Thursday, September 27, 2007
flickr
I have set up a flickr account but haven't had tome to mess with it too much. It is frightfully windy today with intermitent showers, feels more like Winter that Spring. I will try and link the photos on my flickr account to this blog.....see how I go
Monday, September 17, 2007
Recently I started researching my family tree and found a great deal of information through the Internet genealogy message boards.
My father's family came from Liverpool UK, and prior to that the island of Unst in the Shetlands. I have managed to trace back to Mirable Russland who married James Winwick, they had 6 children one of whom was Barbara Jane Winwick b. 1797 in Unst. Barbara married John Thomason in 1826, they 5 children one of whom was my g.g.grandfather Magnus Winwick Thomason, it was he who ended up in Liverpool where he married Jane Sillitoe in 1863. My great gradfaterh George james Thomson was one of their children, her married Emma Smith, and one of their children, Ernest Thomson was my grandfather. I find it fascinating that my father came to Australia and it wasn't until I began to take an interest in his family history that he became aware of the connection to the Shetland Isles. We are more aware these days of our past and have the means to contact others with the same interests through the Internet.
My father's family came from Liverpool UK, and prior to that the island of Unst in the Shetlands. I have managed to trace back to Mirable Russland who married James Winwick, they had 6 children one of whom was Barbara Jane Winwick b. 1797 in Unst. Barbara married John Thomason in 1826, they 5 children one of whom was my g.g.grandfather Magnus Winwick Thomason, it was he who ended up in Liverpool where he married Jane Sillitoe in 1863. My great gradfaterh George james Thomson was one of their children, her married Emma Smith, and one of their children, Ernest Thomson was my grandfather. I find it fascinating that my father came to Australia and it wasn't until I began to take an interest in his family history that he became aware of the connection to the Shetland Isles. We are more aware these days of our past and have the means to contact others with the same interests through the Internet.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
a wild and windy afternoon
For a Spring day it is very cold and windy with the look of rain but alas it hasn't eventuated. The farmers are becoming frustrated at the sight of dark clouds without the resultant downpour.
I can see a once green lawn browning off as I write this, so much for the rains we were supposed to get.
What a cheerful way to begin my blog! Everyone puts on happy face in the country and it's great living in a place where you know most everyone and they know you, they call it "Community Living",. When you waldk down the street you say "Hi, how are you today?" and the other person says the same, it you both have time you stop for a chat and it takes ages to get your groceries sometimes, but I wouldn't swap living in a small town for anything!
I can see a once green lawn browning off as I write this, so much for the rains we were supposed to get.
What a cheerful way to begin my blog! Everyone puts on happy face in the country and it's great living in a place where you know most everyone and they know you, they call it "Community Living",. When you waldk down the street you say "Hi, how are you today?" and the other person says the same, it you both have time you stop for a chat and it takes ages to get your groceries sometimes, but I wouldn't swap living in a small town for anything!
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