Lilian's Tree

Today is the 25th May and in two weeks it will be the Saturday of THE Genealogy Show!!! I still have 10 more busy days to go. The past 10 days have held a mixed bag of things to do. My library day at the Botany Bay Research Centre, was great, until the internet went down. It was late in the day and we had several happy researchers in before then. I've had to replace two fitted bottom sheets, for our bed, so shopping has been on the agenda. Hubby has had blood tests and a scan, before he sees the professor, next week. I sorted out the house insurance, phone bill and did a massive, (for us) grocery shop. The pantry is stocked and the freezer is organised, so he won't go hungry. My 'To Do" list is getting less, with just doctors visits and organising my research, to do. This week I picked up my travel documents and cash. I've checked them and gone through my things that I have arranged and everything is in order. I really have to get serio...

Breathe, breathe, 20 days!!!!!  Where has the past six months gone? It has been a busy 10 days, with lunches, coffee mornings, dinner with friends, SAG Writing Discussion Group, I chair that, the Botany Bay Family Heritage Fair, Mother's Day and organising the last of my transport! Actually I'm more organised than I thought, with just clothes and research to organise. SAG Writing Discussion Group was great as I had set a task of using only 250 words and including the five senses, write a family history piece. The pieces were wonerful and one even reduced the group to tears. We all agreed that it was a good excercise. The Botany Bay Family Heritage Fair is an annual event and was fun. I was on the Getting Started table, helping newbies with their research. Several have promised to keep in informed, as to how they are going. Mother's Day was relaxing, with both breakfast and dinner out and several hours spent sitting in the sun, knitting or reading. My my daughters ...

Thirty days out and I'm away, visiting family in Melbourne. Our granddaughter was in the school musical and we promised that we would attend. This time we flew down and back, rather than take two days, each way,  to drive.  The musical was wonderful and the school has a bunch of very talented kids. In the past 10 days I have made contact with a taxi company, in Galway and arranged my tours. One to Ballynakill, where my ancestors came from and one to Connemara, just for sight seeing. I've also been checking out how to get from Glasgow to Ayr and train is the best option. This has lead me to down-loading maps of the locations I need. I've also been checking out places to go, whilst I'm in Glasgow. I've registered at Smart Traveler, got spare passport photos and ordered garden soil, for the vegetable patch!  Yes, I'm going to plant my bulbs and some vegetables, before I go, so I will have a Spring crop, this year. I've also been shopping for non-perishabl...

Wow, what a great little book! Written by Ian G MacDonald and published by The History Press, United Kingdom, it is a wealth of information on how and why we should site our sources. It came into being because of the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, posgraduate-level genealogical studies courses. Containing 18 short, sharp chapters, it gives clear and concise guides for referencing our sources. Everything from documents to DNA. In the forward Ian writes, ' Genealogy is littel more than anecdote when the sources for facts are not cited and where clear reference to sources are not given.'   How often have you come across a piece of information and have no idea how that person found it? It is written in 'non-technical' language and you don't have to read it from cover to cover, ot use it. I do recommend reading the whole book, especially Chapters 1-3, as they give a good understanding of the 'whys' of referencing. Chapter 18 is also worth a read...