificate so that I could apply for … Continue reading
By Lyndall Maag. Assume – as genealogists, we are told not to, but to prove all our assertions by rigorous application of solid genealogical methodology. Assumptions – we are told not to make them, but to back up our claims and cite our sources. What, however, could possibly happen if we did, in fact, challenge some of our most basic genealogical assumptions? For instance, what actually constitutes a family tree chart? What content, layout, format should be included, … Continue reading
By Tiggy Johnson. I have been trying to get back into some particular research for the last few weeks. I even have a pile of library books waiting for me, which I have renewed already. Twice! But there is something stopping me from opening the books, some kind of block. Maybe it’s time related. If I start reading, I’ll have to put it down too soon to do something else, like go to work, or drive a … Continue reading
March is Women’s History Month overseas. It has been celebrated since 1987 in the USA and since 1992 in Canada. Australia did celebrate it from 2000-2014 and more information can be found here March 8 is International Womens Day. As family historians we research the lives and times of our ancestors. Unfortunately women don’t tend to have left as large a footprint amongst the documentary evidence as the men, not unexpectedly when it was men who wrote much of that … Continue reading
