Family Tree Frog

Emperor Gum Moth Lovely Jill Ball of Geniaus encourages us to reflect on our achievements again. I am particularly keen to embrace this challenge as today is my blog's third Anniversary - who'd a thunk? 1.  An elusive ancestor I found was Zip really in this regard but I'm not complaining because it was a very full and productive year all round. 2.  A precious family photo I found was There were lots of precious family photos found this year on my husband's side of the family.  You can read more about the discovery here.   The important thing I learned was to go through everything carefully e.g. old papers....what might look like crap e.g. old newspaper articles might be protecting something more valuable.... Alexander Duncan and mate 3.  An ancestor's grave I found was No graves found this year but I did discover that Royston George DUNCAN has no known grave but will be commemorated on several occasions this year at the Australian W...

Lovely Pauleen from Family History Across the Seas  has offered this Geneameme for your consideration.  What a great idea!  I'm in !  My answers are below. What are you doing for NFHM? Shauna Hick's 31 Activities for Researchers What do you hope to learn in NFHM? Heaps! Do you research at a family or local history library?   Yes! QFHS ! We're having an Open Day on Saturday 23 August 10am-3pm.Why don't you come along?  We're here. Do you do all your research online?   No! What’s your favourite place to store your family tree?  In several places I guess so if something goes wrong, I know it's somewhere! Online, on a computer, on paper. If offline, which genealogy program do you use?  ( do tell us its strengths/weaknesses if you like) I use Family Tree Maker and have done since time immemorial.  There's a bit of me that suspects that it is not the best but then I guess all software has its advantages and disad...