Jill Ball aka GeniAus

Five Questions Why the first source you find is rarely the full story

Worth reading #familyhistory #research #AI
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A fabulous day at The Family History Show at Malvern today with the @pharostutors.bsky.social stand. Pictured is Kelly @whoamiftr.bsky.social hard at work! Lots of interest in courses, webinars and some lovely comments about my upcoming book 😊.

Unexpected DNA results can reveal family secrets & surprising connections.
Join genetic genealogist @GenealogyLass for a full-day online course on how to identify & investigate unexpected DNA discoveries.
28 March 2026 | 14:00–20:30
Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...

Not Australia's best drop. 🍷

Clean living
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#books #australia

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Free Access to Irish Records on MyHeritage In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, MyHeritage is offering free access to all Irish historical records on the platform for a limited time.

#IrishGenealogy #MyHeritage #FamilyHistory

Loved my visit to Iona last summer

Great news for Genies Downunder. #books #familyhistory

I'll be talking about your book when I host the @socaustgen.bsky.social Weekly #familyhistory Hangout next Friday. The theme is #Books

How can genies in #Australia order it?

Picking up the Pilot in #Sydney
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition
I'm pleased I was on the smaller ship #SanJuan #PuertoRico

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition
#Akaroa #NZ

😱 #FridayThe13th

Australian COVID-19 cases update:

Reported Cases have started rising again across most of Australia, signalling a fresh wave. So far, the growth rate seems relatively slow, and the levels are still around half those reported from recent waves.

#COVID19 #Australia
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All About That Place – call for speakers - Society of Genealogists Piloting in 2023, the event hit social media with a bang and creating an immediate buzz. It garnered large audiences, with 28,900 video views on YouTube alone and 600,000 impressions! 718 people subsc...

All About That Place returns this year, running from Wednesday 7th October to Friday 16th October! @sogorg.bsky.social is now calling for speakers who can provide pre-recorded or live talks of around 10 minutes, tying in with the event’s daily themes.

#AATP26 #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #GenHour

📢Beyond The Family Tree genealogy conference at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, June 25–26, 2026 (hybrid format).

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on AI, DNA, Education and Community in Genealogy.

🎟️Delegate tickets and further information 👉
www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

#Genealogy

Thanks @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy Found two references to a family member. He was in the Armidale Band. #familyhistory #australia

Good idea

Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown? Early Chinese communities might seem to have left little tangible trace. But such an absence does not necessarily mean the absence of a Chinese history.

New Conversation article out by @baibi and the #EverydayHeritage team, 'Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown?': https://theconversation.com/why-doesnt-hobart-have-a-chinatown-272260 #histodons

Very busy blogger here in #Australia. Can report that my A, B, C and Z posts are done and ready for the @atozchallenge.bsky.social #blogging Challenge
Follow along in April at ballau.blogspot.com

Single frame. Title: “Meanwhile, in a Syrian refugee camp”. Scene is refugee camp in washed out colour with tents, adult and child carrying babs in background. Foreground: woman in robe and hijab holding a soccer ball speaks to three young children saying, “Pay attention kids. This could be our only hope.”

Game of hope.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Soccer field, five Iranian women players in motion, one kicking a goal which is flying past an Iranian Ayatollah goalkeeper.

Goal!
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Thanks , will add to my YBV last. $rootstech.

2026 A to Z challenge theme reveal 2026 will be my thirteenth year of the ‘Blogging from A to Z April Challenge‘, where participants post  twenty-six times, a letter a day for every day of the month except Sundays. This year I will …

Congratulations @anneyoungau.bsky.social on joining the @atozchallenge.bsky.social challenge. I look forward to reading your posts #australia #history #blogging
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Another of my favourite bloggers has taken up the @atozchallenge.bsky.social challenge. #blogging #Australia #AtoZChallenge

Definitely adding to my #reading list. #books #biography #Australia

4 ticks for me.