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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

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Latest posts by Jennifer Jones @ Tracking Down The Family @jennifer-jones

Thank you for reposting @janechapman.bsky.social

14.03.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Speakers Corner: New Lands of the American West with Crystal Lorimor and Kelli Cedarfield Pawnee oral traditions and genealogy research, introduced us stories about lands of the American West, retold through family recollections, maps, territory records, and collected artifacts.

We had two fabulous stories and storytellers on Speakers’ Corner this week. The recording is in the post in case you missed it. open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

14.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great news! It’s in the calendar. I wouldn’t miss it

13.03.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’d love to have you join us. This is a free event but you will need to register for the Zoom link.

11.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blogging from A to Z April 2026 - Theme Reveal During April I invite you to join me for an online tour of photos from my digital albums in the 2026Β  Blogging from A to Z April Challenge...

@geniaus.bsky.social I’m so pleased that you are joining the A to Z Challenge again this year ballau.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog...

10.03.2026 05:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thankyou @geniaus.bsky.social
for your support as always.

10.03.2026 05:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A to Z Challenge 2026: Theme Reveal It’s that exciting time of year again.

Is anyone here participating the the blogging April A to Z Challenge this year? I’d love you to let me know so I can follow your posts. My theme this year is the Women in my Family History open.substack.com/pub/tracking...?

09.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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What great tips traded ahead of #RootsTech! If you’re not on site, YOU'RE NOT LEFT OUT! Look at all of those onsite-only events and download the syllabi. Watch for the full recording at RideAlongPartners.org/recordings in the next hour or so.

#ridealong #FamilyHistory @jennifer-jones.bsky.social

26.02.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love the Keynotes

05.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes @geniaus.bsky.social Started earlier today

05.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who else is attending RootsTech virtually today?

05.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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More About Barn Street, Haverfordwest, Wales 1841 Census

More about Barn Street Haverfordwest Wales. This is the street where my 3x great grandmother lived. #oneplacestudy #OPS haverfordwesthistory.substack.com/p/more-about...?

01.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Barn Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales St. Martin's Parish

I’ve been transcribing the 1841 census for my #oneplacestudy of Haverfordwest in Wales. Looking at Barn Street in St. Martin’s Parish where my 3x great grandmother Mary Taylor lived. #oneplacewednesday @oneplacestudies.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/haverfor...

25.02.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pre-RootsTech Fun The excitement of RootsTech is well and truly building, with many Projectkin and Geneabloggers pre-conference events having begun.

Pre RootsTech has been fun over at Substack and Ridealong has been keeping me busy. Pop over and check out what I’ve been up to. There are all the links you need there to access the fun.

open.substack.com/pub/tracking...

21.02.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mini-Myrt - Jennifer Jones from Australia YouTube video by DearMYRTLE’s Archive

This was great fun! I loved chatting to @dearmyrtle.bsky.social about RootsTech, genealogy and One Place Studies. @oneplacestudies.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/live/OCi6ahs...

19.02.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kyla Bayang (@rootsquadroundup) We had a fun chat today! Here’s the replay if you missed it. :) How many do you have today?

Kayla Bayang invited me to come along to her Substack Live for a pre-RootsTech chat about Relatives at RootsTech. We had so much fun. And we found we’re cousins!

substack.com/@rootsquadro...

16.02.2026 05:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My post for @oneplacestudies.bsky.social February blogging prompt #oneplacestudy #OPS #Wales open.substack.com/pub/haverfor...

14.02.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Speakers Corner Β» Immigration Stories with Jude Rhodes and Kyla Bayang In this episode of Speakers' Corner, Jennifer Jones is joined by Jude and Kathy who each share their ancestors' stories of immigration across the seas.

We had two great family history storytellers as guests on Speakers Corner yesterday. @juderhodes.bsky.social and Kyla Bayang had us hanging on their every word as they told us their family migration stories. The recording and event info is available in the link. open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

14.02.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Preparing for RootsTech 2026 My RootsTech excitement, is starting to build.

Who’s going to RootsTech 2026? Are you going in person or virtually? I’d love to hear what you have planned. I’ll be there virtually. Here’s my Top 10 classes that I’ll be attending. open.substack.com/pub/tracking...

04.02.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thankyou for sharing

22.01.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Take a look at the events coming up on Speakers’ Corner over the next few months. open.substack.com/pub/tracking...

22.01.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reading Update - January 2026 What's On Your Bookshelf

Are you looking for your next great read? I’m co-hosting the What’s On Your Bookshelf linkup in 2026. #WOYBS Check out our first post. The bloggers who have linked up with us have great reading recommendations substack.com/@theretireme...

17.01.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guests Marian Beamon and Xanthe Hall came along to Speakers’ Corner today to tell us about the stories in theory families that have been kept locked away. Don’t miss out on listening to this.

09.01.2026 06:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

First post on my One Place Study for 2026. Newspaper report about an inquest into a New Year accident with a surprising verdict at Haverfordwest, Wales #oneplacestudy

04.01.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Our Correspondent - Whroo 157 Years Ago

Two newspaper reports from January 1869 -January 157 years ago.

open.substack.com/pub/goldfiel...

02.01.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Accentuate the Positive 2025 Geneameme A fun way to look back at 2025

@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...

02.01.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing. Wishing you all the best for Christmas but like you I will be around over the holidays.

19.12.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for getting these out so early. I’m fairly certain that each of these prompts will work well for my OPS

19.12.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Christmas Tradition in Wales One Place Study

Thinking about My One Place Study of Haverfordwest at Christmas. Here’s a fun Tradition that involved the neighbourhood. open.substack.com/pub/haverfor...

19.12.2025 02:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Christmas Day and Boxing Day in Australia 1857 An Aussie Christmas in 1857

Christmas in Australia in 1867 open.substack.com/pub/tracking...

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