Genies Down Under

News and interviews from the 4th Unlock the Past Genealogy Cruise from 4-13 February 2014. In Episode 31 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What's it like being on a genie cruise? Who is your favourite ancestor? What are some tips for other genies? What is your biggest family history mistake? What is the biggest brick wall mystery you'd like to solve in your FH? Which one of your ancestors would you like to meet?

News and interviews from the 4th Unlock the Past Genealogy Cruise from 4-13 February 2014. In Episode 30 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What's it like being on a genie cruise? Who is your favourite ancestor? What are some tips for other genies? What is your biggest family history mistake? What is the biggest brick wall mystery you'd like to solve in your FH? Which one of your ancestors would you like to meet?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps to help you plan a genie trip to your ancestors' homeland. In Episode 29 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: How can I prepare for a trip to my ancestors' homeland? What should I do before I visit an archives office? How can I manage what I find out on a genietrip? How can I maximise the benefit of being on a genietrip during the trip?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps to help you deal with sensitive issues in family history research. In Episode 28 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What issues are considered sensitive to family history researchers? How do I record sensitive issues that I've found out about in my family history research? Are there any research findings that I shouldn't record anywhere? What are some examples of how other people have dealt with sensitive stuff in their family history research?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps to help you interpret your ancestors' handwriting. In Episode 27 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: How can we interpret the handwriting of our ancestors to get to know them a little better? What are some tips about reading old styles of handwriting? How can we preserve our own handwriting for future descendants?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps to help you share your family history research. In Episode 26 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: How can I share my research with other genies - now and into the future? How can I be a good ancestor? How can I benefit from what other researchers have shared? How can I share my enthusiasm about family history research with others? How can I share stuff when I'm dead and alive?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps to help you investigate your ancestors' clothing and fashions in your family history research. In Episode 25 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What do the fashions of my ancestors tell me about the times they lived in? What do the fashions of my ancestors tell me about their family life? How can I work out the year photographs were taken by clues about the fashions of photographs of my ancestors? Where can I find information about the fashions of my ancestors?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps to help you to use official Australian records in your family history research. In Episode 24 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What official (vital) records can I use to extend my family history research? How can I access these official records? How can I use these records to extend and deepen my family history research? How can I learn more about how to use these official records? What are the benefits of using multiple official records to confirm details of my family history research?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps about how to store your paper based, cloud based and computer based genealogy records. In Episode 23 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: How can I store my family history research files so that they are easy to access and easy to add to? What is "the cloud" and how can this help me with my genealogy research? How can I put my personal touch on my storage systems? How can I organise and store my research files in a way that helps me spend more time on research and less time on boring administration tasks and fruitless searches?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps to help you to research the immigration of your ancestors. In Episode 22 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What ways of thinking can I adopt to assist me in my research about my ancestors' immigration? What types of immigrants came to Australia in the early days? Where can I find evidence of my ancestors' immigration? What research methods can I use to really get the most out of the immigration records of early Australian immigrants?

A bunch seven stories from Genies Down Under listeners about their favourite ancestors. In Episode 21 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: How can you have an ancestor that apparently was never born or never died? Find out the answers to this question in Barbara's story about her great grandfather, Joseph Clark – Story no. 1 in today's episode. How was one little girl so influenced by the personality of her grandfather, her Papa, Walter Bertram Maddocks? Find out about this man by listening to Dot's story – Story no. 2 in today's episode. Why is Duane's Great Grandfather, George John Phillips-Broughton, one of the most interesting, outrageous and self centered man that Duane knows of? You'll hear answers to this question in Duane's story that I've called "George being George" – Story no. 3 in today's episode. What role did Jennifer's grandmother play in Irish political history? Find out about Annie Magee Geraghty's amazing story in Story no. 4 in today's episode. Why was one of Jennifer's relatives called "The little woman who ruled with an iron fist"? Find out about Anne Fitzpatrick Ward's life in Story no. 5 in today's episode. What gruesome end did three of Janelle's ancestors come to? Find out in Story no. 6 in today's episode about Thomas Dixon. Who is one of Maria's favourite ancestors? Find out about Lily Ann Kingsbury's life in the final story in today's episode.

Tips, tools, tricks and traps to extend your Irish family history research. In Episode 20 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What are some strategies to find information about my Irish ancestors? What are some of the myths about Irish family history research? What are some of the underlying ideas about Irish history and family history that will help with the practical side of Irish family history research? If my ancestors spoke Irish, what were some common words and phrases that they may have spoken?

Tips, tools, tricks and traps for using online and offline techy stuff to extend your family history research. In Episode 19 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: How can I use techy stuff to help with researching my family history? How can I use techy stuff to organise my genealogy research? How can I use techy stuff to create and share my genealogy research? Where can I get more techy ideas and keep learning about my family history research?

Tools, tricks and traps for investigating naming patterns, traditions and stories to extend your family history research. In Episode 18 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What are some good online tools I can access to help me add some context to my family history about naming stuff – naming patterns, traditions and stories in family history? What are some tricks I should be aware of to help me add some context to my family history about naming stuff – naming patterns, traditions and stories in family history? What are some traps to avoid when I'm researching the names used in my family history research?

Tips for investigating naming patterns, traditions and stories to extend your family history research. In Episode 17 of Genies Down Under, we'll answer questions like: What naming patterns were used by our ancestors to name their children? Were there any particular naming traditions used by our Aussie ancestors? What are some funny naming stories from family history research? How can our knowledge of naming patterns helps us to analyse and extend our family history research?