To celebrate being in the blogiverse for one whole year, I thought I’d take a little look back at my first post and my 2011 Genealogy Resolutions: Start a blog Yep, done that! Blog regularly and contribute comments to other blogs Hmm… did okay in the first half of the year, but posting slowed down…
Tag: research plan
I’ve been searching for my great great grandmother Mary Jane Clarke‘s first marriage on and off for some time. I’m not sure why I’d never thought to search the Irish Civil Registration Indexes on FamilySearch before now. Possibly because I didn’t know they were there! I’d done a search on Ancestry, which hadn’t brought up…
So much to do! So little time! Too much disorganisation! I need a plan. Actually, I need several. At the moment I’m running around trying to chase up a heap of leads on both dead ancestors and living cousins, plus do some assignment work. Maybe I should have monthly goals? I’ve read them on other…
I had a couple of kid-free hours today, so I could tackle some assignment work. This current block of assignments are all focussed on family records, and I’m currently drafting an appraisal of the records I have in my possession, and how they’ve helped (or hindered) me in my research. I also did a little…
Auckland Archives office Customs Inwards letter – The High Commissioner for New Zealand, London – Alexander Wright – passenger to Auckland per “Rimutaka” leaving London 12 June 1908 (possibly great grandfather) I decided not to visit the Auckland Archives in the end. I wasn’t sure the item would be connected to my family at all….
We landed back in the UK on Friday evening, but while my body may be here, my body clock seems to still be in South Korea. Which is why I’m up at 4am writing a blog post. The trip to New Zealand was amazing, and overwhelming. Seeing all my family again was wonderful, though tempered…
Auckland Archives office Customs Inwards letter – The High Commissioner for New Zealand, London – Alexander Wright – passenger to Auckland per “Rimutaka” leaving London 12 June 1908 (possibly great grandfather) Wellington Archives office Probate file for Patrick James O’Rourke – 1908 (great great uncle) Probate file for George Tunnecliff – 1912 (great great great…
In February we’re off to New Zealand for a three week holiday. In 2007 we left with our two kids to come and live in England for 18 months. Four years and one baby later, we’re going back to catch up with family and enjoy a Kiwi summer! Of course, I hope to do a…
Start a blog Blog regularly and contribute comments to other blogs Compile a proper research plan (as opposed to “ooooh, think I might look that up next, or maybe that… ) Get to know the Centre for Kentish Studies Complete some assignments!!!! (Ideally eight lectures this year) Visit the Suffolk record office (and a cemetery…