Social Media and Genealogy

explore-blog: So lovely – photographer Wilma Hurskainen and her...

caroleriley — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:44:55 +1000

So lovely – photographer Wilma Hurskainen and her three sisters recreate their childhood photos.

(↬ this isn’t happiness)

amandaonwriting: Book Lore - Canberra - Australia

caroleriley — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:19:25 +1000

amandaonwriting:

Book Lore - Canberra - Australia

burnedshoes: © Chris Steele-Perkins, 1978, Falls road, Catholic...

caroleriley — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:14:39 +1000

burnedshoes:

© Chris Steele-Perkins, 1978, Falls road, Catholic West Belfast, Northern Ireland

Hijacked vehicle burns tin the background marking the anniversary of the British Policy of internment without trial.

Northern Ireland had been left relatively prosperous by World War Two. War production had favoured its heavy industries, with the boom continuing into the 1950s. But by the 1960s, as elsewhere in Britain, these were in decline. (…)

Violence finally erupted in 1966 following the twin 50th anniversaries of the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising - touchstones for Protestant and Catholic communities respectively. (read more)

(thanks to / via: firsttimeuser)

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todayinhistory: May 8th 1945: VE DayOn this day in 1945 at the...

caroleriley — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:42:17 +1000

British newspapers celebrated the news

Celebrations in Toronto, Canada

German instrument of surrender

Royal Family & Churchill -Palace balcony

todayinhistory:

May 8th 1945: VE Day

On this day in 1945 at the end of the Second World War, combat ended in Europe with the Germans accepting unconditional surrender in Rheims, France. The German surrender marked the end of Hitler’s Third Reich, after the dictator’s suicide on 30th April. Germany’s surrender was led by German President Karl Dönitz, signed on 7th May and ratified on 8th May. The Western world celebrated, with huge festivities in Trafalgar Square and outside Buckingham Palace in London and in New York’s Time Square. British King George VI and Prime Minister Winston Churchill led the celebrations in their country, and US President Harry Truman dedicated the victory to his recently deceased predecessor remarking his only wish was that “Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to witness this day”.

“This is your hour. This is your Victory”
- Winston Churchill to crowds on VE Day

What organisations did the children belong...

caroleriley — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:44:26 +1000

What organisations did the children belong to?

fyeah-history:

Hitler Youth members, 1933

kampfgruppe: London, 25th December 1940.

caroleriley — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:31:15 +1100

kampfgruppe:

London, 25th December 1940.

dergrossekrieg: A poster distributed in Ireland to encourage...

caroleriley — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:29:42 +1100

dergrossekrieg:

A poster distributed in Ireland to encourage enlistees for the war effort, circa 1915.

(by Bart King)

burnedshoes: © Francis Meadow Sutcliffe, ca. 1890,...

caroleriley — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:11:10 +1100

burnedshoes:

© Francis Meadow Sutcliffe, ca. 1890, Untitled

“Trouble with a milk cow is she won’t stay milked.” (proverb)

burnedshoes: © AP Photo, Dec. 24, 1944, Infantryman, Bra /...

caroleriley — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:21:15 +1100

burnedshoes:

© AP Photo, Dec. 24, 1944, Infantryman, Bra / Belgium

An infantryman from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division goes out on a one-man sortie while covered by a comrade in the background, near Bra / Belgium

County Wicklow, Ireland. If you ever needed a reason to find...

caroleriley — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:07:55 +1100

County Wicklow, Ireland. If you ever needed a reason to find photos of the place your ancestors came from , this is it!

definitelydope:

This Land (by Michelle in Ireland)

Click on the link to Flickr for a map showing where this photo was taken. http://www.flickr.com/photos/finbarro/2389616291

nevver: Proposal, 1922 Wonderful things, maps.

caroleriley — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:20:16 +1100

nevver:

Proposal, 1922

Wonderful things, maps.

pictoryblog: My Dad has always been an explorer. One of my...

caroleriley — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:44:50 +1100

pictoryblog:

My Dad has always been an explorer. One of my greatest regrets in life is to have been born only 2 years before the end of his 20 year long African adventure. Since I don’t have any memories of this time, all I can do is imagine. I found this photo of him standing by the Congo river while going through old cardboard boxes a while ago, and it was like stumbling upon a precious ancient treasure.

— By Romain Perin (submitted to “Are You There, Dad?”)
View the Published Photos from this Theme

It’s not all cemeteries. This is Castlereagh School, taken...

caroleriley — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:12:33 +1100

It’s not all cemeteries. This is Castlereagh School, taken in 2009.

Castlereagh Methodist Cemetery, western Sydney.

caroleriley — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:41:33 +1000

Castlereagh Methodist Cemetery, western Sydney.

What to share on tumblr.

caroleriley — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:37:41 +1000

You could post photos of your ancestors.

You could share photos of people you can’t identify, in the hopes that someone can.

You could share photos and stories of the places your ancestors lived.

You could share photos of all the graces in a (small) cemetery.

You could share photos of the graves of your ancestors.

You could tell stories about your ancestors, or the times they lived in.

You could share snippets from the newspapers of the times.

You could pick an ancestor and describe everything you know about them.

You could pick an ancestor and ask all the questions you need answers to.

You could share pictures and documents about the land your ancestor owned.

You could describe a particularly memorable event in your own life, or in your research journey.

There are many, many possibilities.

The remains of the house at ‘Westbrook’, near...

caroleriley — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:31:44 +1000

The remains of the house at ‘Westbrook’, near Blayney, NSW, where my ancestor’s sister lived with her family.

Social Media and Genealogy blog

caroleriley — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:29:07 +1000

Social Media and Genealogy blog:

This is my more traditional blog about social media and genealogy. It’s very different to this one, so I hope you can see how the two different types of blogs (that one and this one) could be used for different purposes.

St Paul’s Anglican Church, Carcoar, New South Wales.

caroleriley — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:26:51 +1000

St Paul’s Anglican Church, Carcoar, New South Wales.

Burrowa Cemetery, NSW

caroleriley — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:22:59 +1000

Burrowa Cemetery, NSW

You can share photos quickly and they display in a line like this

caroleriley — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:20:29 +1000