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31/08/2025

Watching the ABC TV with a live broadcast of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the conflict in Malaysia. Very moving speeches. I hate wars but I feel for the families that lost loved ones and still grieve 75 years later. Now they are laying wreaths with bagpipes playing. Very moving.

01/08/2025

I just had a zoom with a group of genealogical society members from all over Australia and New Zealand.
The presenter Andrew Redfern was fantastic in sharing ideas to preserve our 'stuff' we have from our family such as photos and papers.

Family History is a Team Game: The Collaborative Journey of Unearthing Our Ancestral Past GSQ Blog Posted on March 25, 2024 by Andrew RedfernNovember 2, 2024 By Andrew Redfern. The study of family history often conjures images of solitary researchers poring over dusty archives or staring intently at...

01/08/2025

Taking an Ancestry DNA test.
I can help you interpret your results.

The affordable pricing and simple process of direct-to-consumer DNA kits means curiosity around family and cultural heritage is tempting to satisfy. But are there costs to consumers that aren't financial?

05/07/2025

15/06/2025

In 5 days' time it will be my father's 96th birthday. Unfortunately, he passed away on the 17th of April this year. Genealogy is about births, deaths and marriages, but recording dad's death on ancestry records was hard. Our mother is now a widow at 89. I'm so glad I got dad to do his DNA with Ancestry and also Family Tree Maker. Through DNA matches, I have been able to confirm up to his great-grandparents and beyond on some branches. Our William Mushet is a bit of a mystery as I don't think he was born in Glasgow. I'm still working on connections.

28/05/2025

03/05/2025

I love this story. It made me cry!

02/05/2025

This is funny!

15/04/2025

One of my favourite shows!

09/03/2025

It's gotta be done! 💙🧡

18/02/2025

I've just had some of dad's Y-DNA test results back. He has a match to a Dale Bloxom whose ancestor John Bloxom is from England in (1650-1715).
Dale matches the Y Haplogroup
R-FT169195.
Dad is 8% English, so this might not be our main Mushet ancestor. I'm not sure which ancestor was English.
From Family Tree DNA,
"A haplogroup can be considered like an ancestor on your family tree. Each haplogroup forms a branch on that family tree. Depending on the age of the haplogroup (when it formed), you may have the name of that ancestor, or the ancestor may have lived so long ago that their name has been lost to time.

28/11/2024

No two days are ever the same for a professional genealogist, as demonstrated by a research commission I undertook this summer for Leeds-based artist Ellie Harrison, and Polite Rebellion – th…