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Tag Archives: Blogging
More positivity in 2012 (Accentuate the Positive part 2)
Are you too hard on yourself about your genealogy or family history work in 2012? Do you think more about what you didn’t achieve, or that ancestor who is still hiding, or whose records seem all to have been destroyed? … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Genealogy
Tagged Archives, Australia, Blogging, book, Delany, family history, genealogy, John Simpson, libraries, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson
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Happy New Year! Accentuate the positive
It’s 2013 at last! I can’t deny that (except on the genealogy front) 2012 was a rubbish year. So I was delighted to see Geniaus suggesting a new geneameme: Accentuate the Positive 2012. What better way to start the new … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Genealogy, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 2012, Anglesey, Blogging, family history, genealogy, geneameme, Mary Maude Wilson, Moyne, New Year, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall
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Two today!
I nearly missed it. This blog’s second birthday, today, November 10th. In fact it was the wonderful Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers who reminded me in his Blogging Beat. Thanks, Thomas – here’s a virtual birthday cake for you and the … Continue reading
Back to Blog – death and renewal
I’ve been away from this blog for several weeks because my mother has died. With the funeral to arrange, relatives from the UK, Australia and New Zealand to contact, and our grief to cope with as well as the usual … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Genealogy, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged A Rebel Hand, Australia, Blogging, Convict, family history, genealogy, mother, Nicholas Delaney
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Illuminating Blogger Award – is one of your favourites here?
This week has ended in the most wonderful way. Sharn of Family History 4 u has done me the honour of nominating A Rebel Hand for the Illuminating Blogger Award, set up by Food Stories. Thank you so much, Sharn. … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Genealogy
Tagged award, Blogging, Geneabloggers, genealogy, Illuminating Blogger Award, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson, st kilda
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Transports of delight – researching the book about Nicholas
I’m feeling thrilled and very honoured. The Irish genealogy online magazine, Irish Lives Remembered, has just (July 10th) published a two-page article about Nicholas Delaney, the great-great-great grandfather and transported convict whose life inspired this blog and its sister website. … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, A Rebel Hand, Convicts, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 1798, A Rebel Hand, Australia, Blogging, Convict, genealogy, Ireland, Irish Lives Remembered
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2011 – what a year it’s been!
What a year – and what a lot I’ve learned in this first full year of blogging. When I started this blog in November 2010 I knew I wanted to talk about topics related to the life of my great-great-great … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 1798, Australia, Blogging, family, genealogy, history, Ireland, Macquarie, Sarah Simpson, trial
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I’m one!
It’s hard to believe, but… its one year since I began this blog. At first I was nervous, and posted, oh, once every two months or so. Big mistake. It’s like everything else; the more you do it, the easier … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
Tagged 1798, A Rebel Hand, Birthday, Blogging, facebook, google+, Nicholas Delaney, twitter
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New look
Have you noticed? Did you wonder if you’d come to the right site? After using a custom (very attractive) header, I’ve changed it to match the header on the website for A Rebel Hand: Nicholas Delaney of 1798. Images used … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Website
Tagged A Rebel Hand, Australia, Blogging, book, family, genealogy, history, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney, trial, Website
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