nomaddownunder – Ancestor Family

Scottish Naming Conventions.

26 May 20237 May 2023

When looking at Scottish records, you will come across some interesting names. You would have seen this in my blog “Adding Context” published on 7 February 2023. I use this…

IGI.

19 May 20235 May 2023

What is the IGI? IGI stands for the International Genealogical Index. What did it consist of? It was a database showing genealogy records from various sources and usually covered birth,…

1855 Scottish Certificate.

12 May 202318 Apr 2023

Death. Cathrine Nicol, my fourth great-grandmother died in 1855 at Newfargie in the parish of Arngask, in the County of Fife. I will be writing more about Catherine later. Excitement.…

Names.

5 May 202318 Apr 2023

What’s in a name? We all have one. How we got our name can be interesting or even boring! Are you named after your mother or father or is it…

Filling the Gaps – Part Two.

28 Apr 20238 Apr 2023

Continuing on from Filling the Gaps - Part One, where we discovered the use of Census records, 1939 Register, BMD Certificates, Directories & Electoral rolls. Previously. As discussed, the list…

Filling the Gaps – Part One.

21 Apr 202316 Apr 2023

In my first blog, “A New Year Dawns” (published 26 January 2023), I mentioned Direct Ancestors and their families – so how do we fill in the gaps? Records. There…

What’s Going On?

14 Apr 20231 Apr 2023

Where am I at? The truth be known, I have no idea! Time, as we know it, seems to pass quickly. Is it just because I am getting older or…

Who Am I? Or is it Who I am! (Part Two).

7 Apr 202311 Mar 2023

My Make Up. Who I am? My English ancestors mostly came from East Anglia – the region loosely covers Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex. To get the bigger picture (Ah,…

Who Am I? Or is it Who I am! (Part One).

31 Mar 202311 Mar 2023

Moving on from a previous blog, “Emotional Being”… (published 24 Feb 2023) Who Am I? I was born in the mid-1950s – Those who enjoy labels and slotting people into…