Congress 2018 Finally I have time to sit and reflect on a fantastic four days last week. I am very pleased with my decision to take two days LSL and attend Bridging the Past , the 15 th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry. I was always going to wait until I retired to do something like this. My takeaways and homework include: Avoid being sucked into the never-ending hole - only when you start writing do you see the gaps in your research Don't forget about the Government Gazettes and Journals on Trove If we don't tell the stories of those who came before, the history will be lost in just three generations Don't forget to revisit the Historical Land Records Viewer Phase my DNA to work out maternal and paternal lines Check our Scotland's Places in more detail Download Phillamore's Atlas from archive.org Learn more about clandestine marriages Check out Dusty Docs Add more of my family images to Flickr ...