This week’s letter in the ‘Family History Through the Alphabet’ Challenge is F … and immediately I thought of FINLAND, and then FOOTBALL. And as I couldn’t decide between them, I have decided to do both.

F is for FINLAND

I’ve written before about my Great Grandpa Otto Winter, who was born in Finland, and jumped ship in Australia – so I won’t repeat it here. Even though I’m only 1/8th Finnish, I have taken a real interest in my Finnish heritage – maybe because it is something completely different from Australian and English research? Who knows.

I thought since it is now less that a week and I’ll be on a plane heading up to Brisbane for the Unlock the Past Queensland Expo 2012, I’d better start packing.

Here’s a few key things I gathered together that are ‘MUST’s’ for me to take.

1. Work shirt – as I’m going as an exhibitor to help out on the Gould Genealogy & History stand, I need to take my work shirt

2. Blogger bling (aka blogger beads) – newly introduced to me at the Adelaide Congress in

I’m having fun in this ‘Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge‘, and from what I’ve seen from the other bloggers, they are too.

For ‘E’ I thought of writing about various families that start with ‘E’, but instead I came up with another option.  Phillips is my maiden name, so I have always had a soft spot for knowing my direct line history, and George PHILLIPS is one of my emigrant ancestors, so I thought I’d tell you a little about him and his family.

E is for Emigrant Ancestors

The “Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge” continues, and D had me wondering just what to write about. Descendants? Diaries? my Desk? Each of them I’m sure is worthy of a post, but for D I have chosen to write about Dropbox.

D is for Dropbox

I know Dropbox has a lot of users (or should I say devotees) already, but some of you may not know about it, so I’ll tell you a little about it. Though I am really a newbie, I’m a total convert to Dropbox, and I wanted to share it with you.