Due to the low attendances for the advanced class in Semester 1, we have decided to ‘spell’ the Family Research ‘4th Thursday’ class during Semester II and review/redesign it when members of our ‘Getting Started’ group are ready to move on from the beginner level. While the numbers in the advanced group have been disappointing, looked at positively, the people who attend spasmodically were beginners some years ago now, can work independently on their research and may have achieved their family research goals for the moment.
I have invited members of who have been attending Family Research classes to join the Family Research Drop-in between 2 and 3pm to share pains and gains and/or stories if they would like to do so. This still allows time for Drop In regulars to work 'hands on on their devices' from 1 to 2, and continue working on from 3 to 4pm if they wish to do so.
For those in story writing or telling mode (up to about 400 words a guide), the theme for July is 'Travel' related - either
‘Overseas Adventures’ As we research we sometimes discover, to our surprise, that we have a relative/relatives overseas who experienced life changing events while in other countries - for example, a relative who was a govt official in Hong Kong in 1942 who was interned in a Japanese prison camp in HK during the war; a great-uncle and his young family living in Illinois during the Civil War. Don't worry if the ancestor/s are a little distant, tell us how you became aware of and came to understand the overseas adventures/experiences of those concerned. or
‘Travel Tales’ A number of our class members have been able to travel to places in which their forebears lived, visit local historical societies there, even meet distant, and sometimes not-so-distant relatives, all as a result of their passion for family research. Photographs are taken, journals/blogs written, relationships formed which continue through emails and phone calls. Share your most memorable family research ‘travel tale’.
Feel free to share other writing you have been doing instead.
The next Drop-In session is on Thursday 18th of July in Classroom 2.
Bev Lee
I have invited members of who have been attending Family Research classes to join the Family Research Drop-in between 2 and 3pm to share pains and gains and/or stories if they would like to do so. This still allows time for Drop In regulars to work 'hands on on their devices' from 1 to 2, and continue working on from 3 to 4pm if they wish to do so.
For those in story writing or telling mode (up to about 400 words a guide), the theme for July is 'Travel' related - either
‘Overseas Adventures’ As we research we sometimes discover, to our surprise, that we have a relative/relatives overseas who experienced life changing events while in other countries - for example, a relative who was a govt official in Hong Kong in 1942 who was interned in a Japanese prison camp in HK during the war; a great-uncle and his young family living in Illinois during the Civil War. Don't worry if the ancestor/s are a little distant, tell us how you became aware of and came to understand the overseas adventures/experiences of those concerned. or
‘Travel Tales’ A number of our class members have been able to travel to places in which their forebears lived, visit local historical societies there, even meet distant, and sometimes not-so-distant relatives, all as a result of their passion for family research. Photographs are taken, journals/blogs written, relationships formed which continue through emails and phone calls. Share your most memorable family research ‘travel tale’.
Feel free to share other writing you have been doing instead.
The next Drop-In session is on Thursday 18th of July in Classroom 2.
Bev Lee