Hey there fellow taphophiles! You totally just asked “what the hell is a taphophile?” Don’t worry, it’s not a bad thing – it’s actually kind of cool and a word I didn’t know existed until the last 12 months. A taphophile is someone who ‘has a passion for, and enjoyment of, cemeteries, epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and history of (famous) deaths’, and is also known as being a tombstone tourist. Essentially, if you kind of enjoy being in and exploring cemeteries, you’re a taphophile – welcome to the club! Cemetery exploring is one of my favourite hands-on genealogy activities, and it’s a really rewarding & sobering experience for family historians. But if you’re wondering how to get started on tracking down your ancestors, here’s a handy little guide to help you out. Happy Thursday Family History Buffs! We’re back with the family history content in celebration of National Family History Month, and I’m excited to finally share some of the content I’ve been cooking up over the past couple of months! To kick things off, we’re getting back to the basics. I’ve shared lots of posts that have been geared towards those who have already starting researching their family tree, but nothing to help someone get started on this crazy and wonderful journey. Whenever I post about my family tree on my socials, so many people comment about wanting to start researching their family history but not knowing where to start, so this post is for them – if you’ve wanted to start getting your family history recorded for yourself and future generations, I’m here to help! Hopefully.... Happy April Everyone! And don’t worry, there’s no April Fools here – it’s too much work trying to come up with something fun yet somewhat believeable. Instead, I want to share with you some of the recent family heirlooms I’ve uncovered! I’ve recently been going through a bunch of stuff from my Grandparent’s house, organising and digitising as much as possible, and what initially started as a focus on photos, soon turned into finding so many amazing documents and items that I didn’t know existed or even expected to still be stored away somewhere. It’s honestly amazing the things you find in the back of cupboards, so here’s five of my favourite recent finds! Happy Tuesday Everyone! One of my favourite parts of recording my family history is the oral history - hearing all those stories that just would never have made the official document record or even newspaper! It's such a fascinating part of your family tree research, but it's also something that can go overlooked as people tend to focus on sifting through the document archives. Today, I wanted to go over how you can go about recording your oral family history, which isn't as difficult as some people may think it is - you don't have to be overly tech or computer savvy, and you certainly don't need expensive and fancy equipment! Happy Tuesday everyone! Another week, another family history post! In case you missed it, August is National Family History Month here in Australia, and because I enjoyed filling a whole month with genealogy posts last year, I'm back at it again this year with some more family history goodies! Today, I'm diving into my own family tree and pulling out the skeletons in the closet. Because yes, I am one of those Aussies with convict ancestry, and it honestly explains SO much about my family! Not only am I going to delve into the story of Second and Third Fleet arrivals Thomas Gosper and Mary Hipwell, but I want to give a little context as to why on earth England decided to ship their criminals off in the first place. Happy National Family History Month! August is National Family History Month here in Australia, which means I have another excuse to make more genealogy related posts! Last year I blocked out almost the entire month of August to share posts and videos, and I had SO much fun creating all the content I released. This year, I'm back at it again! Today, I want to share this quick post going over a few of the apps I use for my family history, and ones that you definitely need to be checking out if you haven't already. Strap yourselves in for a month of content for literally the first time in 2020! Hiya Everyone! It’s ANZAC Day tomorrow, and this year I thought I’d continue to tell stories from my ancestry with another World War One story. Like many people, I have a number of ancestors who have served in 20th century conflicts, and very fortunate to have had nearly all of them return home. In 2018, I told the story of my great great uncle, William Thomas Johns, who sadly never returned home from the front. This time, I wanted to talk about three brothers and their very different wartime experiences, which thankfully has a happier ending all round. Hi there everyone!
I hope social-distancing/isolation/quarantine is treating you well - hopefully we we can return to our regularly scheduled lives sooner rather than later! At the beginning of March, I talked about using the new MyHeritage InColor system to colourise some of my old family photos. In exciting news, MyHeritage has opened up the service, for free, to everyone, without any photo limits for a limited time. So naturally, I took advantage and went crazy, giving all my black and white family photos a new lease of life! Happy Monday Everyone!
A few weeks ago, MyHeritage released their InColor system, which allows users to colourise their old family photos - all those images that we've only ever known to be black & white or sepia can now be seen in colour! It's been amazing to see the transformation of everyone's photos, so I of course went a little crazy with colourising my own family photos. It's amazing to see how much difference colour can make to an image, and how accurate a majority of the transformed images look. Hello Everyone!
Continuing my Family History Month content, this week I'm sharing more stories from my family tree! In my last post, I talked about murder and manslaughter. This time, I'm toning it down just a little and talking about just a few of my ancestors who've journeyed from their homeland to Australia - one of their own accord, and two at the hand of the law. These stories are not unique, and the chances are you've got a very similar story lurking in your own family trees, but they're still stories worth telling. |
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