In February 2020 I posted about working across two windows on my laptop and it was suggested that I get another monitor. At the time it wasn’t possible but I recently got a new table through the trading group I help to run, Adelaide Local Exchange Trading System, so I now have room for two … [Read more…]
My Buring ancestors came to South Australia aboard the Princess Louise from Hamburg, Germany in 1849. They were part of the Berlin Emigration Society who chartered the ship. Carl Linger, music director, composer and teacher, was also aboard with his wife Minna. Below is an excerpt of a letter home which he wrote. It outlines … [Read more…]
I thought I would write a bit about what I’m doing during this isolation time. I am self-isolating at home because I have pre-existing health conditions which put me at risk if I were to contract the Corona Virus. I love crafts and have several on the go at the moment. I’m crocheting large and … [Read more…]
Elizabeth Reid (my great grandmother) was born in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851. She was one of ten children born to John Reid and Catherine Burnett. Elizabeth worked as both a seamstress and a dairy maid before marrying William Willison in 1873. Six children were born to Elizabeth and William before they immigrated to South … [Read more…]
Eleanor was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1857. Her father James Welsh was a Master Mariner and her mother was Ellen Mary Chamberlain. They had five children together. The family moved back to Adelaide, South Australia, from whence they came, in about 1860. Her father, James died in November of that year. When Eleanor’s … [Read more…]
I have difficulty retaining information when I swap from one open web browser tab to another one. I find it much easier to have two web browser windows open and make them approximately half the screen size each. The example above shows two web browser windows both open to different pages on Ancestry.com.au. I find … [Read more…]