Things you would like to do or find - italics (colour optional)
Things you have not done or found and don't care to - plain type
Here is my contribution.
- Belong to a genealogical society.
- Joined the Australian Genealogists group on Genealogy Wise.
- Transcribed records.
- Uploaded headstone pictures to Find-A-Grave or a similar site
- Documented ancestors for four generations
- Joined Facebook.
- Cleaned up a run-down cemetery.
- Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group.
- Attended a genealogy conference.
- Lectured at a genealogy conference.
- Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society.
- Joined the Society of Australian Genealogists. (soon)
- Contributed to a genealogy society publication.
- Served on the board or as an officer of a genealogy society.
- Got lost on the way to a cemetery
- Talked to dead ancestors. (I hasten to add that I didn't expect them to answer!)
- Researched outside the state in which I live.
- Knocked on the door of an ancestral home and visited with the
current occupants. (Did it with trepidation but it worked!) - Cold called a distant relative.
- Posted messages on a surname message board.
- Uploaded a GEDCOM file to the internet.
- Googled my name.
- Performed a random act of genealogical kindness.
- Researched a non-related family, just for the fun of it.
- Have been paid to do genealogical research.
- Earn a living (majority of income) from genealogical research.(working towards it)
- Wrote a letter (or email) to a previously unknown relative.
- Contributed to one of the genealogy carnivals.
- Responded to messages on a message board.
- Was injured while on a genealogy excursion. Fell when a pheasant flew up at me in and English cemetery that had gone back to a nature reserve, bit of blood but not really hurt.
- Participated in a genealogy meme. (as of tonight)
- Created family history gift items (calendars, placemat.)
- Performed a record look-up.
- Took a genealogy seminar cruise. and it was fantastic!
- Am convinced that a relative must have arrived here from outer space.
- Found a disturbing family secret.
- Told others about a disturbing family secret.
- Combined genealogy with crafts. (quilt)
- Think genealogy is a passion not a hobby.
- Assisted finding next of kin for a deceased person.
- Taught someone else how to find their roots.
- Lost valuable genealogy data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure. (but only once!)
- Been overwhelmed by available genealogy technology.
- Know a cousin of the 4th degree or higher.
- Disproved a family myth through research.
- Got a family member to let you copy photos.
- Used a digital camera to 'copy' photos or records.
- Translated a record from a foreign language.
- Found an immigrant ancestor's passenger arrival record.
- Looked at census records on microfilm, not on the computer.
- Used microfiche.
- Visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
- Used Google+ for genealogy.
- Visited a church or place of worship of one of your ancestors. (and attended a Sunday service)
- Taught a class in genealogy.
- Traced ancestors back to the 18th Century.
- Traced ancestors back to the 17th Century.
- Traced ancestors back to the 16th Century. only one set so far
- Can name all of your great-great-grandparents.
- Found an ancestor on the Australian Electoral Rolls.
- Know how to determine a soundex code without the help of a computer.
- Have found relevant articles on Trove.
- Own a copy of 'Evidence Explained' by Elizabeth Shown Mills.
- Helped someone find an ancestor using records you
had never used for your own research. - Visited the main National Archives building in Washington, DC.
- Visited the National Library of Australia.
- Have an ancestor who came to Australia as a Ten Pound Pom.
- Have an ancestor who fought at Gallipoli. George Howard Busby
- Taken a photograph of an ancestor's tombstone.
- Can read a church record in Latin. (with a little help)
- Have an ancestor who changed his/her name. (whole family went from Cullicoat to Culley, still don't know why, they stayed in the same parish and same Vicar!)
- Joined a Rootsweb mailing list.
- Created a family website.
- Have a genealogy blog. have five so far
- Was overwhelmed by the amount of family information
received from someone. (love you Carole Eales!!!!) - Have broken through at least one brick wall.
- Done genealogy research at the War Memorial in Canberra. (found a diary of the Ceramic, the voyage to Gallipoli
- Borrowed microfilm from the Family History Library
through a local Family History Center. - Found an ancestor in the Ryerson index. And indexed for the Ryerson Index
- Have visited the National Archives of Australia. Canberra, Brisbane and Sydney
- Have an ancestor who served in the Boer War. George Howard Busby went to South Africa and enlisted in the Cape Mounted Rifles
- Use maps in my genealogy research.
- Have a convict ancestor who was transported from the UK. I wish!
- Found a bigamist amongst the ancestors.
- Visited the National Archives in Kew.
- Visited St. Catherine's House in London to find family records.
- Taken an online genealogy course.
- Consistently cite my sources.Am trying.
- Visited a foreign country (i.e. one I don't live in) in search of ancestors.
- Can locate any document in my research files within a few minutes.
- Have an ancestor who was married four times (or more).
- Made a rubbing of an ancestors gravestone.
- Followed genealogists on Twitter.
- Published a family history book on one of my families.
- Learned of the death of a fairly close relative through research.
- Offended a family member with my research.
- Reunited someone with precious family photos or artifacts.
- Have a paid subscription to a genealogy database.
(FindMyPast (UK, AU & IE) and Ancestry and The Genealogist and British Origins) Thank heavens I have a well paying job! - Edited records on Trove.
