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    Family Time in Christchurch

    ByRoger August 17, 2016

    A visit to Christchurch, New Zealand by Roger and his siblings for a family get together with Dad. Roger flew out from the USA, Alistair came over from Melbourne, Australia, Ruth down from Auckland, New Zealand and we all met at Rachel’s house for lunch.   [Not a valid template]

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    Spring is Springing in Christchurch

    ByRoger August 17, 2016

    A visit to Christchurch for a week to see my Dad in August 2016 coincided with the first daffodil blooms in Hagley Park, so after a visit to see Dad on a Saturday afternoon, brother Alistair and I set out in the wee rental car to see if we could find some. Mission Accomplished.[Not a…

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    ANZAC Day 2016

    ByRoger April 25, 2016April 25, 2016

    A small update to my genealogy database today – ANZAC Day 2016 – 102 years since the start of World War 1 – “The Great War”. First, my cousin Andrew Moffat, who has our grandfather’s medals from World War 1 sent me decent photographs of them a few weeks ago. I have now got them…

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    RootsTech 2016 – Day One – Innovator Showdown

    ByRoger February 4, 2016February 14, 2016

    The main feature on Wednesday was the Innovator Showdown with its prize of $100,000 at stake. The 12 semi-finalists had been chosen from the 40 teams that entered, and today in front of 5 judges they presented the technology ideas they’ve come up with to the Judges and the audience in the room. Each contestant…

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    RootsTech 2016 – Day One – Wednesday

    ByRoger February 4, 2016

    Wednesday 3 February 2016 – RootsTech 2016 – Innovator Summit Day The day started out shortly after 7am with the trek through the huge Salt Palace convention centre from the entrance right by the Radisson hotel to the far south end where Registration was taking place. Luckily at that hour, on the first day of…

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    FGS 2015 and RootsTech – Friday

    ByRoger March 9, 2015March 9, 2015

    Seventh day in Salt Lake City – it’s almost been a week already… On Thursday I had been given an “FGS Ambassador” ribbon for my name tag by some of the team at the FGS Booth, and Friday morning a message from Laurie Desmarais informed me that I could sit in the Media and Ambassadors…

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    FGS 2015 and RootsTech – Thursday

    ByRoger February 13, 2015March 9, 2015

    After the excitement of Wednesday, Thursday was going to be more of the same, albeit with a slightly later start. The Keynote was to start at 8:30am. At 8:15am there was a loooooooooong line of many hundreds of people still waiting to get their name tags and paraphernalia from the Registration Booth. The keynote started…

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    FGS 2015 and RootsTech – Wednesday

    ByRoger February 12, 2015March 9, 2015

    Dateline Wednesday 11  February 2015… Our 5th day in Salt Lake City (counting the Saturday we arrived), FGS Society Day, and the day before FGS 2015 / RootsTech gets underway. Up earlier than normal today since I had to get to the Salt Palace in time to check in as an FGS Volunteer, and then be…

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    When the Undertaker isn’t the Informant

    ByRoger February 10, 2015March 1, 2015

    I’m here in Salt Lake City for the combined FGS 2015 / RootsTech with Lisa (and many hundreds of our closest friends). We arrived a few days early so that we could do some sightseeing, and spend time researching at the Family History Library. Into the second day of research at the Family History Library at Salt Lake…

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    FGS 2015 and RootsTech – Day 1

    ByRoger February 8, 2015

    Dear WordPress Blog Well it’s been a while since we had a new roof put on our house in October 2012!!! For much of the past several years my “blogging” has been carried out on Facebook where it’s so easy to write a quick status, link up a couple of photos and post it, or…

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