Happy Hump Day GeneFam! We are well on our way to wrapping up the first month of the year, and while January seems to have been going forever, I also feel like it’s been going a bit quick! With a few events on the calendar for the next few months, I can feel them racing towards me and I’m totally not ready for any of them year. In part, because some of them involve me tackling some genealogy projects, some of which are a little overwhelming. Well, it’s not required that I tackle these projects before these events since they don’t have any real deadlines, but I would like to get them finished, or at the very least started and worked on so that I can eventually get them finished. So this year, I’ve set myself a few genealogy goals to keep myself on track, and I’m sharing them here so I can be held a little bit accountable this year. So if you have some genealogy goals you want to hit this year, let’s work together and support one another - here’s what I’m hoping to tackle, what about you? Happy Wednesday Friends! T-minus FORTY days until Christmas!! Last week I shared my annual gift guide, comprising of a whopping EIGHTY-SEVEN gifts, but I left out a whole chunk of gift recommendations - genealogy-related gifts! If you know me, you’ll know that I’m big into genealogy, so much so that it’s a whole topic here on my blog and I created a genealogy podcast - Uncovering Family History. So this year I thought it would be fun to create whole separate gift guide filled with gift ideas for the family history buffs in our lives! I’ve rounded up 42 products covering books, commemoration, decor, novelties, subscriptions, supplies, and technology, so there is hopefully something for everyone to unwrap on Christmas. And with the holiday season being the perfect time to get some research and family questioning done, these gifts will certainly come in handy! This post contains some affiliate links*
Happy Thursday Genealogy Fam! How has National Family History Month been for you so far? Have you attended any in-person or virtual events, or have you simply focused on actually researching your family history? I’ve not really had a chance yet to delve into much genealogy, other than creating content for the blog and socials - August is always a SUPER busy time for me so I don’t really get to squeeze much family history in, but there’s still plenty of time to try and get a little research or event-attending done. For the time being, it’s time to pit the four major family tree services - Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, and Findmypast - against one another in a battle to the death! Well, maybe not to the death, but hopefully this post will help you get a little insight into all of the services and see which one is the right fit for you. Happy National Family History Month! Yep, it’s that time of year again here in Australia, and I am SO excited to be diving back into genealogy content for the next month - every Thursday you’ll find a fresh post on the blog that will, hopefully, be interesting and insightful for all my fellow genealogy enthusiasts, especially those who may be just starting out on this wonderful journey. Now, let’s face it, researching your family tree can be a bit expensive. Or is it? While it’s true that subscribing to various genealogy websites and ordering records can easily break the bank, there are actually plenty of resources that you can access for free or at a discount. You’ll be very surprised by just how much you actually can achieve without spending a single cent, or barely making a dent to your bank balance. Happy Hump Day Fam! At the end of last year, every man and his dog became obsessed with AI generated art - I’m sure your social feed was filled with images of people as mythical creatures, historical figures, or in just fun and interesting art styles. The leader behind this, before lots of copy-cat sites popped up, was MyHeritage with their AI Time Machine, another addition to their ever-growing photo editing collection, joining their already popular InColor, DeepNostalgia, and DeepStory. Having already utilised some of these features, I was excited about this latest edition, and knew it would create some amazing results. While it’s not as genealogy-specific as the other MyHeritage photo features, it does compliment genealogy really well, especially because it allows you to see what you’d look like in your ancestor’s era. It’s been a really fun experience so far, and I just had to share some of my results so you can see what all the hype is about. Happy Saturday Genealogy Fam! National Family History Month is quickly coming to an end and I’m a little sad because I’ve been loving not only creating content for this month, but also getting involved with some of the online events that have been taking place throughout August. The genealogy community is such a wonderful one, and I’m glad to be a small part of it. For this week, I wanted to take it back to basics and look at some genealogical terms that we tend the throw around, but are not necessarily known by everyone. So I’ve rounded up a list of THIRTY terms that are really handy to know and that you can start using when talking about and describing your family history research. Happy Thursday Family History Nerds! We are halfway through National Family History Month! I hope you’ve been enjoying the content so far – there’s still plenty more to come right up until August 31, so stay tuned. This week, we’re talking about oral family history – specifically what questions you should and could be asking. A few years ago I shared a post about why you should be recording your oral family history and how to go about it, and within that post I shared a handful of inspiration questions to get you started. So this time around, I wanted to compile a fairly substantial list of questions, spanning all periods and areas of one’s life, to help get your started with your oral family history journey, or at least give you some more inspiration for questions. Happy Thursday Genealogy Fam! Another week means another post in honour of National Family History Month! Although, let me be the first to admit that this post wasn’t actually meant to go up this week – this week’s post was taking a little longer to pull together, so it has been pushed back and this one slotted into its place. The joys to not realising how long some content is to make! Now, to be honest, I’ve actually already talked about family history apps back in 2020 for NFHM, but since then I’ve had the chance to play around with more apps and add them into my collection, so I thought it was a good time to revisit the topic and share some more about my experiences with using various genealogy apps. Hopefully, this will help you find apps that you need to have on your phone! Happy Hump Day Genealogy Fam! And welcome to National Family History Month! Or at least, Australia and New Zealand’s National Family History Month – bring on 31 days of genealogical goodness! I’ve got posts planned for the entirety of the month, which I’m really excited about – I haven’t had a solid August of posting since 2019, so I’m super keen to get all this content out into the world. Make sure you keep an on my blog throughout August, and my socials for some extra goodies (especially the Uncovering Family History socials!). But let’s kick things off with a little overview of some important elements to genealogy in the form of the genealogical ABC's! Happy Easter Monday! I hope you had a wonderful long weekend, whether you celebrate Easter or just enjoy having a couple of extra days off work. It was a super chilled Easter for me, but it was still filled with lots of chocolate and spent with some of the people I love. Next year I’m totally requesting an Egg Hunt – I don’t care that I’ll be 28, I want to hunt for some goddamn eggs! Anyways, with ANZAC Day coming up next Monday, I wanted to share some Australian military resources and databases that you should be checking out if you have anyone in your family tree who served in any of the military conflicts of the 20th century. We are super fortunate in Australia to have SO many free or super affordable research databases, so it’s really easy to start finding information for your ancestors and piecing together their stories. |
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