Family Tree Frog

It's week 1 of the National Family History Month Blogging Challenge.   Take what you will from the title of Ruth Park's novel Poor Man's Orange published in 1949.  The novel was set in Surry Hills, Sydney about a Catholic Irish Family.   Perhaps there were Irish Catholics in your family.  Perhaps your ancestors lived in Surry Hills or Sydney.   Have you got a tale of making do? Or a tale of working class ancestors? The book caused quite a stir when it came out as you can see from the Letters to the Sydney Morning Herald in July 1949 - nearly 70 years ago. Courtesy of the National Library of Australia, Trove  Letters READERS' OPINIONS OF NOVEL (1949, July 9).  The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) , p. 2. Retrieved July 22, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18121842 Join in our challenge.  We welcome bloggers from near and far.  August is National Family History Month in Australia but you don't have to be Australian to joi

August is not so very far away and that means.... NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY MONTH!!!! HOORAH!! Who's up for a blogging challenge??  Some of us thought a literary theme might be the go given that a few of our more well known authors were born 100  years ago e.g. Ruth Park (okay she was born in NZ but we adopted her as our own), Sumner Locke Elliott, Nancy Cato and Frank Hardy.   So this is the plan: Week 1 - Poor Man's Orange - take what you will from this title of Ruth Park's novel published in 1949.  Poor Man's Orange was set in Surry Hills Sydney about a Catholic Irish Family.  Perhaps there were Irish Catholics in your family.  Perhaps your ancestors lived in Surry Hills or Sydney.  Have you got a tale of making do?  Take the theme as laterally as you like or ignore it altogether.  We just want to see you blogging. Week 3 - All the Rivers Run - Nancy Cato's saga spanned eight decades and four generations.  Your blog post doesn't h