Family Tree Frog

It's such a lovely big old world and we are so lucky to have the internet.   Have you ever wanted to start family history but didn't know where to begin? Today I learned that the University of Tasmania - right down the bottom of the world - is offering a free course - Introduction to Family History as per here.   To enrol for free you do have to be an  Australian citizen or a student holding a Permanent Humanitarian Visa or with a Permanent Resident Status. And you need to study it in their Spring Semester which starts 8 December.  Applications close 16 December.  But what if you already know a bit about Family History and want to know a bit more? I have enrolled in several courses through the lovely Pharos Tutors  who are pretty much at the top of the world. At the moment I am studying a 3 week course in World War Research with Simon Fowler and it is great.  Yes...THE Simon Fowler! No, not that Simon Fowler...th...

Today's blogging prompt comes from the fabulous  Thomas MacEntee's GeneaBloggers Daily Blogging Prompts. I follow nearly 300 blogs - not all of them Family History ones, mind.   Some of them are about knitting , quilting , sewing , retro-cooking and  books ....all my favourite things in life.   So how can I choose just one or two to recommend to you? Well a few stood out for me this week. In no particular order of merit... here they are: Number 1 The Pharos Blog I love Pharos Tutors.  I've completed a couple of short genealogy courses with them online and have been very happy with the quality of teaching and delivery.  I was really pleased to see them venture into blogland.  It's not easy writing a blog, particularly from a professional or academic point of view and they have grasped the bull by the horns and contributed a thoughtful, reflective voice to our world.   This week's post reminds us of the wealth o...

As I travel down the genealogical or family history highway, I find myself wishing I could post more on my blog. Life seems to be zooming by.  I chose the above image from Flickr because it also represents how I'm feeling at the moment vision-wise i.e. a bit blurry.  I purchased a new set of glasses this week and I'm trying to get used to them.  They are those kind that have the different types of lenses in them  - you know the kind - you have to tilt your head up to read stuff on a screen or in a book - and then tilt down to look long distance.  It's driving me a bit mad but I'm persevering.   Anyway I just wanted to note a few things because I have this internal dialogue with myself about what I should be doing but never actually get round to doing it.  So this is an attempt to step outside my head and put down some notes.  I hope they are useful in some way to you too. Advertising related to Marquis de Rays'   La Nouv...