Family Tree Frog

  Did anyone else feel like this when they went around the house turning over the page of the calendar to October ???  Where has the time gone?  Why haven't I achieved what I set out to achieve???   The little ghosts in this picture reminded me of some flourescent or glow-in-the-dark ghosts I had when I was a kid.  You could stick them on your finger and play with them after "lights-out".  Did anyone else have those in the 70s like me?  They were yellow but glowed green in the dark.  I loved those little ghosts.  Ah memories - right - back to scary older me in the 2020s.   I've always admired Nancy from My Ancestors and Me, who, at the beginning of every month, lists her family's anniversaries.  Have you set up a family calendar somewhere ?  I have mine in Google Calendar.  Here are my anniversaries for October: 1st October     Thomas Case and Maria Muzzlewhite marry in 1838 6th October  ...

SS Cloncurry watercolour by Allan C. Green (1878-1954) It's been a busy week and I haven't nearly achieved all that I wanted to achieve but  did have some success.... First of all I ordered a book from the Maryborough Family Heritage Research Institute which turned up very quickly.  Here is a picture of it..... Now it is a slim volume at 21 pages but didn't cost an arm and a leg ($5 incl. postage) and its authors Judith A. Grimes and Kay F. Gassan had discovered information about The Shenir that I hadn't been able to find, so I was well pleased.  If I have any criticism of the publication it is that it does not cite sources which is a bit frustrating if you want to confirm the information for yourself.  The booklet was published in 1995.  I suspect that the information came from some papers at the Queensland State Archives so I shall investigate further.  But I am pleased to have the book and a bit more information about the arrival of the im...