Jennifer Jones @ Tracking Down The Family
@jennifer-jones.bsky.social
From Bendigo Australia
Family History Blogger: https://trackingdownthefamily.substack.com
One Place Study: https://haverfordwesthistory.substack.com
Goldfields & Family Ties: goldfields&familyties.substack.com
https://substack.com/@theretirementphase
Family History Blogger: https://trackingdownthefamily.substack.com
One Place Study: https://haverfordwesthistory.substack.com
Goldfields & Family Ties: goldfields&familyties.substack.com
https://substack.com/@theretirementphase
@geniaus.bsky.social has challenged family history bloggers to look back at 2025 using her Accentuate The Positive Geneameme 2025. Here’s my response. There is a link in my post if you’d like to join the fun. trackingdownthefamily.substack.com/p/accentuate...
Accentuate the Positive 2025 Geneameme
A fun way to look back at 2025
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January 2, 2026 at 2:19 AM
@geniaus.bsky.social has challenged family history bloggers to look back at 2025 using her Accentuate The Positive Geneameme 2025. Here’s my response. There is a link in my post if you’d like to join the fun. trackingdownthefamily.substack.com/p/accentuate...
Thanks for getting these out so early. I’m fairly certain that each of these prompts will work well for my OPS
As well as publishing the December issue of Destinations today, our website has been updated with the first 6 of our #OnePlaceStudy blogging, vlogging and social media prompts for 2026. These prompts are for anyone seeking inspiration for their OPS-related blog and social media posts—and videos too!
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thanks for getting these out so early. I’m fairly certain that each of these prompts will work well for my OPS
Thinking about My One Place Study of Haverfordwest at Christmas. Here’s a fun Tradition that involved the neighbourhood. open.substack.com/pub/haverfor...
A Christmas Tradition in Wales
One Place Study
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December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Thinking about My One Place Study of Haverfordwest at Christmas. Here’s a fun Tradition that involved the neighbourhood. open.substack.com/pub/haverfor...
Christmas in Australia in 1867 open.substack.com/pub/tracking...
Christmas Day and Boxing Day in Australia 1857
An Aussie Christmas in 1857
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December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Christmas in Australia in 1867 open.substack.com/pub/tracking...
Yes there were stories, fun, laughs and there was joy.
Yesterday, @jennifer-jones.bsky.social and I celebrated the holidays as Projectkin with our Speakers’ Corner speakers, each sharing a holiday memory and inspiring each other. What fun. The recording is now live:
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#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #Holidays
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#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #Holidays
December 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Yes there were stories, fun, laughs and there was joy.
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social I must send my apologies for the webinar. I have a family issue that has just come up. Looking forward to joining you in the new year.
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social I must send my apologies for the webinar. I have a family issue that has just come up. Looking forward to joining you in the new year.
Catch up with the fun we had at our Speakers’ Corner Live Preview. The one hour Zoom session will be on Thurs/Friday depending on your timezone. Details including time zones in the link. This is a free event but registration is necessary for the Zoom link.
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Projectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Holiday Preview
Barbara Tien and Jennifer Jones chat about the Speakers' Corner Holiday event that is coming up next week.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Catch up with the fun we had at our Speakers’ Corner Live Preview. The one hour Zoom session will be on Thurs/Friday depending on your timezone. Details including time zones in the link. This is a free event but registration is necessary for the Zoom link.
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
Thank you. Looks like the morning session your time is best for me. See you there.
Now confirmed in Helen’s email, as 8pm to 10pm GMT. 🙂
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Thank you. Looks like the morning session your time is best for me. See you there.
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social Have you decided on a time for the evening session for the One Place Wednesday Live? I’d quite like to attend if possible
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social Have you decided on a time for the evening session for the One Place Wednesday Live? I’d quite like to attend if possible
Here’s a very different kind of Christmas Cake recipe which perhaps would make the world a better place open.substack.com/pub/tracking...
Christmas Cake With a Difference
I was searching Trove for Christmas Cake recipes, because I was thinking about recipes passed down through the generations.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here’s a very different kind of Christmas Cake recipe which perhaps would make the world a better place open.substack.com/pub/tracking...
To celebrate another great year of Kathy’s Corner, @yycphoto.bsky.social had a great group of family historians as guests showing their collection of old postcards. I loved every moment of it. Thanks Kathy! open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
Kathy’s Corner » Postcards: Pictures, Stories, Art, and History » December 2025
Closing out 2025, Kathy Stone has invited Jill Swenson, Linda Teather, Dr. Mary Marshall, Ellen Thompson-Jennings, Jayme Blenkarn, and Paula Collins as her guests to share stories about postcards.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
To celebrate another great year of Kathy’s Corner, @yycphoto.bsky.social had a great group of family historians as guests showing their collection of old postcards. I loved every moment of it. Thanks Kathy! open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
I didn’t don’t know that! Finally getting back to it. @projectkin.bsky.social
How did you know we were talking about your study in the pacific edition of mission genealogy this week. @genealcymru.bsky.social will remember our conversational visit to Wales.
