Family Tree Frog

  This is the third blog post for the #NationalFamilyHistoryMonth blogging challenge.  You can find out all about it here. Week 3 - Share - tips for smashing brick walls, or your opinion on what needs to be fixed/changed in family history - "If I ruled the world!".  Tell us what you can't live without - maybe it's a piece of tech gear, your society or group, or your library. It's so difficult to choose what you can't do without but I'm going to perhaps choose something that may seem a bit unusual or different.  I can't do without my family history podcasts.  There you are. I was going to say I can't do without the internet and yes, of course, that really would be a dint in my family history research.  I wouldn't be able to access my databases, search library catalogues or great websites, blog or send emails to my cousins or share stuff on Dropbox or attend Special Interest Groups at my Society or attend workshops or meetings via Zoom.  So defin...

  This is the 2nd week of the #NFHM2022 Blogging Challenge Week 2 - Travel - who hasn't got the travel bug at the moment? Perhaps you could showcase all the photos of family cars, boats, horses or bicycles over the years. Better still plan your family history "bucket-list" travel plan. Or tell us about a recent family history jaunt. Ooh, goody here is my bucket list for travel.... This little frog would love to go back to the UK.  The last time I was there I was 18 years old so I suspect much has changed.  These are the places I would like to go: I have put all the places on a map here  https://goo.gl/maps/PK6NioNzRA3oqeBN9 If I had buckets of money, I would also love to visit Malta which is where some of the Conners were born and worked. It's a lot of territories to cover and I imagine I would want to spend at least a fortnight in London and the same in Ireland and Scotland so I can't see myself getting out of it in under 8 weeks altogether.  I also have friend...

Thomas MacEntee says : To participate in Follow Friday ,  simply create a post in which you recommend another genealogy blogger, a specific blog post, a genealogy website or a genealogy resource.  Tell us why they are important to the genealogy community and why we should follow. A special thanks to Earline Bradt of Ancestral Notes for suggesting Follow Friday as a daily blogging theme! This week I want to encourage you to follow the lovely Shauna Hicks.    Shauna has put in a powerload of voluntary work into National Family HIstory Month  on behalf of AFFHO  or the Australian Federation of Family History Organisations.  August is National Family History Month in Australia.  Each year Shauna comes up with a list of activities for individuals to consider pursuing during National Family History Month.  I've started ticking my list off and entered the competition today.   Don't worry - you don't have to do anything too ...