Hello everyone!
Finally, a new video!
WATCH IT HERE!
This video involves me talking about Scottish census records, the beginning of how I solved the 100 year mystery of my Great Great Aunt Jeannie Gow, an opportunity with Scotlands People & The Ekka.
The adventures of a young aspiring Australian genealogist sharing her journey on social media.
Showing posts with label jeannie gow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jeannie gow. Show all posts
Monday, 12 August 2013
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
The Mystery Of Jeannie Gow
Here it is! My story of how I discovered & solved the 100 year mystery of what happened to my Great Great Aunt Jeannie Gow.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/136388013/The-Mystery-Of-Jeannie-Gow
I plan on scanning and uploading images of the documents I used later.
Enjoy! :D
http://www.scribd.com/doc/136388013/The-Mystery-Of-Jeannie-Gow
I plan on scanning and uploading images of the documents I used later.
Enjoy! :D
Monday, 26 November 2012
Oh Jeannie, what a mystery!
31st March 2012.
What a day that was. It was the day I discovered what had happened to my Great Great Aunt Jeannie Gow. Over the past few months I’ve been writing up the story of how I discovered what had happened to her. It really did involve detective skills, cross checking, double checking, and triple checking documents, dates and names. It was a puzzle, and somehow, on the 31st of March 2012 all the pieces fell together. I took a break from writing the story to focus on University. Now that Uni is over for the year, I’m getting back into it.
Here’s a paragraph, a sneak peak at the story of dear old Jeannie:
Mid-semester break rolled up on the 31st of March. I decided to dive into the genealogy again after taking a break to focus on my University studies. The Scottish 1911 census had been released on ScotlandsPeople last year, but at the time I dismissed it because none of my direct ancestors were in Scotland in 1911. They were either a) dead or b) living in another country. I thought about taking another look at the census – I went through the family tree to check who would have been in Scotland in 1911. I don’t know how I forgot about them, but the other sister Isabella had married and had a number of children. Although Isabella died in 1896, her husband John Reddoch and her children were still alive in Scotland in 1911.
You'll have to stay tuned to find out more...
What a day that was. It was the day I discovered what had happened to my Great Great Aunt Jeannie Gow. Over the past few months I’ve been writing up the story of how I discovered what had happened to her. It really did involve detective skills, cross checking, double checking, and triple checking documents, dates and names. It was a puzzle, and somehow, on the 31st of March 2012 all the pieces fell together. I took a break from writing the story to focus on University. Now that Uni is over for the year, I’m getting back into it.
Here’s a paragraph, a sneak peak at the story of dear old Jeannie:
Mid-semester break rolled up on the 31st of March. I decided to dive into the genealogy again after taking a break to focus on my University studies. The Scottish 1911 census had been released on ScotlandsPeople last year, but at the time I dismissed it because none of my direct ancestors were in Scotland in 1911. They were either a) dead or b) living in another country. I thought about taking another look at the census – I went through the family tree to check who would have been in Scotland in 1911. I don’t know how I forgot about them, but the other sister Isabella had married and had a number of children. Although Isabella died in 1896, her husband John Reddoch and her children were still alive in Scotland in 1911.
You'll have to stay tuned to find out more...
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