#oneplace #familyhistory #wales
#oneplace #familyhistory #wales
I’ve had a few months away from my One Place Study of Haverfordwest, Wales but I’m happy to be back now. Sharing this post that I wrote last year for @projectkin.bsky.social to show why I chose Haverfordwest as my place #oneplacestudy @oneplacestudies.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I didn’t don’t know that! Finally getting back to it. @projectkin.bsky.social
I’ve had a few months away from my One Place Study of Haverfordwest, Wales but I’m happy to be back now. Sharing this post that I wrote last year for @projectkin.bsky.social to show why I chose Haverfordwest as my place #oneplacestudy @oneplacestudies.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
Haverfordwest
My One-Place Study choice was the birthplace of my great-great-grandparents, John Taylor and Martha Lloyd, and their last home in Wales before a journey that took them to our home in Australia. Part o...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I’ve had a few months away from my One Place Study of Haverfordwest, Wales but I’m happy to be back now. Sharing this post that I wrote last year for @projectkin.bsky.social to show why I chose Haverfordwest as my place #oneplacestudy @oneplacestudies.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
4 more linen worker stories #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/two-sar...
Two Sarahs, Mary and Martha
Four more linen worker women for you today. Meet Martha Ross, Sarah Jane Scott, Sarah Magee and Mary Elizabeth McComb. Their stories can be found here.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Have you read a good book lately? Here’s what I was reading in November substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reading Update November 2025
What's on Your Bookshelf
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December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Have you read a good book lately? Here’s what I was reading in November substack.com/home/post/p-...
That’s very very sad. They were tough times.
Her mother died, her father deserted her. 2x/great-aunt was ‘sentenced’ to Children’s Home in Melbourne. Licensed out to a home where she was seriously abused. Tragic. Man was even jailed for it but it affected her all her life I gather.
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
That’s very very sad. They were tough times.
A five year old little boy arrested for vagrancy? Yes it did happen in Australia during goldrush times open.substack.com/pub/goldfiel...
Robert Hodge and Catherine Shaw 1854 - 1888
Robert Hodge was born at Avenel, Victoria His parents were George D.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A five year old little boy arrested for vagrancy? Yes it did happen in Australia during goldrush times open.substack.com/pub/goldfiel...
To celebrate the Speakers’ Corner series and the end of the year, we've planned a very special two-event program with each of our speakers sharing stories from their family holiday events. Join us on Sunday/Monday depending on your Timezone. tockify.com/eventscalend...
Projectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Holiday Preview
Sun 7 Dec, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM [PST]: Our launch of the Speakers’ Corner has been one of the most successful programs yet for Projectkin. To celebrate the series and the conclusion of the year, we've ...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
To celebrate the Speakers’ Corner series and the end of the year, we've planned a very special two-event program with each of our speakers sharing stories from their family holiday events. Join us on Sunday/Monday depending on your Timezone. tockify.com/eventscalend...
I’ve been in catch up mode this week. My One Place Study of Haverfordwest, Wales has been on my mind as I listened to the recordings of the @oneplacestudies.bsky.social 2025 Conference.
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I’ve been in catch up mode this week. My One Place Study of Haverfordwest, Wales has been on my mind as I listened to the recordings of the @oneplacestudies.bsky.social 2025 Conference.
Just finished catching up on Series 10 of @familyhistpod.bsky.social Andrew always has interesting guests with great stories.
The Family Histories Podcast (@familyhistpod.bsky.social)
The Family Histories Podcast is a show for and about #familyhistory addicts. A guest, a life story, a brick wall, and a bit of #timetravel. Host: @familytreeuk.bsky.social
https://familyhistoriespodc...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just finished catching up on Series 10 of @familyhistpod.bsky.social Andrew always has interesting guests with great stories.
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social Is the 2025 Conference recording available yet? I can’t see it on the website
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social Is the 2025 Conference recording available yet? I can’t see it on the website
Reposted by Jennifer Jones @ Tracking Down The Family
Can you help @dearmyrtle.bsky.social find Hannah Hudson in Bisham, Berkshire, UK, and therefore smash her brick wall?
Find out more in our latest episode:
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/25/s... #genealogy #ancestry #FamilyHistory
Find out more in our latest episode:
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/25/s... #genealogy #ancestry #FamilyHistory
S10EP03 - 'The Kindly' with DearMYRTLE - The Family Histories Podcast
Host Andrew welcomes DearMYRTLE to the podcast, and hears about her grandmother and namesake's experiences in 20th century nursing.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Can you help @dearmyrtle.bsky.social find Hannah Hudson in Bisham, Berkshire, UK, and therefore smash her brick wall?
Find out more in our latest episode:
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/25/s... #genealogy #ancestry #FamilyHistory
Find out more in our latest episode:
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/25/s... #genealogy #ancestry #FamilyHistory
This is a great way to frame a family story @chiddickstree.bsky.social
🌳✨ New Blog Alert! Dive into the heart of village life through the eyes of our wise old oak tree. From whispered secrets to timeless stories, experience the village like never before. 🌿🍂 #VillageLife #Storytelling #OldOakTales #Genealogy #Blog
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The Tree On The Green
The Oak Tree Remembers: A Chiddicks Family Story Through the Eyes of the Village Oak Tree I have been standing here longer. than you can remember. My roots run deeper than the graves in the churchy…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is a great way to frame a family story @chiddickstree.bsky.social
Who’s tried Junk Journaling? substack.com/@theretireme...
A New Type of Journalling
Planning for 2026
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November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Who’s tried Junk Journaling? substack.com/@theretireme...