Genealogy, what a fascinating subject! Finding out who our ancestors were, where they lived and how brave they were to come out to Australia on ships that took months, for a better life for themselves and their families. The hardships they endured; the trouble they escaped from, the joys of bringing up their children in this sometimes harsh but beautiful and very young country. I hope you enjoy my site! .

Over 1500 how-to articles on genealogy and family history. Find most all United States ancestors with four easy Google steps. This article is designed to get you started with your genealogy and family history research in the United States. Sample Google search queries are suggested for your use to help you research and learn about your ancestors.

To the Veterans in my family, past and present. In honor of those in my family who served in our military, in the past and in the present. My Dad, Donald F. Sunday, April 15, 2012.

Welcome to Genealogy By Ginger! Sunday, January 3, 2016. Although JPEG is the standard format for saving images to your digital camera, hard drive, and email, it is a good idea to save your scanned photograph files as TIFF rather than JPEG because TIFF files do not lose resolution each time you open, close, and save a file. You can think of a JPEG file as a kind of compressed file which loses resolution each time it is used.

8 Catherine - my great grandmother. Martha was born two years later in 1879.