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  Census at Bethlehem by Pieter Brueghel II The Younger     This blog post is submitted as part of the National Family History Month blogging challenge called Genealife in Lockdown as mentioned in this blog post here.    Janet Few wrote this blog post which was the inspiration for this second blog post and a previous blog post here . Her blog post was entitled My Life in Seven Censuses.  Janet lives in the UK and they take a census every ten years.  In fact, it is likely that this might be the last census in the UK; the government considering that it can obtain the information it needs through other means.  Let's see what happens. Australia is a bit unique in family history terms in that it has destroyed most of the censuses it has taken over the years.  You can read more about the history of the Australian census here.  I found Janet's blog post fascinating on a number of levels.  It was really interesting to see what kind of dat...

Janet Few wrote this blog post recently which was the inspiration for this blog post. Her blog post was entitled My Life in Seven Censuses.   Janet lives in the UK and they take a census every ten years.  In fact, it is likely that this might be the last census in the UK; the government considering that it can obtain the information it needs through other means.  Let's see what happens. Australia is a bit unique in family history terms in that it has destroyed the censuses it has taken over the years.  You can read more about the history of the Australian census here. I found Janet's blog post fascinating on a number of levels.  It was really interesting to see what kind of data the enumerators were asked to collect e.g. what type of heating was in the house, what type of television, how many cars, level of education and so on.   Janet bemoans the lack of information about pets and there's a bit of me that wholeheartedly agrees with her; pets are an im...

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, culture and community. I pay my respect to Elders past, present and emerging. Australia Day is a conflicted experience in our country - for many, it is the reminder of what has been stolen.  You may as well say "Happy Invasion Day".   Have you completed the ABC Australia Day quiz yet?  I did not get a very good result at all, no sirree.  I think I only got about 3 answers right.  I knew that the first protest about Australia Day was back in 1938; something I learned only recently.  I knew when the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was set up in Canberra; having grown up in Canberra and being old enough to remember made it easy. And I  knew that India celebrated a public holiday on the same day.  But I only learned that this morning on social media because of a comment someone made on someone else's blog post.   So what kind of bl...