Geniaus and Janelle thank you for your very kind comments
I believe in helping others as they may not have access to what I can get to.
When & where ever i see some one is looking for an answer I just jump in and go looking to see if I can find some thing.
Plus I do indexing for the LDS as well that is so interesting and have found quite a few listings from that as well, and bookmarks Ive lost count scroll up scroll down from one HDD to another and have 3 terrabyets drives now.

Its not serious but a little addictive to say the least but I enjoy it and that is what it's all about and keeping the light at the end of the tunnel glowing bright.

Wayne

I just want to say a big thank you to Gena Philibert Ortega for the great tips she passes on, "Tips to help you rethink your brickwall research" and "A field trip may be in order", full of good tips!! Everyone here is so friendly and willing to help, it is no wonder that GenealogyWise is getting more members every day : ) Best thing I ever did !

Chris

Hi all, I'm Nathan, and I just joined. I'm primarily researching my Lindorff side at the moment, and slowly branching out from there.

Welcome to Nathan and our other new Aus groupies. Please say hello and contribute to the discussions above. There are lots of helpful folk here although sometimes the group is rather quiet.

Interesting comments and discussions on Ancestry's new Australian Vital Records Indexes on my blog, Facebook and Twitter.

What do you think?

National Family History is coming up in Australia. You can check the list of events planned at : http://www.familyhistoryweek.org.au/

Shauna
Hope all goes well
enjoyed you talk at Nambour

Ballarat Genealogical Society have a Family History Day at the Ballarat and District Library on Sunday between 11 am and 4 pm. Hope to see a few there it is usually a great success.

Queensland FHS are having an Open Day on Saturday 31 July 10:00am to 2:00pm at their library at 58 Bellevue Ave., Gaythorne - come and check out the resources, do some research or ask the experts your questions.

Boy this is on a roll keep it up . It is giving everyone a helping hand in their searching.

Family History Week - 1st August Cobram Geneaogical Group having an Open day, Punt Rd Cobram from 11am until 3 pm. I will having some demos of Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker. Other resources will be available on local family history.

Wimmera Genealogy & Horsham Historical are having an open day Sunday 8th Aug Pynsent Street Horsham for Family History Week

I am coming down with Joan and Betty, see you there! Looking forward to it.

Hi all take a look at http://savielfamilyhistory.blogspot.com and if you have any information on the SAVIEL family in India and Burma let me know at gtsaviel@yahoo.com.au. yours georgetsaviel.

Hi, I am an academic librarian from Northern NSW with a great love of history. Moving back to this area after living in the city, and closer to my 90-odd year old grandmother, has ignited a passion for discovering my ancestral roots. Looking forward to the adventure ahead.

wow take a recorder and get all you can Tanya, even if it is not right there is often something behind the story that can be followed on from and further info found.

'Twas a great day at the Hawkesbury Family History Fair yesterday. If you are within cooee of Windsor, NSW watch out for this event. I went to some great lectures and spent too much money at the great range of vendor stalls.

My Sister-in-Law and I have had a wonderful time in the UK visiting friends and family. We have certainly done a lot of travelling since arriving in the UK on the 3rd May 2010. I think that we are both ready to go home to our families in Aussie now. Not looking forward to the long journey home. Barbara

Wondering if anyone else is going to Hornsby Library to see Jeremy Palmer speak tonight on Scottish Ancestry - apparently it is booked out.

Seems as though lots of us are hibernating (except for Barbara in the warm UK). There are lots of helpful folk on the list - why not try them out by posting a request to the If you want help.... discussion.

Do you live in Sydney's Northern Beaches? I noticed this on Facebook -
"We now have a Family History Group on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. If you are interested in joining us please contact Kaye at kaye@teapotgenealogy.com"

thought I'd let you all know that I am still in the picture and sadly could not get to the Sth Aust Roadshow. have been helping quite a few of late as well and of course doing indexing on the side, which has come in handy with a follow up on a family member in my tree, so there are rewards for those that index for genealogy sites.

Unlock the Past have their latest poll up at http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/polls
Go there to record what software package you use for genealogy.

