Family Tree Frog

Janet Few wrote this blog post recently which was the inspiration for this blog post. Her blog post was entitled My Life in Seven Censuses.   Janet lives in the UK and they take a census every ten years.  In fact, it is likely that this might be the last census in the UK; the government considering that it can obtain the information it needs through other means.  Let's see what happens. Australia is a bit unique in family history terms in that it has destroyed the censuses it has taken over the years.  You can read more about the history of the Australian census here. I found Janet's blog post fascinating on a number of levels.  It was really interesting to see what kind of data the enumerators were asked to collect e.g. what type of heating was in the house, what type of television, how many cars, level of education and so on.   Janet bemoans the lack of information about pets and there's a bit of me that wholeheartedly agrees with her; pets are an important part of the fa

  Crikey!  I hope I'm not too late for the theme reveal for the challenge.  I didn't realise the deadline was so close. Okay...my theme is Family History Societies - the A-Z thereof.  What does it take to run one?  What do they do?  Who is in a Society and why? What kind of societies are there?  Are Societies relevant in this day and age? Stay tuned for more during the month of April and please...share your thoughts.  It won't be half as much fun without you!  Addendum: Right! Well this was done in a bit of a rush on Sunday morning so here is some extra information for those of you who don't know what the heck I am talking about. What is the A-Z blogging challenge.  Well you can find out more about it here. Basically you pick a theme or meme and blog about it for 26 days in April, the idea being you can have every Sunday off to recover :)  There are all sorts of blogs out there - history, books, health, musing, genealogy.  You name it, there's a blog about the topic