Family Tree Frog

  Alex on the Family History Scavenger Hunt Sometimes it's a long and winding road - the good old family history trail.  Today I had to leave my family history organisation and research to the end of the day, as I was busy looking after my grandson.   Most of the day was spent taking part in a Family Fun Day at the Environmental Hut down the road from us.  We did a scavenger hunt/bingo type activity where we looked for all sorts of things - prickly, rough, smooth, dead, bendy sticks etc. Then we had storytime about famous environmentalists, diminishing species (e.g. the Christmas beetle ) and the sounds of the bush, followed by craft activities preparing for Christmas.  Hopefully, the walk to and from home burned off the scones generously provided by the hosts :) But back to family history.   Janine Adams  from  Organize Your Family History  challenges  genealogists  to do this regularly, and boy do I need this!  Basi...

  [School children] [picture] / European & Australian Photographic Company  [ca. 1855 -ca .1875]  John Etkins collection State Library of Victoria Janine Adams  from  Organize Your Family History  challenges genealogists to do this regularly, and boy do I need this!  Basically - to quote Janine -  you commit to doing 30 minutes of  genealogy research /organizing/whatever for 30 days in a row (i.e. the month of November). The “rules” of this challenge are very fluid. For example, you could decide that, for you, 30 minutes daily translates into 15 hours of activity over the course of the month.  I am in the process of downloading photos taken on my mobile phone at the State Library of Victoria a couple of weeks ago while doing some family history research into my Ellis ancestors.  George and Isabella Ellis taught at country schools in Victoria, Australia from 1868-1881. Yesterday I spent my 30 minutes reading about the history ...