#MuseumWeek – 28 March to 3 April 2016
It was on in 2015, and now it’s back again for 2016! #MuseumWeek is back. This is an opportunity for museums right around the world to show off their collections to the public, through social media.
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Category: Family History Through the Alphabet
The Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge is on Again!
Anzac Day, April 25th, is the day that is a national day of remembrance for Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars. This is the fifth year that Auckland Libraries and the Kintalk blog have issued this Auckland Libraries’ Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge. So do you have a story to share about an Anzac?
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We Will Remember Them …
English poet Laurence Binyon, overwhelmed by the carnage and loss of life by British and Allied forces in World War 1, penned one of the most moving tributes the world has known to our war dead. Titled ‘For the Fallen’, the poem first appeared in The Times of London on 21 September 1914, and has since become known as ‘Ode of Remembrance’.
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ANZAC Day Blog Challenge is Back for 2014!
This is the fourth year that Auckland Libraries and the Kintalk blog have issued the Trans-Tasman ANZAC Day Blog Challenge. So do you have a story to share about an ANZAC? Stories they’d like to hear about could be about their sacrifice, or the way it shaped or impacted on their family history. Or maybe you want to blog from the perspective of those that were left behind?
Read MoreThe ANZAC Day Blog Challenge is on Again
With the beginning on April only a day away, it also means that ANZAC Day is coming soon. This is the day that is a national day of remembrance for Australian and New Zealanders who died during armed conflict. Seonaid from the...
Read MoreFamily History Through the Alphabet – The Finale
This will be my final post on the ‘Family History Through the Alphabet’, hence the title ‘The Finale’. It has been an amazing journey from A to Z, but serioulsy I couldn’t have done it, and it wouldn’t have been as fun without everyone who participated. That includes those who commented on Facebook and Twitter as well a the geneabloggers who took up the challenge.
Read MoreFamily History Through the Alphabet – Z is for …
I’ve decided that the letter ‘Z’ is like Christmas. It always seems so far away, but all of a sudden it’s here, don’t you think? Anyway welcome to the last week of the Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge Week, the letter “Z”.
Read MoreFamily History Through the Alphabet – Y is for …
Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge Week 25 brings us to the letter ‘Y’. So tell us about a place, a person, a ship, a document, a trait, or a heirloom (or anything else) relating to your own family history that starts with the letter Y! The choice is entirely yours …
Read MoreFamily History Through the Alphabet – X is for …
The Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge is fast approaching the end, but we’re still not there yet … and this week brings us to the letter X. As the English language doesn’t contain a whole lot of X words, I’m thinking this could be a toughy, so I’m really intrigued to see what everyone comes up with.
Read MoreFamily History Through the Alphabet – W is for …
Hello everyone, and welcome to Week “W” of the Family History Through the Alphabet. Are a genealogists who is also a blogger, Facebooker, and/or Tweeter? If so, join us in the Alphabet Challenge. All you need to do is use the current letter for the week (this week’s letter is W), and connect it to someone, something, or a topic relating to your family …
Read MoreFamily History Through the Alphabet – V is for …
We’re on the home stretch now in the Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge, just a few more letters to go, and this week we’re up to the letter V. As with each week, the one rule of this Challenge is that you need to use the current letter of the week and connect it to someone or something relating to your family history, and this weeks letters is ‘V’.
Read MoreFamily History Through the Alphabet – U is for …
The weeks keep flying by, and so do the letters in the Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge. This week brings us up to the letter U. As with each week, the one rule of this Challenge is that you need to use the current letter of the week and connect it to someone or something relating to your family history, and this weeks letters is ‘U’. So what can you think of that relates to your own family history?
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