tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63238174380154054832024-02-20T19:41:47.624+00:00Slowly Being Driven Mad by the AncestorsThis is mostly about my hunt for my ancestors. It may be a bit all over the place at times but that's because I get distracted by the branches.
I hope I don't bore the pants off youCarolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-63044198976395472972015-03-27T11:05:00.000+00:002015-03-27T11:07:37.669+00:00Gendover - Week 6: Evaluating the Evidence
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Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-29533682553505466462015-02-16T16:13:00.000+00:002015-02-16T16:13:11.069+00:00Gendover: Week 5 - Tool Box and Citations
'Tools of the trade' by Jack Mallon, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence.
I've been looking forward to this week, mostly because it's all about your toolbox.
I have only recently become aware of the concept of a 'genealogical toolbox or toolkit', previously I'd just been collecting references, bookmarks, notes on scraps of paper and putting them in various Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-79420878978401030172015-02-08T17:22:00.000+00:002015-02-08T17:22:07.080+00:00Gendover Week 4; More Tracking and More Management
‘sketchnote project management’ by Luigi Mengato,
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I dealt with tracking searches, my reasons for it, and the methods I use in last week's blog post (which you can easily find here).
And so this post is dedicated to PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Now I shout this because the term scares me. I also think it is over-used. &Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-15195567314071868552015-02-01T23:38:00.000+00:002015-02-01T23:39:51.058+00:00Gendover Week 3; A Little Behind
'Time Flies' by Robert Couse-Baker, available under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence.
This week is actually week 5, however I'm still on week 3. This is because life happened. I so wanted to be able to stick to my schedule of researching the topics on the Tuesday, and posting my results up here on either the Wednesday, or if I needed more timeCarolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-40625890309155271532015-01-13T15:47:00.000+00:002015-01-13T15:47:07.398+00:00Gendover Week 2: Goals and Interviews
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Thomas’s post regarding week two starts by asking us to go back to where it all
began. For me it began properly when I broke my wrist at the gym on the 23rd
of July 2006. I didn't remember the exact date, just that I really liked the
gas and air I was given, morphine didn't help Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-36367928010807839502015-01-02T12:09:00.001+00:002015-01-02T12:09:58.364+00:00Genealogy Do-Over: Week 1As an old white wizard with a penchant for fireworks once said "And so it begins, the greatest battle of our time".
Now I don't think he had reorganising genealogy in mind when he said it, but to many of us the thought of putting aside years of research is a battle; it's a battle with ourselves to avoid going back to old habits, it's a battle to stop yourself from chasing those shiny Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-42756410560548242542014-12-29T11:55:00.000+00:002014-12-29T12:32:19.915+00:00Genealogy Do-Over: Organising Your Files
There has been a lot of discussion in the Facebook Group
with regards to how one organises their digital data. So I thought I’d share
the method which I use for my Steers One-Name Study (ONS). Oddly, I haven’t put
this into practice for my personal ancestry research and this is something the
Do-Over will rectify!
I have recently switched to using Family Historian (FH) software
(currently Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-17304537923366142752014-12-25T15:18:00.001+00:002014-12-25T15:18:43.426+00:00Genealogy Do-Over
Every so often I decide I need to go back, back eight years to
the beginning of my obsession, and start again. Every so often I make an
attempt; I'll just concentrate on the pedigree, or I'll just look at this line,
and after a couple of days I've been distracted by something shiny somewhere
else and off I run chasing those possible matches in whichever dataset has just
been released.
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Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-32855298051348147072012-04-04T21:35:00.001+01:002012-04-04T21:35:59.497+01:00Wordless Wednesday - James Cyril DARLINGTON
James Cyril DARLINGTON(1925 - 1986)Date Unknown. Held by my grandfather, Eric WRIGHT
This picture is of my grand uncle, James Cyril DARLINGTON. He was known to all as Cyril and was born on 10 January 1925. He died in 1986; I was 4 years old at this time and don't believe I ever met him.
This picture is part of a card that was sent to my grandmother, Evelyn Grace DAVIES nee DARLINGTON, Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-76572238715638944882012-02-09T21:32:00.000+00:002012-02-10T22:25:05.282+00:00Flip-Pal FinallyWell I’ve done it. I’ve purchased myself a Flip-Pal (or Flip-Flop as my non-genealogical friends took to calling it). I got mine whilst I was in New York City over the weekend after wanting one since they came out in the States.
At the time I bought mine you could only get it online either direct from the Flip-Pal website (www.flip-pal.com) or from Amazon.com and due to a problem with Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-15736892425891318242012-01-28T12:36:00.001+00:002012-01-28T12:36:52.189+00:00Memories, Medicines and Milestones
I
changed jobs in May last year and as I continue to work in a hospital setting I
was asked by my new employers to provide proof that I have received all my
inoculations and that I had had chickenpox.
This
got me thinking. I knew that I’d had my jabs and I have definitely had
chickenpox, I still have a couple of scars on my belly from where I scratched.
I even remember the smell and lovely Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-70420179895844351452012-01-21T16:06:00.003+00:002012-01-21T16:08:09.457+00:00West Norwood Cemetery
On a rather chilly Sunday morning in November the OH and I went for a wander to West Norwood Cemetery armed with the camera
and my copy of Meller and Parsons' 'London
Cemeteries; An Illustrated Guide & Gazetteer' 4th Edition, 2008 which I
got for Christmas a couple of years ago from said OH!
