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A Quaker Wedding In 1841

April 15, 2018 by kira0030 12 Comments

William Harding Birchall sits on a distant branch of my family tree.  We aren’t blood relatives however when one of his descendants contacted me with a question my interest was piqued.   The Birchalls were Quakers and these are the first Quaker records I have come across in my research. This marriage record is very hard … [Read more…]

Posted in: genealogy Tagged: Banks, Birchall, genealogy, history, Hutchinson, quaker wedding

Shipwreck Survivor, Ellen Mary Chamberlain, An Incredible Woman – Part Two

March 7, 2017 by kira0030 2 Comments

Since publishing this two part post on Ellen’s life I now have photos of Ellen and her husband James.  I don’t know how old either of them are in these photos or where they were taken.   Ellen had only been married ten years when her husband, Captain James Welsh, became sick.  The newspaper said … [Read more…]

Posted in: genealogy Tagged: genealogy, Women's History Month

How To Download Your Family Tree From Ancestry.com

July 18, 2015 by kira0030 Leave a Comment

This is the pedigree view of my family tree. Near the top left hand corner of the screen next to the name of my tree, ‘Willison Family Tree’ is a menu titled Tree Pages.  Click on Tree Pages and then click Tree Settings. Near the bottom right hand corner of the screen it says, “Export … [Read more…]

Posted in: genealogy, tech Tagged: ancestry.com, genealogy, howto

Youtube Subtitles Suck But There Is A Solution

February 9, 2013 by kira0030 6 Comments

If you make any videos for online please consider people who are deaf or hearing impaired and put subtitles in your video.  If you’re uploading your video to Youtube please don’t rely on the youtube subtitles.  They really, really suck. Here are some examples;       Bad Subtitling   Amara.org If you have a … [Read more…]

Posted in: genealogy, tech Tagged: Deaf, genealogy, hearing impaired, subtitles, youtube

A New Way Of Searching Trove

May 11, 2012 by kira0030 4 Comments

I found a new way of searching Trove which others may already know about but it was new to me so I thought I would share it.  Hope it helps someone! Searching All Newspapers In A State Go to Trove website: www.trove.nla.gov.au Click on “Digitised Newspapers and more”. On the map of Australia click the … [Read more…]

Posted in: genealogy Tagged: genealogy, tips, Trove

Thirteenth Australasian Congress on Genealogy & Heraldry Adelaide 2012

April 2, 2012 by kira0030 Leave a Comment

I wasn’t able to make it to the first day of the Congress because I was setting up my art exhibition.  Here are some of my notes and impressions of Day Two.   Day Two I didn’t write any notes about Jenny Higgins’ keynote talk other than to say that she was a bit hard … [Read more…]

Posted in: genealogy Tagged: genealogy, Genealogy Congress 2012, hearing loss, heraldry
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