2017 NFHM Blogging Challenge
August is not so very far away and that means.... NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY MONTH!!!! HOORAH!! Who's up for a blogging challenge?? Some of us thought a literary theme might be the go given that a few of our more well known authors were born 100 years ago e.g. Ruth Park (okay she was born in NZ but we adopted her as our own), Sumner Locke Elliott, Nancy Cato and Frank Hardy. So this is the plan: Week 1 - Poor Man's Orange - take what you will from this title of Ruth Park's novel published in 1949. Poor Man's Orange was set in Surry Hills Sydney about a Catholic Irish Family. Perhaps there were Irish Catholics in your family. Perhaps your ancestors lived in Surry Hills or Sydney. Have you got a tale of making do? Take the theme as laterally as you like or ignore it altogether. We just want to see you blogging. Week 3 - All the Rivers Run - Nancy Cato's saga spanned eight decades and four generations. ...