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Important things found on a birth certificate (originally posted on January 30th 2020)
Below is an explanation of what info is in a birth cert: The registration district that the birth was registered in What union the district is in What county the district & union is in The entry number Date & location of the birth Christian/Birth name Gender Father’s name and residence (where the father lived) […]
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Remembering Pax Whelan (1890-1986) (originally posted on Jul 8th 2019)
Patrick “Pax” Whelan was born on July 8th 1890 in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford to Patrick Whelan and Bridget Carey. Pax would be the oldest of 5 siblings (in order as follows: Pax, Michael, Jack, Edmond & Mary (known as Maisie by family). Life for Pax & his family was difficult as his mother Bridget had […]
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An Update! (Originally posted on Oct 14th 2019)
So, over the past 2 months, plenty has happened. I have been successful in securing Work Experience and it is a DREAM! I’m working in an archive cataloging a collection for one week and maybe be able to work alongside a professional genealogist for the other week. I attended an evening class in Genealogy in […]
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Ancestor Profile Template Organiser (originally posted on Aug 17th 2019)
Hello again!This time I’d thought I’d create a template for your ancestors to keep your Birth, Marriage and Death records all in the matter of 2 pages. Click the Download button to get your copy! I was really happy when I finished it because I never thought I’d create something like this! Hope this helps […]
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A Memorable Day (originally posted Jan 7th 2020)
This may seem like an odd thing to blog about but #OTD (On this Day) in 2017, I started my genealogy journey to preserve my family’s history and make sure my ancestors lived on. But for those of you who don’t know my genealogy story, keep reading… So how did I start? Well it had […]
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Ancestry Hints… (originally posted on 25th May 2020)
Now as the title suggests, this post is all going to be about Ancestry hints, but why would I do a post on something specific you ask? Well, there’s one message that I do want to make sure is clear and that is: “Do NOT take every hint on Ancestry as gospel. A large percentage […]
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Review: Family Echo (originally posted on July 25th 2019)
I thought that I’d start off with a goodie. So in the near future there will be more posts but these will be reviews on things that you want me to do, for example, I am doing them on family tree builders. If you have any recommendations on what I should review please Tweet them to […]
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Review: Clanview (originally posted on Nov 16th 2019)
This time I’m reviewing a family tree viewer with another dimension, it’s a 3D family tree viewer. It’s Clanview! I remember the first time I had gotten a follow from an account on Instagram and like I do with every profile I have a browse but this was different, this site had me very intrigued […]
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Week 2: Favourite Photo (originally posted on Jan 28th 2020)
Firstly this prompt put a smile on my face because there is one that is in my mind and it is this one! This is a picture of my grandparents Kate (1936-1994) & Colum (1932-2017) and my mum & her brother Duncan. The reason I love this photo is it a brilliant photo of my […]
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Week 1: A Fresh Start (originally posted on Jan 11th 2020)
Now I thought to myself that my New Years Resolution would be to start Amy Johnson Crow’s challenge called #52Ancestors! This weeks prompt is “A Fresh Start” and that got me thinking about what picture I love and here it is! This is a picture (one of the few mind you) of my great-grandparents John Loftus […]
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