Category: Discussion

  • Family History Tools

    I have been researching my family tree for a number of years now and I love filling in all the people, not just my direct ancestors. I was very lucky to be able to study for a Diploma of Family History online which has really helped. It is run by the University of Tasmania I…

  • Another upgrade

    Technology moves fast and I like to keep up. I have upgraded this site to a more up-to-date format and moved it from the free WordPress.com site to my own hosting platform. The free WordPress site has been an excellent resource and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to enter the world of blogging.…

  • New Look

    I have been wanting to revise this site because the previous theme did not allow for a specialised mobile view. In mobile view, it was cumbersome and unfriendly. This theme comes with a mobile-friendly version. I was hoping to find a theme that separated posts by page instead of the mile-long feed I currently have.…

  • Interview with self

    I spent the afternoon writing everything I could think of that I knew about the HARVEY  family. This is the branch I have decided to investigate. I have purchased an A4 exercise book to keep a written record before anything is entered into the computer. Eek that’s right – pen and paper, that is so…

  • Begin at the beginning

    For a host of reasons I won’t bore you with, I have decided to throw my current family history research out (figuratively and not so figuratively ). And START AGAIN. The software I was using is now obsolete,  and I have to use some legacy software to retrieve it.  I have downloaded digital images of nearly…

  • Another New Blog

    A rhetorical question: Can one have too many blogs? For some years I have been amassing information about my family history. I have reached a critical mass – the amount of I formation I have is too great to be understood in a single, two-dimensional array. University of Tasmania to the rescue. I have enrolled…