For better or worse, I have taken on the challenge National Family History Month Blogging Challenge. Once I get started on this type of blog challenge, I enjoy it, but I'm glad there is a bit of a lead up time to prepare a few ideas for August, family history month.
The proposed themes for the weeks of August are:
Census records. Week 1 - Sunday 7 August - 9 August is Census Night in Australia. What extraordinary things have you discovered about your ancestors in census records?
Working ancestors.
Week 2 - Sunday 14 August - Blogger Anne Young reminds us that 16 August 1891 was the date the Shearers' Strike Monument was dedicated. This week why don't you honour your working ancestors and the challenges they faced in their occupations.
Military battle, family anniversary or significant family event
Week 3 - Sunday 21 August - Significant military battles are commemorated during the month of August such as Mouquet Farm in WWI and Milne Bay in WW2. The Australian Comforts Fund was also founded in August 1916. Did your ancestors have connections to these places or battles? Is there another anniversary or significant event that your family commemorates/remembers in August?
Country, place, landmarks.
Week 4 - Sunday 28 August - Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar in her poem My Country talks of a "sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, of rugged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains". What does "country" or place mean to your family? What makes your place unique or special? What are the features or landmarks that stand out in your family history?
There's plenty of scope for a few family history posts, based on the weekly themes above.
Thanks to Alex Daw for setting up this National Family History Month Blogging Challenge.
The proposed themes for the weeks of August are:
Census records. Week 1 - Sunday 7 August - 9 August is Census Night in Australia. What extraordinary things have you discovered about your ancestors in census records?
Working ancestors.
Week 2 - Sunday 14 August - Blogger Anne Young reminds us that 16 August 1891 was the date the Shearers' Strike Monument was dedicated. This week why don't you honour your working ancestors and the challenges they faced in their occupations.
Military battle, family anniversary or significant family event
Week 3 - Sunday 21 August - Significant military battles are commemorated during the month of August such as Mouquet Farm in WWI and Milne Bay in WW2. The Australian Comforts Fund was also founded in August 1916. Did your ancestors have connections to these places or battles? Is there another anniversary or significant event that your family commemorates/remembers in August?
Country, place, landmarks.
Week 4 - Sunday 28 August - Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar in her poem My Country talks of a "sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, of rugged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains". What does "country" or place mean to your family? What makes your place unique or special? What are the features or landmarks that stand out in your family history?
There's plenty of scope for a few family history posts, based on the weekly themes above.
Thanks to Alex Daw for setting up this National Family History Month Blogging Challenge.
