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Day 4 of 30 days x 30 minutes of Family History

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  [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 ...