Family Tree Frog

Thomas McLoughlin This is, without a doubt, my favourite family photo in our collection.  Poor Grandad.  We used to tease him mercilessly about it.  "ET come home!" we used to say.  He was a very good sport about it all.  When I look at the photo I really wish I could talk to his parents today about it.  About what he was wearing.  About what the photo session was like.  About how they felt about dear Thomas. Here is my biography of my maternal grandfather, Thomas Joseph Benedict McLoughlin. This is my contribution to the 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks theme run by Amy Johnson Crow.  You can participate too.  Just sign up here. . Thomas McLoughlin 1898 – 1982 Ahnentafel Number 6 Context for discovery: This is a biography of my maternal grandfather, that is to say, my mother’s father.   He was the only grandfather I knew, my father’s father dying just 10 days before my parents were married. I knew my grandfather for 21 years. ...

RSL Museum Redcliffe It's been another busy week at work preparing for the WWI commemorations; working on digital presentations to go with physical display items.  This is a photo of one of the displays at the Redcliffe RSL Museum which is worth a visit. You can have a cup of coffee or lunch afterwards at The Point - which just opened recently; all very swish.  The photos on their website/Facebook page don't really do it justice.  Go and see it for yourself. Today I have been preparing to attend Congress next week and have just ordered some items to view in the National Archives Reading Room in Canberra. In the process I created a template for a form which I have called National Archives of Australia Advance Records Request.  It's for when you are requesting multiple items. Probably someone has already created this template but if you think you might use it in future you can download it here.   I've shared it on Dropbox.  I'm not the world's m...