Family Tree Frog

So I've come up with a new meme for Fridays.  The idea is to write more reviews of family history or genealogy books on a regular basis.  But we can expand that idea to include not just books, but articles in journals or magazines that we have found inspiring or interesting.  They might be articles on how to do something or developments in technology or sources that we hadn't considered or are largely ignored. It would be great if you could participate too.  If you do, don't forget to comment on this blog post so we can all find out about great reads and tag your posts with #FolioFriday.   Feel free to use the image above too.  I found it on Pixababy.   It doesn't matter if the book you choose is a novel or fiction.  Often fiction can give us a brilliant insight into what our ancestors' lives might have been like. I have a great big TBR (To Be Read) stack beside my bed at the moment.  Hopefully, I will have finished one of them for next ...

Things are slowly getting back up to speed now that people are returning to work from the summer holiday break.  There is a tsunami of books being returned to the library where I work, so families are getting ready for the return to school and tidying up their homes.  It's lovely to see so many people enjoying the benefits of a free library and all it has to offer. Perhaps you have been mulling over whether or not to write up all your research.  Go on!  Make 2016 your year of writing the family history book.  Join a writing group for support and to keep you honest about your progress.  QFHS' Family History Writing Group meets this Saturday morning for the first time this year.  For more information about the group and what it has to offer click here . Were you a bit shaken by the Family Tree Maker software news?  Perhaps you want to see what other family history software is like.  There are lots of software support groups and the Q...

Photo by photosteve101 on Flickr Here's what's on for the coming week Family and Local History wise in Brisbane and surrounds.