Family Tree Frog

I woke up this morning a bit like a kid on Christmas Day.   I had worked like a navvy yesterday to try and clean up my desk so that I could be prepared for the Genealogy Do Over.    I have literally put all my old research behind me.   Look! See!  There are all my old lever arch files.  I won't show you all the crap that is now lying in the hallway waiting to be chucked.   Honestly - I am in heaven.   This was my mother's desk.  And I've had that bookcase on top of it for the past 20 years. It worked well but I do love having all the desk space to work on rather than only half of it. The way it is positioned now, I can talk to Robert in the kitchen face-on, if I need to....and if he can hear me, over the sizzling saucepans....see?  And I can also see people straight away when they come to the front door.  Yay!   I can also see all the photo albums that need to be sorted...oh well... you...

Last month , Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers advised the Genealogy community that he was starting over.  He invited us to join him on a 13-week journey where we put our old research to one side (physical and digital) and....start again. Thomas has set up a Facebook Page and a new website  with a schedule and resources.  You can sign up to receive Genealogy Do-Over emails here. This kinda appeals to me.  I've always set New Year's Resolutions despite my negative inner voice forecasting doom and gloom.  And yes I'm not a shining example of success - I'm still overweight and I could do more exercise and I could drink less alcohol but hey....if you don't set goals you don't have a direction do you?  And in life I choose to lean on the side of positive rather than negative.  So I'm in Thomas!   I was going to say "In like Flynn".  That prompted to ask myself the question "Who was Flynn anyway?".  Being a good Genealogist, I ...

Emperor Gum Moth Lovely Jill Ball of Geniaus encourages us to reflect on our achievements again. I am particularly keen to embrace this challenge as today is my blog's third Anniversary - who'd a thunk? 1.  An elusive ancestor I found was Zip really in this regard but I'm not complaining because it was a very full and productive year all round. 2.  A precious family photo I found was There were lots of precious family photos found this year on my husband's side of the family.  You can read more about the discovery here.   The important thing I learned was to go through everything carefully e.g. old papers....what might look like crap e.g. old newspaper articles might be protecting something more valuable.... Alexander Duncan and mate 3.  An ancestor's grave I found was No graves found this year but I did discover that Royston George DUNCAN has no known grave but will be commemorated on several occasions this year at the Australian W...