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  Alex and her bestie Loani showing off the quilt made for Caspar's birthday 1. I was happy to go back to ... after a Covid absence Face-to-face conferences, meetings, and workshops. 2. In 2022 I was particularly proud of writing ... as many of my 52Ancestorsin52week blog posts as I could. 36 in total. 3. A new software package or web application I embraced was ... I kept going with PowerPoint in terms of presentations and was very brave and did a presentation at a SAG hangout in March.  I had lots of egg on my face in terms of working out the sound but the SAG convenors were just lovely and very encouraging.  Onwards and upwards.   I also set up a Mastodon account for both myself and QFHS late in the year.   I played with the MyHeritage DeepStory tool and the AI Time Machine™.   (see photos above) I never knew my maternal grandmother as she died before I was born.  Many people find DeepStory a bit creepy but I found that it engaged my a...

  Hello everyone and welcome to my first blog post for National Family History month in the land downunder. It is so lovely that so many fellow geneabloggers want to take part in this challenge.   I can't wait to see what we all come up with. Well, as some predicted, we in Brisvegas are now in a snap lockdown or slap knockdown as one very tired journalist reported the other day, much to our amusement.  Of course it's frustrating.  I was hoping to have a celebratory champers with my sister-in-law tomorrow to celebrate the end of Dry July.  But I am well aware that we have been pretty lucky in the Sunshine State so far.  I have been able to spend lots of time with my new grandson which I know is way more than many other grandparents have been able to do over the past 18 months or so, so I mustn't grumble.  We have plenty of food and I have plenty of family history to do and online bridge to play so I am quite chuffed to be able to get on with it. I know ...

  Welcome to Day 7 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist.  And which ones begin with G! Do have a look at these Societies pages won't you? What do you like about them? What do you dislike about them? What have you learned? I like how some have maps to show where their county is located.  So helpful. Societies beginning with G AUSTRALIA   Griffith Genealogical and Historical Society Society of Australian Genealogists (yes I know if doesn't BEGIN with G but you get my drift)   UK Glamorgan Family History Society Gloucestershire Family History Society   Gwent Family History Society   Society of Genealogists Family Organisations (via Family Search Wiki) Societies by Country (via Family Search Wiki) German Genealogical Societies Germanna Foundation Library  Germany Societies  Greece...