As I write this we are having a very hot spring day and have had little rain for weeks if not months.
The garden is suffering even though we have bore water.
Our beautiful native birds are visiting to drink and swim in our bird baths (fresh water), a real distraction from writing this blog post. There is a bird bath just outside my office window. But I am off to China so this blog post needs to be finished.
Books
My Ph D thesis is in sync with my family history, so every book or article I read is relevant to one of my family lines. The temptation is to then do more family research. Plus there are so many other resources mentioned in the References and Bibliographies that I don’t know what to read next. My PhD completion date is at the end of 2026 so the next three years will be fascinating.
My thesis looks at prostitutes, female vagrants and female habitual drunkards in colonial Queensland gaols. One of those was my GG grandmother and I have even found one of Max’s distant cousins on the Billson family line.
Conferences
Seriously it leaves from Sydney, then Hobart, then over to Kangaroo Island, Adelaide, on to Melbourne and finally back to Sydney. Four at sea days devoted to good speakers and topics. May need a holiday after that!
New Resources
Now here are some serious distractions.
Findmypast released three more Oxfordshire record sets, more baptisms, marriages and burials. Plus almost 100,000 paged from digitised newspapers. My Sweatman and Cooper families were from Deddington, Oxfordshire and my Prickett family were from Fritwell, Oxfordshire. Definitely will have to check these updates out.
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Talks
There have been talks for Strathpine Library, Legacy Family Tree Webinars and Queensland Family History Society.
That will be my last talk for 2023. The fastest year ever but then I did a lot of travel and the PhD takes up time too.
What’s Coming Up?
I have also mapped out our 2024 speakers and members meetings. Maybe that is why I feel that the years go quickly? Planning the next one before the end of this year.
My first and last visit to China was back in 1996 so it will be interesting to see the changes in Beijing and I have not been to the other places on our trip. So all new and exciting.
Until next time, stay safe and happy researching. Shauna
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