Family Tree Frog

  Spring Has Sprung! Have you been spring cleaning?  No, neither have I.  I keep meaning to, but I always find something else to do.  Well, I have been a little bit.  I've changed the wardrobe around from Winter to Summer.  And I swept out the workshop.  And I've done some potting of plants. But most importantly of all, I've been spring cleaning my blog.  When was the last time you lifted the bonnet on yours?  How's it looking? Blogging Workshop Good genea-buddy Pauleen and I will be delivering a blogging workshop together in the not too distant future.  It's a sequel to one I ran a couple of years ago for QFHS.  We're going to get into the nitty-gritty of how to set up a blog on Blogger and WordPress. Tell your friends if they've been thinking of setting one up but have been prevaricating. Those of you who blog regularly will know that Blogger and Word Press have been improving their platforms.  This usually means pain for t...

"The Book of Me, Written By You" is a GeneaBloggers project created by Julie Goucher of the Anglers Rest blog. The concept: a series of blogging and writing prompts that help family historians capture their own memories and write about themselves. The prompt for week 1 is a recognized psychology test:  Ask yourself 20 times “Who are you?”  Each time you should give yourself a different answer, and if you can easily go beyond 20 entries then that is fine too.  This prompt is about how YOU see YOU. 1. Daughter 2. Only Child 3. Cousin 4. Friend 5. Book Lover 6. Travelling companion 7. Wife 8 and 9 Aunt and Sister-in-Law 10 Mother 11 2nd cousin 12. Lady in Waiting to the Queen of the Tea Cosies 13 and 14. Knitter and Cat Lover 15. Step-Sister 16. Graduate and Mistress of Information Studies 17. Family Historian 18. Film Lover 19. Librarian 20. Blog...