Family Tree Frog

  Sue Wyatt suggested we blog about our interests as well as Tweeting tonight.  She's having a break from compiling the Tweets from our weekly get-togethers and this might make her task a bit easier when she resumes.   So it's a good opportunity to reflect on the following prompts:   Tell us about yourself and how you became interested in family history.  I blame my parents for getting me into family history ;) I was put on a microfilm reader at Mitchell Library at the age of 15 to look for a photo of my g/grandfather. Over 40 years later Walter (Dick) Forfar still gives me trouble. Tell us about your research interests and where your ancestors came from. My ancestors were English, Scottish, Irish, & Welsh. Some were convicts. My husband's tree led me to research in Barbados. My g/mother and her sisters were swimmers in their youth. I have written about them here What project are you working on currently? Do you have a favourite branch of family or ancestor?  M