Day 2 30 x 30 challenge

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Day 2 of my 30 x 30 challenge where I try to do 30 minutes of family history a day.  Yesterday was - to quote my grandson - THE BEST DAY EVER!  He attended orientation for his new school and Bel bought his uniform.  VERY EXCITING.

I forgot to mention yesterday that I have signed up for a course this month with Pharos tutors - the course is called Education and Childhood 1820-1920, and I'm so looking forward to it. It's being taught by Linda Newey.  

My goals for today are to print out the rest of the photos I took at the State Library of Victoria last week so I can assemble more fabulous data for my ancestors' biographies.  I'm talking about the Ellis/Sinclair line on my mother's side of the family.

I've done 30 minutes of learning Spanish this morning to keep my brain sharp.  Having studied French, Italian and Latin in my youth, I'm finding Spanish a bit of a breeze.  I love learning words in different languages.  Did you know that "maestro" is the word for teacher in Spanish? And the word for question is "pregunta"? And the word for pen is "boligrafo"? Interesting no?

How's your family history research going? Are you learning or studying anything new for New Ways November a la Actions for Happiness?




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