Lilian's Tree

  Last week Jill Ball did a guest post for the Genealogical Society of Queensland, called An ABC Journey Through Books, you can read it here,  Books   I have read or used some of the books Jill mentioned and recommend them to you.  I liked the idea, so have done my own, with a twist with some of the letters. A to Z Book List, with a Genealogy Theme.                                                     A – Atlases, for the many places we study, i.e. England, Germany, Ireland. B – Born in the English Colony of New South Wales by Dr Craig James Smee. Seven books covering the time period from 1788 to 1830, with births, deaths and marriages. C – City of Light by Ian R Lobsey. About Tamworth in New South Wales. D – Dictionaries. I have many from medical, Latin, Law, Old trades, titles & occupations, Surnames, ...

Last night I sent the cover and full book to the printer. Now will wait for a new quote, as I increased the number of books in the original print and a proof copy to check. Feeling excited. The second book, this time on the Galbraith side is in the research stage. I'm still waiting on permission from the Victorian BDM's to maybe use some certificates, everywhere else has got back to me, with permission. Have a good weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all the Mums. Lilian x

This week we celebrated out youngest child's birthday. It is hard to figure out where the past 38 years have gone. It was wonderful to mind our youngest granddaughter,  Hannah, while her mum and dad took James to the doctors. I was able to ice the birthday cake and when Hannah saw it she wanted cake. I gave her a muffin and when she had finished, she went down for a nap. Vicki loved her birthday cake and so did the children. It was lovely to have lunch with them. We had a lovely lazy, quiet Easter. I spent time on Friday, enjoying the warm weather by sitting in the sun and reading. I do have assignments to do but they will still be there, later.  Sunday was a family lunch and Easter Egg Hunt. Little Miss Hannah has mastered the art of unwrapping an egg and then splitting it along the seam. Not bad for a 20 month old!  James unwrapped his and took a big bite of each end. Well my book arrived back in my email folder, last night and it looks amazing! Jennie did a ...

How I love modern technology. Last night 21 pages of my book came 'home' to me, edited, so I could make the changes. No waiting for the postman, just an email and it was here. Some of the changes I hadn't thought about, (useful ones), some were the correct way to present things and some where the spelling and grammar ones I had missed. These are now done and I await the next batch of pages. It has been really great to see how an editor, edits and I know it will improve my writing. Below is an article I found in a Scottish magazine called People's Friend about 2013/2014, called Advice to Writer 1897. Bye for now, Lilian. (copyright is not mine but this is how my photo program makes my photos.)

Saturday April 1 and I seem to have misplaced the past week. Well not really. After the weather of the previous week, sunshine was very welcome. Coffee with girlfriends on Monday was a great way to start the week. We set the world to rights and laugh. Tuesday I had physio on a very sore hip and shown a heap of exercises to do. They are working. We also had dinner at the local pub with friends, good to catch-up. Wednesday we went and saw our darling grandies. Hannah came running and I had a wonderful cuddle, then it was Granddad's turn. James then discovered that we had arrived and so the cuddles were repeated. There is something special about a grandchild's hug. Vicki was making scones, so I took James for a walk. His little hand in mine was wonderful and he chattered about all different things. For his little legs we walked a good distance, saw cows and cockies, leaves and flowers and all manner of cars. I asked him what a word was, on a car, (thinking he would say Fo...