Just discovered in my collection of DVD's the Aussie Historical Mini Series, "Against The Wind" which starred Jon English and Mary Larkin, including the book published about the mini series. A fantastic read and good quality viewing. Our aussie history.

Oh Frederick I loved that series and used to have the book.I must go find myself a copy of the series also.It would be a great one to see again.Are they still readily available to buy?Thanks for sharing.

So pleased to see some discussion once again on our list. I was fearing that it had turned into a sleeping white elephant.
Welcome to our new listers - please browse through the full list of discussion forums and post a question or a comment.

Fear not Geniaus I always watch as many more may do I just dont always have something to say lol

Book was obtained via ebay and i think dvds are via ebay as well.

Yes DVD's are on ebay still. Also book available on ebay atm as well.

I saw the DVDs and also went to an online shop but they have riun out.Sure brings back memoires I loved history way back then as well.Will def. be watching that show again as soon as I can.

Anyone interested in Australian chat?

I really enjoy chat, but most of the activity is during (the Australian) day, and in our evenings it goes very quite.

Anyone interested in dropping in?

Rosie

Depends on what is happening online such as footy finals. I have come online though.

Did anyone get to the NSW Conference last Bomadery on the weekend? Would love to hear some reports.

Nearly everyone I know has been suffering from that "spring is sprung" headcold from hell.
I somehow hoped that having had every form of winter anti-flu shot, I would just sail through without a sniffle. Fat chance! But please note: this bug is readily, if unintentionally, shared.

Hi there, I am a new researcher and am interested in the Blackhall Family from around the Mudgee area late 1800s. I have recently found out that my great great grandmother was an aboriginal and her name was Diana Mudgee. I have been lucky to find lots of info but would love more on the lives of the Blackhalls themselves. My mother was a Blackhall (Alice Edna) and My father was a Dobell. I have become really obsessed with all this new information. Maybe someone has more info for me. Regards patricia Knowles

A good way to keep up with genealogy news is by reading the Australian-Genealogists Daily at http://paper.li/geniaus/australian-genealogists

Gee thanks for that i did not know about that ,will do .

Me either thanks G

hey great idea, thanks for the tip, your a bonza G.

If you tweet please add your Twitter ID to the Australian Genealogists on Twitter discussion.I am presently following 32 people but would love to hear from more.

I've been overseas for a couple of weeks. It's great to come back and see some more members in the group. Welcome.

I heard Chris Paton at the Genealogy Expo in Sydney. Of the five presenters I heard he was the star. If you get a chance to hear him when he is in your state do try to go along.

I notice that member, Liz Pidgeon added 8 Australian events to the calendar of events yesterday.
Take a look to see what's on

Have been researching Family Trees for 30 years. Main interest is Tasmanian Families especially the Glamorgan and Spring Bay Municipalities.

Welcome to our new members. Please say hello and tell us a little about yourself and your interests. You may connect with a cousin ot two or get some assistance in knocking down a brickwall.

Someone has let me know that they have nominated my blog http://geniaus.blogspot.com in the "Everything Category for the Family Tree 40.
Wouldn't mind a few more nominations to make the shortlist.
Make your nominations here; http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VWJZHKC

Congrats Geniaus and I have voted.Just one thing you may lik eon your blog and thats an email subscribe button.I am able to get an email when people post new things when I subscribe that way.I also have put it on my blog as well.Let me know if you want the link for it.

A well-deserved nomination. I, too, have voted. Good lick and many votes!

My Fletcher Family came from Manchester to Aust onboard Salsette 1841.
Josiah+Ann Fletcher Lynda

I went to a wonderful "Irish" day at the Society of Australian Genealogists last weekend. You can read my blog post here: Last Saturday at SAG If you get a chance to hear any of these speakers do go along - they are top notch.

Hello all - I'm new here - I'm in Western Australia and researching Hanna, Pritchard, Ealden, Lynch and Hammond families right now, and Kirwan, McLeod and other families along the way. I've been using the internet for 15 years and researching my family history for 24 years, but only just started putting the two together, so I'm a bit of an old-school genealogist, just figuring out all the new fangled stuff (there was a big gap there when my children were growing up where I did next to no research). I've started a family history blog which I hope to add to fairly often time permitting.