Family Tree Frog

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, culture and community. I pay my respect to Elders past, present and emerging. Australia Day is a conflicted experience in our country - for many, it is the reminder of what has been stolen.  You may as well say "Happy Invasion Day".   Have you completed the ABC Australia Day quiz yet?  I did not get a very good result at all, no sirree.  I think I only got about 3 answers right.  I knew that the first protest about Australia Day was back in 1938; something I learned only recently.  I knew when the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was set up in Canberra; having grown up in Canberra and being old enough to remember made it easy. And I  knew that India celebrated a public holiday on the same day.  But I only learned that this morning on social media because of a comment someone made on someone else's blog post.   So what kind of blog do you write on a day filled with so

  Alan from Sepia Saturday says: To take us into 2021 we have the letter T. You can interpret this as you like, for our theme image I have chosen a Birmingham tram from the 1920s. All you have to do is to feature an old photo in a blog post, post the post on or around Saturday 9th January 2021, and add a link to the list below. I have chosen a few bits and bobs from a memento box which needs to be sorted and scanned; something on my list of never-ending things to do which never seem to get done. Hazel Teddy & Jim at The Gap Watson's Bay   I don't think I've posted this photo before.  I like this photo because it shows Ted as a young boy.  Most of the photos I have of Ted are when he is an adult or a teen. As my father is the baby in this photo, I reckon Ted was probably about 10 years old and Hazel, 12-14 years old. Jim, my father, seems to have lost his shoe.  Why would they have been at Watson's Bay I wonder?  Had Jim just been baptised?  No. He was baptised at

  How are you going with your family history research in this new year?  An area which is often difficult to research is that of our female ancestors.  We are also reminded how quickly memories or information about our ancestors, even relatively close ones, is lost.  For example how much do you really know about your grandparents' lives?  Are they still alive?  Did you record any interviews with them?  What evidence do you have?  And your parents?  You think you are pretty familiar with their lives but are you really?   I am fortunate that my mother was a great letter-writer and gave me many of her letters before she died.  They are all in manilla folders and marked with the year.  They range from 1959 up to 1992.  My mother died in 1995.  Much of the correspondence is with her father, her cousin, an old flatmate, and friends.  My mother was an only child so friends were very important to her.  Some of those friends are alive today and much of the information contained therein is o

  Alan from Sepia Saturday says,  So here it is - Merry Christmas. S in the Sepia Saturday alphabet takes us to Seasonal Greetings ... and Powers of Waterford for Seeds and Trees. This is our Christmas and New Year prompt for 2020, so you can add your contributions at any time over the next couple of weeks. Short and sweet from me today. Here's a great photo from State Library of Queensland's collection  Christmas celebrations in Cribb Island, December 1928. A community Christmas tree, strewn with toys and gifts, is mounted on top of a cart. One of the residents of Cribb Island is dressed up as Santa Claus. Available online at https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/108347 Out of copyright.  State Library of Queensland At first glance, I thought this was a very odd picture.  What were all these adults doing under a very odd Christmas tree? Then, when I looked closer, I realised that it is the equivalent of our modern-day Men's Sheds.  I play bridge at the Kenmore Bridge Club whi

Today marks the 89th anniversary of Walter Hinde's death.  Walter Hinde was my husband's great-grandfather.   He was born in Brisbane on 22 August 1875 in Arthur Street Fortitude Valley.  His mother was Emma LORD and, while he took the surname of George HINDE, Emma and George did not marry until 1878. Identifying Walter's father is one of our BRICKWALLS! :) George Hinde had come out to Queensland with his brother James on the Derbyshire in July 1874.  The Hindes were from Olney in Buckinghamshire, as were the Lords. To find out more about the Lords and their pub-owning in Olney go here. I have an account of the Hinde brothers from Jess Zimmerman which was passed on to me from other descendants. This is a small extract: "My father, James Hinde and brother George were born in the town of Olney in Buckinghamshire, England.  They decided to emigrate to Australia hearing of plenty of gold here.  They arrived in Brisbane by a sailing ship "Derbyshire" on 15th July