Jill Ball 🌳🧬🇦🇺 📚 ✈️ 🛳️ 📷

New Guardian Essential poll data released this week reveal some concerning statistics around Australians’ participation in recreational reading – with two thirds of respondents reading infrequently or not at all. Find out more ⬇️ australiareads.org.au/news/essential…

@history2wheeler How about trying Bluesky? There's has been a mass migration to that platform. Lots of #History peeps there.

So I'm taking the plunge. After a decade on this platform, I'm going to retire my account at the end of 2024 and slide across to LinkedIn.

Don't miss today's online lecture by Ross McMullin. Ross will present on his latest multi-biography study of Australia's lost generation of the First World War - 'Life So Full of Promise' (winner of the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award). Register here: rahs.org.au/shop/tickets-l…

@gdrosser I'm keeping my X account for the moment until more institutions and organisations move. Unfollowing those genies who have moved over to bsky.

Check local societies and libraries for unique records when online sources are lacking. If you can’t visit in person, use WorldCat to search worldwide libraries for hidden gems in small-town archives!🗺️ What family history society are you a part of? #AncestryHour #genealogy

@donnasr Are you considering a move to the place where skies are blue?

An interesting murder case, and the bones are still at a university storeroom. I hope they find some relatives who may be able to lay these bones to rest. The deaths of Isabella Ruxton and Mary Rogerson, whose bodies were found in Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, made headlines around the world in 1935. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@gdrosser Are you considering a move to the place where skies are blue?

@OnePlaceStudies Done 👋

Congratulations @,jennifer_jones0. Thrilled to see another genie from #Australia in the lineup. #genealogy.

Did someone in your family live in an almshouse? Find out more about the UK's oldest form of social housing with our guide: whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/almsho…

🚨 Why keep your DNA results in just one place? Upload to MyHeritage for FREE until October 13 and widen your search for new matches and insights. 🧬 Take advantage of this limited-time offer! brnw.ch/21wNEdu #FreeDNAUpload #Genealogy

Just bought this eBook from Amazon. Looks like a juicy tale. #Books #History #England

We're kicking-off the Source-a-Thon! Join us tomorrow at 8 AM (ET) #2024SourceAThon Subscribe & turn on notifications to be alerted to new videos youtube.com/watch?v=1ZB91A… #CollaborativeGenealogy

@MarianBWood @FindaGrave Useful tip for #oneplacestudies #genealogy

@DLGenealogist Definitely #Twitter

So just wondering what you prefer to call this social media #Twitter or #X??

Tested with @ancestrydna ? Take advantage of this offer to find new #DNA matches. #genealogy

That's a tough challenge. #graves #cemeteries #genealogy

One of the films that has long been on the NFSA's Most Wanted list has been found. Captain Thunderbolt, directed by Cecil Holmes in 1951, is a classic Australian tale of the rebel as hero. Learn more about the recent discovery on the @NFSAonline website: nfsa.gov.au/latest/captain…

#books #history #Australia

My latest post on the @GSQPresident blog. gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/birds-of-a-fea… #genealogy #familyhistory #Australia #connections2025