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Lilian Magill
A Chat with Friends: Part 2
June 1, 2026
A Chat with Friends: Part 1
May 25, 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
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
18th Unlock the Past Cruise roundup
December 9, 2024
Now What about the Women? – Enjoying the Next Genealogy Journey
November 4, 2024
Broaden your horizons
October 14, 2024
Connecting to a Forgotten Past
August 12, 2024
“Grab & Go” or “Go Slow”
June 3, 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
Untangling the Dixons: how the new GRO beta can help
July 31, 2023
‘A Ship of Contentment and Cheerfulness’: Further Researching on Nineteenth Century Queensland Immigrant Vessels
June 19, 2023
Researching the Whites of Bletchingley and Godstone in Surrey
March 20, 2023
Enhancing your genealogy education
October 3, 2022
The way things used to be
May 2, 2022
Genealogy for all
April 4, 2022
Revisiting early research
July 12, 2021
Twitter for Family History – Let’s Look at #ANZAncestryTime
May 3, 2021
“Ours were the hearts to dare”
April 12, 2021
Indexing shortfalls
December 3, 2020
Finding my grandmother Lizzie
November 23, 2020
Queensland Nurse – Agnes Katharina Isambert
November 2, 2020
More leaves to add to your tree
September 28, 2020
Discovering the treasures at the Society of Genealogists
August 10, 2020
Genealogy in COVID 19 times was amazing and never boring
June 1, 2020
Where was he from?
May 18, 2020
Tracing your female ancestors
February 24, 2020
In praise of reading ‘Guides’
February 17, 2020
As time goes by
January 20, 2020
On why you should read carefully and often
December 2, 2019
A chance discovery!
August 12, 2019
Travel on my mind
January 8, 2018
Expanding your knowledge
December 11, 2017
The places where we live usually impact on our lives
November 12, 2017
What if we told the truth about how we work?
November 6, 2017
Revealing personality
October 29, 2017
Researching in Northern Ireland
October 23, 2017
Victorian curiosities emerge in data clean-up
October 9, 2017
Brawl at the Female Factory, Parramatta
October 2, 2017
Francis Jack Needham – life in India
August 28, 2017
Wills – adding value to your research
August 17, 2017
Evidence and citation: proving your research
July 8, 2017
Beware Junk Genealogy – Don’t Rely on Research of Others…Validate Sources!
February 26, 2017
The truth may be out there – we all look for it in different ways
June 13, 2016
Short on time?
January 25, 2016
Timelines – the interest and pleasure they can give
June 29, 2015
Researching place
June 15, 2015
Treasures in the Trove – May 2015
May 25, 2015
Collaborating
May 17, 2015
Leaving home to do it?
April 20, 2015
Congress 2015
March 16, 2015
Little things
February 16, 2015
Late to the new year party
January 19, 2015
Hang on, I’ll be back in a minute
August 18, 2014