How do you listen for your ancestral stories? In this recent Podcast interview with Pauline Wilson, Family Historian, from Yarrawonga, Victoria, AU; we unpack our favourite methods for writing our family history. Pauline captured the stories told by her dad and uses them to give the authentic perspectives for her storytelling. Pauline shares her family […]
Searching for School Admissions 1900s My research task for today was to explore the Find My Past School Admissions records for my Croydon Clan of Allery’s. I was prompted by this tip that I had posted recently, and decided to follow my own advice. This is Tip #30 in my recent collection of Genealogy Research […]
This week I interviewed Bush Poet, Annette Roberts from Bellbridge, Victoria, Australia. We unpacked her exploits, adventures and awards for Bush Poetry creation and recitals; and discovered her own style of writing stories about her ancestors. Annette recites her poem ‘Bridget’s Lament’ in this episode of the Essential Genealogist Podcast. Listening to Annette, I […]
Interview with Sarah and Noel McDonald In this episode I was delighted to hear all about the Marshall family history pursuits and legends of a fellow Toastmaster Noel McDonald, and his Genealogy Detective niece, Sarah McDonald. Noel still lives in the Marshall family home in Kew – a house with a history! Sarah is a […]
Get a Family Tree Program I have been generating my family tree online for over a decade, using Ancestry.com and I got stuck in a rut. The tree has grown to over 1800 persons of interest and it is shared with others who are linked as descendants to ancestors in that tree. I would go […]
How to dig up your ancestral story? Choose an Ancestor First you will need to choose an ancestor! Which one of your clan will be the one whose story you will begin with? How are they related to you? And how will you bring that out in your story? And why have you chosen them? […]
Free Webinars for Beginner Family Historians: ‘How to get your Family Tree started’ Sundays 13 and 20 December 2020 Many people ask me how to get started in Family History. I am always delighted to give them some tips from my own process of researching and writing stories about my ancestors. There are some great […]
Are you having difficulty in setting up your WordPress site for family history stories? Are you a family historian who wants to start sharing your ancestral stories? Are you a Toastmaster about to work in the Pathways Elective Project, Write a Compelling Blog? Course content: The Advanced Blogging in the Past Lane course will step […]
Would you like to create a digital story? Do you have some stories to share from your Family History? Would you like to join the Webinar in Zoom on 1 October 2020? Are you interested in sharing your process for preserving your family history? Join us in Zoom on the 8th of October at 19:00 […]
Webinar 1: Shortcuts, tools and strategies Webinar Series – three sessions scheduled for first day of September, October and November, 2020. Do you need some cool tools to create and share your ancestral records? Would you like to begin a blog? Or what about creating some Ancestral Cards? Do you have some stories to share […]