Month: August 2011

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 21: Commercials/Advertisements, social attitudes and accents.

27 August, 2011

The topic for Week 21 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series iwas: Commercials. Do you remember any commercial jingles from your childhood? Share them here. I didn’t do this topic when it was first posted as it didn’t really speak to me, but while doing the Week 34 … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 21: Commercials/Advertisements, social attitudes and accents.

52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: week 34: smells, good and not-so-good

24 August, 2011

The topic for Week 34 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Smells. Describe any smells that take you back to childhood. These could be from meals, fragrant gardens, musty basements, or something entirely different. It suddenly occurred to me how much we rely on other people having … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: week 34: smells, good and not-so-good

52 weeks of personal genealogy & history: Week 33: Nicknames

17 August, 2011

The topic for Week 33 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Nicknames. What was your childhood nickname, and what was the meaning behind it? You can also discuss the nicknames of other family members, both past and present. Well this has to be the easiest topic in … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy & history: Week 33: Nicknames

52 weeks of personal genealogy & history: Week 32: Dinner Time

16 August, 2011

The topic for Week 32 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Dinner Time. On a typical childhood evening, who was around the dinner table? Was the meal served by one person, or was it a free-for-all? What is dinner time like in your family today? Of course … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy & history: Week 32: Dinner Time

Street demographics – more on electoral rolls

12 August, 2011

Buiding on yesterday’s post about using electoral rolls to determine your street’s population, I decided to enter the name and other data into a spreadsheet which could be sorted in different ways. Somewhat to my surprise I found that there is really only one family living in the street with continuous residence from World War … More Street demographics – more on electoral rolls

The key to learning who lived in your street: Electoral rolls on FMP and WVR

11 August, 2011

Findmypast Australia’s blurb tells the researcher that electoral rolls are the nearest record Australians have to census listings and hence are extremely important to local, social and family historians…. Compulsory enrolment was introduced for all federal rolls from 1911 so the 1959 should reflect the adult population (over 21 years) excluding the foreign and indigenous … More The key to learning who lived in your street: Electoral rolls on FMP and WVR

52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: Week 31: Grandparents’ House: More charming than George Clooney?

10 August, 2011

The topic for Week 31 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is: Grandparents’ House. Describe your grandparents’ house. Was it big or small? How long did they live there? If you do not know this information, feel free to describe the house of another family member you remember … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: Week 31: Grandparents’ House: More charming than George Clooney?

The Irish population haemorrhage: mapping 160 years of data

5 August, 2011

Alerted by tweets from @IrishWattle @CaroleRiley and @QueenslandFHS, I investigated the link they’d provided for 160 years of Irish population data. The National Centre for Geocomputation’s (NCG) Online Atlas Portal is an absolute goldmine for family historians with ancestry in Ireland. There are two options: mapping and data relating to 2002 together with a timeline … More The Irish population haemorrhage: mapping 160 years of data

JSTOR @ NLA: finding the historical context for family history

4 August, 2011

It’s likely that most Australian family historians are familiar with the National Library of Australia’s Trove site as a source for family research.  It’s also been well promoted that anyone in Australia can apply for a library card with NLA which then lets you access their eResources remotely. The Times Digital Archives and 19th Century … More JSTOR @ NLA: finding the historical context for family history