Family Tree Frog

NOTABLE LADY SWIMMERS. (1924, February 13). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 13. Retrieved January 14, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20681017 It's Tuesday so time for some Trove -ing. I am currently studying Writing Family History at University of Tasmania and was thinking about my ancestors' childhoods.  Swimming sprang to mind.   My paternal grandmother Ethel was a pretty good swimmer.  I have written about her before here.    Her younger sister Rene was pretty good too and you can see her featured in the photo above when she visited Brisbane in February 1924.  I wonder if she was able to attend Ethel's wedding on the 18th of that month.  I suspect not.  Newspaper article dates indicate that she stayed in Queensland for a couple of weeks.  You can view my list of Rene Carrett articles here. What intrigued me most about some of the articles though (apart from some fantastic photos) was the mention of the trudgeon o

It's that time of year when we look back at what has happened in 2017 and are looking forward to the New Year.  What or who has helped us along our research path in our quest for our ancestors' stories?  I have much to be grateful for and at the top of my list is .... Arwen Number 1 - Arwen (my training partner) Now I know you are probably wondering how an earth a dog can help with family history.  Is she very good at sniffing out ancestors????  No, not really.  But she is very good at nudging me to get off my bottom and go for a walk which keeps me healthy (so I have even longer to do my family history!! Tee hee!).  In fact I was going to say at the very beginning of this post that I am incredibly grateful for my good health but I thought " Who or what can I thank for that?"    Of course I could thank my ancestors and their good genes but I really do have to thank Arwen.  I could sit for hours in front of the computer screen getting lost on ancestral t