Jill Ball aka GeniAus

Tiny Victorian keepsake provides a snapshot of a bygone era While wealthy upper-class colonial families were sitting for expensive studio portraits in the 1880s, many with less money were collecting miniature portraits in tiny photo albums like this one.

Tiny Victorian photo album provides snapshot of a bygone era #familyhistory #Australia
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A nod to my #Jones relatives on #stdavidsday.
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House Name I learnt this morning that, while this term may relate to a residence or dwelling or a group of people in a school, college or university, it has another meaning. While perusing a post from Daniel …

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Thanks for the inspiration @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie
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Sad news. Enjoyed two of his concerts when he came to #Australia. Once in the sixties, once this century.

A job for the weekend 😉

“My ‘methodology’ was a series of errors”: Gemini generates false records and fake screenshots of TNA website | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine The Gemini LLM generates fake records and screenshots from the UK National Archives, a family historian has revealed

I was fascinated by this article. I can see some potential benefits of using #AI to assist with #FamilyHistory research, although I don’t use it myself. But to find that it can create fake historical records is truly chilling. #Genealogy

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I quite enjoyed this book. #books #cemeteries #familyhistory.

A bit of #culture in my 'hood #Newcastle #Australia

My kids learnt to read with #Ladybirds #books #reading

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHs #BonusHomonym

#Pink Hare in Salisbury and Pink Hair in London

#ThursdayBins
#Dune7 #Namibia

Haybales in Iceland

Little child running towards a sculpture of children in Oslo

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHs #BonusHomonym
Hay and Hey
Hay bales in #Iceland
Hey there in #Norway

$AU 12.99 at Amazon Australia 😢

This goes for family historians too. #AI #familyhistory

I'll be joining in from dowunder. #notatRootstech

You can do it. Sleep is underrated.

Currently tuned into the @socaustgen.bsky.social Friday Members' Hangout. Lots of inspiring stories of #ancestors being shared. #familyhistory #Australia

Smart move. #families #australia

I'm a member of the " #Genealogists for #Families" Team at #Kiva an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join me in helping Leisongi in Rango Rango to pursue her dream? www.kiva.org/invitedby/ji...

Where does your surname originate from?

Have you ever traced it back through history, or wondered what it once meant?

Share your surname story with us in the comments - you might uncover something unexpected!

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Single frame. PM Albanese being interviewed by reporter. He says, “I’m recommending that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor be removed from the line of succession over his connection to Jeffrey Epstein.” Reporter: “And Trump?” Albo: “Apparently he never met either of them.”

No connection.
My @smh cartoon.

Breaking up is hard to do. #digitalgiles

My pen pal | Grandma Cassidy | Too Much Brudders blog She was my pen pal back in the 1960s and beyond. Grandma Cassidy's humor and love of family lives on through the generations.

☘️ Thanks to my Grandma Cassidy for getting me interested in #FamilyHistory at a young age. We started as pen pals in the 1960s: toomuchbrudders.com/2019/10/24/m... #ancestry #OldPhotos #NewHaven #Connecticut #Irish

#familyhistory #nz

Why every scientist needs a librarian Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.

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New #DNA Match of 109cm. Surname Jones. No Tree.
#familyhistory #mystery

A new-to-me blog.
#AI #genealogy #blogs #familyhistory
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✨ Celebrating Shropshire Day 2026! ✨

Today we honour the history and heritage of Shropshire—a county of "meres and mosses," medieval strongholds, and the cradle of the Industrial Revolution.

Coroner and Inquest Terminology Thanks to Kenneth R Marks for a recent post on his Ancestor Hunt blog that explains many terms we may encounter in our research. Kenneth indicates that “Understanding the terminology used in …

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Grave of Major Christmas at St. Wendreda’s churchyard, Cambridgeshire, 2026.

Little known fact: there’s a Major Christmas in March*

#genealogy #xmas #ancestry #FamilyHistory

*the Cambridgeshire town.