Family Tree Frog

Part of the joy of being a family historian (as opposed to a genealogist) is that you have a broader view of your ancestry.  You look at them in the context of the place and time they lived.   Local history is very important to family historians and some even go to the extent of creating one place studies e.g. the lovely Pauleen Cass  who has set up one for Dorfprotzelten in Bavaria and East Clare in Ireland.  What a great idea. Many family historians have spoken of the joy they have felt being able to visit the land of their ancestors.  As part of a short course recently delivered through the University of Tasmania, I completed an exercise in mapping my ancestor's land in a crafty kind of way.  It was a great exercise and you can read about it here if you like.  I haven't been able to visit Taemas yet but I feel like I know the place better now for having studied newspaper articles, joined the local history society and read local histories. ...