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Genealogy Do Over – Week 10
Firstly, I was really proud to receive an invitation to include the GeneaBloggers badge on my blog site. It is nice to have this recognition as part of the Genealogy Do Over. Because it is well overdue to do so and because it is preparation for DNA next week here is my Charles Baulch Family Tree created…
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Genealogy Do Over and Legacy
Thank you to those of you who asked how I envisage using Legacy’s To-Do Items as part of my Genealogy Do Over research log. Here is my view of my April Article for VicGUM’s newsletter. The article was written in response to questions I have been asked about how I use Legacy’s To-Do List as my…
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Legacy Users’ Group – City
[wpgmza id=”9″] The first meeting for 2015 of the Legacy Family Tree Users’ Group – City will be held on next Wednesday, 18 February. 10 am – 10.45 am the topic will be Starting out with Legacy 8 and adding Individuals (time permitting). 11.00 am to 11.45 am the topic will be Tagging. PLEASE NOTE THE…
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Genealogy Do Over – Reflection
“Great success requires long term patience” Gideon Haigh about successful Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglu, ABC Offsiders 1 Feb 2015. BACKGROUND I had such plans for my retirement. Or so I thought. Finally, I would be able to tell some of the family stories I have gathered over the years. No so. It just hasn’t…
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Genealogy Do Over – To-Do Items
Yesterday I wrote about using Legacy’s To-Do Lists as a research log for my genealogy research. Thank you for your requests that I give you some screen shots of how I created my To-do Items that shall now make up my research log. So here goes. In all, I have so far created 12 To-Do…
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Genealogy Do Over – Week 3
TRACKING RESEARCH Why is it necessary to track my research? Mainly because I have unwittingly doubled up on my research. More often than I care to admit. Often more than twice for the same information. Also, I have ignored obvious sources of further research. I have frequently been distracted by those Bright Shiny Objects (such…
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Genealogy Do Over – Week 2
In my interviews for Genealogy Do Over Week 2 I returned to when I started collecting my family stories. I went back to my first official family history visit which, coincidentally, involved going back to my first home, Squattleseamere. For my second interview I went back to the time of big shearing teams at Dunmore. I looked…