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Ross Hansen
Some Pioneers of Brisbane, New South Wales
May 18, 2026
Family history is not a finite study
May 11, 2026
‘Remarkable’ Brisbane 1895: ‘a city of hotels’
May 4, 2026
Getting to know Catherine
April 27, 2026
Ireland: a Q&A of understanding what lead to the Plantation
April 20, 2026
What do headstones tell us?
April 13, 2026
The Power of Full-Text Search
April 6, 2026
Using maps to add context to a family story
March 16, 2026
A new home for my kith and kin: Future-proofing my family history with WikiTree
March 9, 2026
Bonshaw Tower: Home of our DNA Clan
February 14, 2026
Our new GSQ Blogs page is coming!
February 9, 2026
Christmas at Grannie Bell’s
November 30, 2025
The Hallams’ Pioneer Days in the Whitsundays
November 23, 2025
A Comedy of Errors or Just Bad Luck
November 9, 2025
Mary Ann’s Cottage
October 26, 2025
My Mum, the Nurse
October 19, 2025
An Heirloom in our Family
October 12, 2025
William F Thompson of Newbridge in Co Kildare, Ireland
October 5, 2025
Thomas Thompson: the Patriarch of the Family
September 28, 2025
‘Duels were now only fought by snobs’
September 21, 2025
Francis Theobald Heffernan c.1840-1908: A nineteenth century literate bushman
September 14, 2025
Still walking in ancestral footsteps
September 7, 2025
A Tough Lady – Continuing the Next Genealogy Journey
August 24, 2025
Missionary Encounters at Moreton Bay
August 10, 2025
My childhood homes
July 20, 2025
The Musings of a Family Historian
July 13, 2025
A “Do Not Do” list for travelling to Ireland for family research
June 16, 2025
Mary Geary: The Market gardeners’ daughter
June 9, 2025
The Fever Ship Minerva
June 2, 2025
Where are you going, my pretty maid? Why go to conferences?
May 26, 2025
Researching a female convict of Van Diemen’s land: Ann Simmons, a convict mother
May 12, 2025
Metaphors We Live By: Phrases That Capture the Genealogical Journey
May 5, 2025
Researching women in early colonial NSW
April 28, 2025
Richard Hamilton of Newbridge
April 14, 2025
More about Mary
April 7, 2025
The Butlers of Benenden, Kent, England
March 31, 2025
Letters from Thomas: A Battle of Waterloo survivor
March 24, 2025
Echoes of War: The Franz Family’s Tragic Legacy
March 10, 2025
Another mysterious death in Paris
March 3, 2025
Arrivals in Moreton Bay 1849-1850: a population boost with a difference
February 24, 2025
What’s in a name?
February 3, 2025
Christmas closure
December 16, 2024
18th Unlock the Past Cruise roundup
December 9, 2024
An excursion to Ypres
November 25, 2024
Top 5 Technology Skills for Family History
November 18, 2024
Now What about the Women? – Enjoying the Next Genealogy Journey
November 4, 2024
Port Isaac: A charming village but I’m not sure I’d like to live there
October 28, 2024
Broaden your horizons
October 14, 2024
A reformed ancestor – maybe. Will the real Joseph stand up
October 7, 2024
Mary Isabella Moffatt
September 23, 2024
A letter home: Tracing my Thompson family
September 16, 2024
Gems from land files
September 9, 2024
Enjoying the Next Genealogy Journey – All the Way from Prussia
September 2, 2024
Connecting to a Forgotten Past
August 12, 2024
Convict tattoos
July 29, 2024
The Neville family myth. False, true or maybe?
July 15, 2024
Getting Started with AI in Family History
July 1, 2024
Sandemanians: Searching for traces of my Nonconformist ancestors in London
June 10, 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
An ordinary man
April 22, 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
Remembering to Accentuate the Positive 2023 – Jill Ball’s yearly challenge
January 22, 2024
My grandmother Eileen Evans and the photo in a locket
December 4, 2023
Threads of memories
November 27, 2023
Strong women
November 13, 2023
Things I Didn’t Know About My Mother
September 18, 2023
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Family History Research
September 11, 2023
My Grandma Irvine: Lills Life and her autograph book
September 4, 2023
Inspired by others
August 28, 2023
The Next Genealogy Journey: Finding trees in a forest of Lamberts
August 21, 2023
Untangling the Dixons: how the new GRO beta can help
July 31, 2023
A journey of Faith for Dorothea
July 17, 2023
Daily Life of a Railway Blacksmith. Reserves, Chooks, Work & Family
July 3, 2023
The elusive background of Mary Sheehy
June 26, 2023
‘A Ship of Contentment and Cheerfulness’: Further Researching on Nineteenth Century Queensland Immigrant Vessels
June 19, 2023
Does researching our family history change us? How do we want to be remembered?
June 12, 2023
Remembering Jane
June 5, 2023
The Next Genealogy Journey – Discovering an Adventurer
May 22, 2023
The Sinking of the Sovereign: a family tragedy
May 15, 2023
An Irish Lass: Catherine Hawe/Howe (1802- 1862)
April 24, 2023
Death of a blacksmith
April 10, 2023
Researching the Whites of Bletchingley and Godstone in Surrey
March 20, 2023
Enjoying the next genealogy journey
February 20, 2023
My Sad and Glad Tales of PRONI
December 12, 2022
Family History places are precious
October 31, 2022
Enhancing your genealogy education
October 3, 2022
Search for the hidden stories
September 26, 2022
The Cass Clan
September 12, 2022
Finding my father
August 29, 2022
Treasure in the Death Certificate
August 15, 2022
A Carpenter in Law
August 1, 2022
The China Cabinet
July 25, 2022
Out in the weather
July 18, 2022
Hugh Irvine: bootmaker and storekeeper extraordinaire
June 20, 2022