Ancient Australian Ancestor Hunter formerly Geek Librarian and IT Guy. Loves Books. 🌳🧬🇦🇺
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Jill Ball 🌳🧬🇦🇺 📚 ✈️ 🛳️ 📷 retweeted
New Guardian Essential poll data released this week reveal some concerning statistics around Australians’ participation in recreational reading – with two thirds of respondents reading infrequently or not at all.
Find out more ⬇️
australiareads.org.au/news/e…
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Don't miss today's online lecture by Ross McMullin.
Ross will present on his latest multi-biography study of Australia's lost generation of the First World War - 'Life So Full of Promise' (winner of the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award).
Register here: rahs.org.au/shop/tickets-lif…
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Check local societies and libraries for unique records when online sources are lacking. If you can’t visit in person, use WorldCat to search worldwide libraries for hidden gems in small-town archives!🗺️
What family history society are you a part of?
#AncestryHour #genealogy
Congratulations @,jennifer_jones0. Thrilled to see another genie from #Australia in the lineup. #genealogy.
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Did someone in your family live in an almshouse? Find out more about the UK's oldest form of social housing with our guide:
whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.…
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🚨 Why keep your DNA results in just one place? Upload to MyHeritage for FREE until October 13 and widen your search for new matches and insights. 🧬 Take advantage of this limited-time offer! brnw.ch/21wNEdu #FreeDNAUpload #Genealogy
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We're kicking-off the Source-a-Thon! Join us tomorrow at 8 AM (ET) #2024SourceAThon
Subscribe & turn on notifications to be alerted to new videos
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#CollaborativeGenealogy
Got DNA data from another service? Upload it to MyHeritage today and access ALL DNA features—free forever! 🧬 Hurry, this limited-time offer ends October 6, 2024! ⏳
🔗 brnw.ch/21wNj1r
#DNAUpload #MyHeritage #Genealogy
I'm looking forward to taking part in this year's #31DaysOfGraves challenge organised by @annaandthedead
How many of the 31 daily prompts do you think you can find amongst your own family gravestones?
The fun starts tomorrow...
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One of the films that has long been on the NFSA's Most Wanted list has been found. Captain Thunderbolt, directed by Cecil Holmes in 1951, is a classic Australian tale of the rebel as hero. Learn more about the recent discovery on the @NFSAonline website: nfsa.gov.au/latest/captain-t…
My latest post on the @GSQPresident blog.
gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/birds-of…
#genealogy #familyhistory #Australia #connections2025
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The Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) faces being sued out of existence.
wired.com/story/internet-arc…
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Just need to share to all my #genealogy friends that I just made a very random- and important discovery about my 5x great grandmother!
Don’t you just love when you’re not searching for anything specific and then suddenly there it is? 😮
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Tip of the day: when visiting a church connected with your #familyhistory, make sure you write in the visitors’ book and mention the family you are researching. You never know who might read your entry: perhaps another descendant or a local person who can help you. #genealogy
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Since August 2021, in partnership with the @britishlibrary, The Archive has made over 4 million newspaper pages free to access. Find a full list of these titles, which span 4 centuries and cover the UK, Ireland, and beyond, here: bit.ly/3B90eQB #FreeToViewNewspapers
ALT Landscape montage of newspaper mastheads arranged in three columns, all black and white unless stated. From top left clockwise: the Exeter Flying Post, the Cork Herald, the Barbados Herald, the St. Christopher Advertiser and Weekly Intelligencer, the Nonconformist, the Official Gazette of British Guiana (in a sepia tone), Berrow's Worcester Journal, Herapath's Railway and Commercial Journal, the Lyttelton Times, the Ipswich Journal, the Dominica Dial and the Pall Mall Gazette.
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Today, I was reminded of @geniaus ‘s side blog, the Geneadictionary. Always a fun #genealogy distraction! geneadictionary.wordpress.co…
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Ora Banda Cemetery - of dust and dreams - outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com…