It’s one of the original “Big Seven”
cemeteries that were created following authorisation by the Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-19824626677010558162011-10-15T16:05:00.000+01:002011-10-15T16:05:41.655+01:00The Ancestors' GeneamemeThings I have already done or found: bold face typeThings I would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional) Things I haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type
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<!--[endif]-->Can name my 16
great-great-grandparents
Whilst I’m marking this as done I can
only actually name 14 of them, my grandfather never knew his father Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-62696962669216951212011-10-02T11:00:00.000+01:002011-10-02T11:00:03.118+01:00Sunday's Obituary - Father and SonI don't know which newspaper the following notice came from, it was contained within a box of "stuff" that my nan let me look through. She'd been given it by her mam. Even though it is more likely to be a memorial notice than a true obituary, when I first obtained this tit-bit I classed it as an obituary.
IN MEMORY
In sad but loving memory of our dear Son
and Brother, John RobertsCarolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-59064177283096112292011-09-20T17:30:00.000+01:002011-09-20T17:30:02.182+01:00The Tech Savvy Genealogists’ Meme
I’ve
not come across a ‘meme’ before, but this one caught my eye given the giant
geek I think myself to be…… lets see how I do. Thanks to Deb Ruth, over at Adventures in Genealogy for lighting this particular fire
under me
Are you a tech savvy genealogist?
The list should be annotated in the following manner:
*Things you have already done or found: bold face type
*Things you would Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-83543836541906186442011-07-17T15:26:00.000+01:002011-07-17T15:26:18.543+01:0031 Weeks of Genealogy - Week 3; Promote a Blog SpotTonia Kendrick, over at Tonia’s Roots has started of a blogging series entitled ‘31 Weeks of Better Genealogy Blogging’. It’s Week 3 and the challenge this week is entitled ‘Promote a Blog Spot’
Tonia lists 11 ways to promote your blog, these are below:
Pitch to other bloggers: ask another blogger to consider linking to your postLike Tonia I wouldn’t feel confident or comfortable Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-24230331808106344802011-07-13T22:01:00.000+01:002011-07-13T22:01:50.624+01:0031 Weeks of Genealogy - Week 2Tonia Kendrick, over at Tonia’s Roots has started of a blogging series entitled ‘31 Weeks of Better Genealogy Blogging’. It’s Week 2 and the challenge is to write a 'List Posts' blog.
I've decided to share with you 'My Top 5 Most Wanted Birth Certificates' and the reason's why.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->Isaac DAVIES; 1874 Q3 Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-40198924173218765902011-07-12T19:20:00.000+01:002011-07-12T19:20:21.451+01:0031 Weeks of Genealogy - Week 1Tonia Kendrick, over at Tonia’s Roots has started of a blogging series entitled ‘31 Weeks of Better Genealogy Blogging’. It’s Week 1 (ish) and the challenge is to write an Elevator Pitch for your blog. An “Elevator Pitch” is basically describing your business / blog ideas or reasoning in the time it takes an elevator to travel up some floors.
There’s been a lot of post’s for this, so I thought Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-29259145987650077402011-06-05T22:59:00.000+01:002011-06-05T22:59:24.519+01:00This is the Face of Geneaology
Anne ROBERTS & Elizabeth ELLIS
More information about "This is the Face of Genealogy"
Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-8430322684685528522011-06-01T21:56:00.001+01:002011-06-01T22:00:45.199+01:00One Wrong Turn...On my way home from work tonight I stumbled into a conversation on Twitter between @carlplage and @kmwebott about the joys of following the wrong route. This got me thinking, not about the many wrong branches I’ve followed but about the reason why it appears there’s not been much progress on my own family tree. Now as you know I’ve just started the STEERS ONS and you may think that this is the Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-49354551799408677292011-05-21T20:27:00.000+01:002011-05-21T20:27:10.690+01:0052 Weeks of Personal Genealogy: Commercials
Over at Geneabloggers they provide blogging prompts. This one 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History by Amy Coffin is a series of weekly blogging prompts (one for each week of 2011) that invite genealogists and others to record memories and insights about their own lives for future descendants.
This one was quite easy for me because as soon as I read it the Shake-n-Vac jingle poppedCarolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-16424839568043222802011-05-15T14:53:00.001+01:002011-05-15T15:19:30.890+01:00Well that's gone and done it!Well I've had an exciting couple of weeks, in fact I'd say that May is the Month of Change.
As already mentioned I start a new job tomorrow. I've just got back from a two week jolly to Cancun, where I finished my PADI so I can now go scuba diving. Whilst I was out there I saw sharks, turtles, rays, eels, octopus, cuttlefish, lobster, giant barracuda and lots of fishes. The OH also proposed; so Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-91389295114362148902011-05-02T09:00:00.006+01:002011-05-02T09:00:01.782+01:00Amanuensis Monday - Job ReferenceRight now I'm in between jobs, that is I finished at my old place yesterday and I start my new job on the 16th May. Unfortunately its not a job hunting down elusive ancestors or heir's apparent but it's a new job and I'm looking forward to in none the less.
So with this in mind I give you the reference of my grandmother when she left school.
Provided by Eric Noel WRIGHT to me in 2011.
Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6323817438015405483.post-64115491169636879212011-04-19T09:00:00.000+01:002011-04-19T09:00:08.143+01:00Tombstone Tuesday - All Saint's Edmonton, LondonOn Saturday I dragged the OH to All Saint's Church in Edmonton where his 3x Great Grandmother, Maria Steers was buried on 19 December 1881.
Unfortunately the graveyard has had many stones removed and those that remain are in poor condition. We didn't manage to locate Maria's final resting place, but it was nice knowing that we had been to the ground at least.
I did photograph some of the stonesCarolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404559829478023570noreply@blogger.com1