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Some months ago I posted about the mystery in my family of my grandfather who discovered he was adopted when he was in his 60s. As a genealogist, I had…
The big news today being talked about on social media by pretty much everyone involved in genealogy is the announcement by Ancestry about the end of Family Tree Maker.It's not…
I like to think of myself as relatively widely read, somewhat intelligent and borderline academic. The reality is I can easily become obsessed by a book/books/journals/articles/other ready-type things, I am…
One hundred years and ten days ago, my great, great uncle Olaf Milford Johanson enlisted for service abroad with the Australian Imperial Force.He enlisted at Claremont in the state of…
This is the first part in a multi-part blog series about DNA testing and genealogy.After 20+ years of genealogical research, I like to think I know my family history pretty…
One thing that people who know me well will say about me is that I come across as organised, determined and singular in how I work. I know what I…
(This post is a follow-on from this one)The prospect of phoning someone you are potentially related to and announcing that their grandfather had an illegitimate child is, to say the…
I have a big family.If I count my parents, step-parents, half-brother and sister, my step-brothers and sister, their partners (and their children) plus my grandparents then we're up to twenty-two people.…
A much-loved go-to pseudo insult of Australians by the English is "convict" or, if they're feeling particularly nasty, "crim". I am here to declare once and for all - calling…
Oh look another genealogy blog. What's different about this one? For the moment, not much, it's quite empty. Unlike my family tree. A couple of thousand people (including extended family)…