What a huge month for genealogy. I gave talks, went to conferences and just tried to keep up with all my genealogy reading. The last four weeks have been a bit of a blur.
It is also my birthday month and I was able to celebrate with friends from U3A and Bribie Genealogy and Mia Bennett from the UK who was able to stay with me for a couple of nights. Mia kindly gave me two books from one of my favourite authors - Ian Mortimer and these were the Time Traveller Guides to Restoration Britain and Regency Britain. I love his Time Traveller series.
Books
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Tackling Diana Gabaldon's Voyager at the moment - the third volume in the series. It is so big and heavy it is a real struggle trying to read it in bed, especially with my arthritic thumbs.
For lighter reading I have various enewsletters and ejournals from societies to read.
Bribie Genealogy
We were thrilled to have Mia Bennett from the UK attend our meeting and give a talk on Using DNA to Support Family History Research. There were lots of DNA questions after the coffee break. We had a good turn up of members plus some visitors from Caloundra Family History Research.
My only regret is that I was so excited I forgot to take a photo of Mia and the group. We will just have to do it again another time!
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Conferences
Sands of Time at Redcliffe went very well and you can read my review of the conference here. The highlight for me was being able to talk to people again in person. The talks were good and I still have to work my way through the handouts.
I am off to Family History Down Under 2022 this coming week and that will be a mega feast of talks. Plus afterwards we can watch the sessions we couldn't attend plus the bonus talks. Attending in person means that I can catch up with more friends and experience the vibes that don't quite make it in a Zoom environment.
Looking further afield I have decided to go to my first ever in person RootsTech 2023. Flights are booked and I will have to plan some research at the Salt Lake Research Library. Or perhaps I will just wander around in amazement. The Dinosaur Museum is also on my agenda that week.
Another bonus is that I have been appointed a RootsTech 2023 Influencer complete with a badge.
New Resources
I have finally got Ancestry's Side View where DNA matches are assigned to either paternal or maternal sides of your family.
There are 6929 matches assigned to Dad, 4978 assigned to Mum and 7548 unassigned.
I am finding this fascinating and very distracting as far as time goes. It is like a magnet to me.
Talks
I am doing two talks at FHDU 2022 - Australian genealogy online and Why Can't I Find It.
After that I am doing a recorded talk for the Society of Australian Genealogists for their religious seminar which will be fun. Sadly I can't do it in person as that clashes with the all day seminar I am doing with the Coffs Harbour District Family History Society on 26 November.
To round the year off, I will be doing a Christmas Quiz with Bribie Genealogy at our December meeting.
What's Coming Up
The end of the year very quickly. For once I might have a white Christmas/New Year as I will be visiting my son and baby grandson in Sweden. There are no guarantees of snow but one can hope. One thing I can count on is that it will be colder than here!
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I have been saying that I don't want to be as busy as I was this year with talks but already I am down to give nine talks.
That's a bit shy of the 39 this year so perhaps I will achieve a less busy year!
What I really want is for the years to slow down. Where has 2022 gone?
Until next time happy searching
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