Tag Archives: Genealogy

Murder by the Homeplace by William Leverne Smith

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Julie Goucher

From the back cover “A police radio scanner call of ‘419’ – “dead human body” – on a bucolic fall afternoon in the south-central Missouri Ozarks small town of Oak Springs sends a part-time local newspaper reporter, Penny Nixon, on … Continue reading →

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Giveaway Results – 13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories by Dr Bill (William L) Smith

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Back on 26th March I reviewed this great book. You can read my review and details about the book HERE. On the 27th March I hosted a giveaway, which was international, and open until the end of the 3rd April, … Continue reading →

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13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories by Dr Bill (William L) Smith

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Yesterday I reviewed this great book by Bill Smith. Today I have a real treat. I have a digital copy of the book to give away – as this is an e-book the give away will be international. So what … Continue reading →

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13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories by Dr Bill (William L) Smith

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Julie Goucher

From the back cover “Dr. Bill enjoys telling and sharing ancestor stories and related family history social context. He has published four family histories, to date, with more in progress. For the latest on Dr. Bill, his writings and stories, … Continue reading →

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A Genealogical No Smoking Day

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Julie Goucher

*13th March 2013* Over the years I must have had countless conversations about giving up smoking as part of the day job. Well, for the first time I don’t have to follow a pitch to patients or have that discussion, … Continue reading →

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The Fishing Fleet – Anne de Courcy

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Julie Goucher

When the author was undertaking her research we did correspond rather briefly, but my interest regarding my ancestral links to India was out of the time frame for Anne’s book. I waited rather eagerly for the book to be published. … Continue reading →

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The Elstones: A Novel by Isabel C Clarke

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Julie Goucher

I have had this book on my list of things to check out for a while. The book itself was published in 1919. The reason for my interest is that my Great Grandmother had the surname of Elstone and lived … Continue reading →

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A Small Social Media Geneameme

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Julie Goucher

I missed the recent Unlock the Past cruise. I did quite fancy a revisit to Fiji, but alas it was not too be. Jill over at Geniaus floated the idea of this small meme in regard to Social Media, so … Continue reading →

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Photo Collage

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Julie Goucher

My good genea blogging friend Pauline of Family History Across the Seas was my inspiration for this post and a thread of posts that will happen over the coming month. Pauline was originally inspired by Kristin of Finding Eliza. I … Continue reading →

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Who was Emmi?

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Julie Goucher

I was recently reading a post by Sally at Books and Musings from Down Under when I was prompted to ponder on the background of my late Great Aunt. The link was quite simply the name of a central character … Continue reading →

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