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Cynthia McNab
Pop and his shadow
September 14, 2026
Edward Goldsmith, a well-travelled pioneer of South Australia
September 7, 2026
How do you build a successful history research group?
August 31, 2026
Girls, Curls, Pearls and Fleurs
August 24, 2026
Wayback machine to the rescue: Preserving a place in our family history
August 17, 2026
The Land Nobody Remembered: Elenor McGuinn’s 44-Year Probate
August 10, 2026
What to make of AI in family history research
August 3, 2026
A voyage to remember
July 27, 2026
Integrating historical context into family stories
July 20, 2026
Properties of George Evans late of James Street, Fortitude Valley
July 13, 2026
Mabel’s story
July 6, 2026
My new genealogical buddy: ChatGPT
June 29, 2026
Reading an Inquest with AI: The Death of Alfred Tinney
June 22, 2026
George Evans of Brisbane, a Pioneer Ancestor
June 15, 2026
The Case of the Mysterious Paintings
June 8, 2026
A Chat with Friends: Part 2
June 1, 2026
A Chat with Friends: Part 1
May 25, 2026
Getting to know Catherine
April 27, 2026
Our new GSQ Blogs page is coming!
February 9, 2026
Bridget Connor: My Irish Orphan 2nd Great-Grandmother
February 1, 2026
Accentuate the Positive: 2025
January 25, 2026
A Comedy of Errors or Just Bad Luck
November 9, 2025
The Ground Beneath Their Feet: Discovering Family Stories through Land Records
November 2, 2025
Why Addresses Matter in Family History
August 17, 2025
Knowing your grandparents
July 27, 2025
The Musings of a Family Historian
July 13, 2025
Walking in ancestral footsteps
July 6, 2025
Metaphors We Live By: Phrases That Capture the Genealogical Journey
May 5, 2025
More about Mary
April 7, 2025
Letters from Thomas: A Battle of Waterloo survivor
March 24, 2025
The Demise of a Gold Prospector
March 17, 2025
What’s in a name?
February 3, 2025
Accentuate the Positive 2024
January 27, 2025
Christmas closure
December 16, 2024
Top 5 Technology Skills for Family History
November 18, 2024
My connection to ‘The Valley’ from the late 1850s
October 21, 2024
Broaden your horizons
October 14, 2024
Birds of a feather flock together at Congress
September 30, 2024
Connecting to a Forgotten Past
August 12, 2024
Getting Started with AI in Family History
July 1, 2024
“Grab & Go” or “Go Slow”
June 3, 2024
Escaping Famine: Hugh McGovern (1822-1905) and Ann Stevens (1819-1873)
May 13, 2024
Unclaimed mail, missing friends and the dead letter office
April 29, 2024
Family History is a Team Game: The Collaborative Journey of Unearthing Our Ancestral Past
March 25, 2024
‘An Evergreen Tree of Diabolical Knowledge’. Researching Irish in the State Library of Queensland Pt. 2
March 11, 2024
‘An Evergreen Tree of Diabolical Knowledge’. Researching Irish in the State Library of Queensland Pt. 1
March 4, 2024
Who in the family will take my family history notes?
February 12, 2024
Shauna’s family history A-Z
February 5, 2024
Accentuating the positives 2023
January 29, 2024
Threads of memories
November 27, 2023
Things I Didn’t Know About My Mother
September 18, 2023
Inspired by others
August 28, 2023
A Granddaughter’s reminiscences
August 14, 2023
Does researching our family history change us? How do we want to be remembered?
June 12, 2023
Remembering Jane
June 5, 2023
The challenge of names and places in Irish family history
May 29, 2023
Researching the Whites of Bletchingley and Godstone in Surrey
March 20, 2023
Enjoying the next genealogy journey
February 20, 2023
Finding my grandfather – William Leonard Tunny (Len) 1884-1942. Part 2
February 6, 2023
Accentuate the positive 2022 – Jill Ball’s yearly challenge
January 30, 2023
Remembering to Accentuate the Positive 2022 challenge
January 23, 2023
My Sad and Glad Tales of PRONI
December 12, 2022
Telling our own stories
November 21, 2022
Grandfather: William Leonard Tunny (Len) 1884-1942. Part 1
November 14, 2022
Family History places are precious
October 31, 2022
History in Paradise – Norfolk Island AFFHO Congress – August 2022
September 5, 2022
The way things used to be
May 2, 2022
The French Connection
April 18, 2022
A lonely burial
April 11, 2022
Genealogy for all
April 4, 2022
A Storyteller’s Voice Found in a Decades-Old Letter Adds to the Family Tree Story
February 14, 2022
Accentuate the positive – 2021 challenge
January 24, 2022
Accentuate the Positive – 2021 (in Jan 2022)
January 17, 2022
Going local can turn up interesting information
January 10, 2022
Family History Revelations
November 22, 2021
What Ignites the Spark in the Storytelling Process?
November 15, 2021
Two Weddings
October 18, 2021
My ancestor’s folklores – true or false?
August 9, 2021
What about you?
June 14, 2021
Every picture tells a story
March 8, 2021
Finding my grandmother Lizzie
November 23, 2020
Walter’s happy memories
November 8, 2020
Living with a family historian
August 31, 2020
Genealogy in COVID 19 times was amazing and never boring
June 1, 2020
How do you pass on family stories to your grandchildren?
March 30, 2020
Tracing your female ancestors
February 24, 2020
The Who’s Who of my family tree
November 25, 2019
A life well lived
November 11, 2019
A colourful and sad cousin
October 20, 2019
My coalmining ancestor Joseph Stirland (1816-1879)
June 11, 2018
Early migrants to South East Queensland
May 14, 2018
Writing my family story
March 12, 2018
Travel on my mind
January 8, 2018
The places where we live usually impact on our lives
November 12, 2017
Revealing personality
October 29, 2017
The value of a letter
October 15, 2017
Victorian curiosities emerge in data clean-up
October 9, 2017
Brawl at the Female Factory, Parramatta
October 2, 2017
Amelia’s Story
September 25, 2017
The Tale of a Bridge
September 17, 2017