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Geneameme - Beyond the Internet

Pauline at Family history across the seas has come up with another Geneameme – Beyond the Internet. My responses are below. Things you have already done or found: bold face type Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional) Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each item 1.              Looked at microfiche for BDM indexes which go beyond the online search dates. (I can remember 27 years ago being in Brisbane visiting my mother and going to the State Library and sitting, standing and keeling at indexes for hours over a three week period   - very pregnant at the time and no access to indexes where I lived) 2.              Talked to elderly relatives about your family history. 3.             ...

The Ancestor's Geneameme - Part 2

I'll complete the Geneameme for my husband's side of the family. The list should be annotated in the following manner: Things you have already done or found: bold face type Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional) Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each item  Which of these apply to you? Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents - (Thomas Brennan, Margaret Tobin, James Ryan, Catherine Cleary. Alfred Kerr, May Ann Spatch, Thomas Squires, Mary Ann Lydamore, Christoph Scheef, Margaretha Munk, Georg Glock, Barbara Waegerle, Andrew Waters, Margaret Doherty, Elis Dawson and Mary Richardson) Can name over 50 direct ancestors - 83  Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents - Not sure if we have one of Alexander Kerr and his wife Edith Squires Have an ancestor who was married more than three times Have an ancestor who was a bigamist Met all fo...

The Ancestor's Geneameme

My friend  Geniaus  has made another meme for us to complete. The list should be annotated in the following manner: Things you have already done or found: bold face type Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional) Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each item  Which of these apply to you? Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents  (John Moore, Margaret Henry, Malcolm McColm, Jane Fleming, Thomas Merchant, Sarah Hooton, William Allsop, Mary McInerney, William Dawson, Emma Seabrook, John Lylan, Matilda Agnew,, John Ryan, Mary O'Halloran, Peter Ogden and Elizabeth Harrison) Can name over 50 direct ancestors -  125 - However, some of them are female christian names Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents -  Only have 7, Michael Patrick Ryan is missing. Have an ancestor who was married three times Have an ancestor who was a bigamis...