Jill Ball, who blogs as GeniAus, encourages us to look back on our family history research each year and Accentuate the Positive. Following some of her prompts, I can report that this year:
- I published 80 posts, not counting this post and any I might fit in before the new year. In 2022 I participated in my ninth A to Z April challenge (2022 A to Z reflections). Each year’s challenge encourages me to expand my family history research; I am already planning and researching for the next A-to-Z in April.
- I am pleased to contribute to Wikitree. (Wikitree – what is it and should I use it?) For a few years now I have been making an effort to transfer my research to WikiTree, a collaborative project intended to produce a single worldwide family tree. I have found that adding my family tree to WikiTree is an excellent way to review and verify my family history research. My family members and distant cousins can make use of what I’ve discovered and review sources to make sure that I didn’t get any of it wrong. In September I looked back on the progress I had made (Tree progress September 2022)
- A new software package or web application I embraced was Transkribus (Using Transkribus to decipher the death certificate of Gustav Grust 1839-1901)
- My sledge hammer did great work on my Jones and Hughes family brick wall (Tracking down Elizabeth Jones)
- I was pleased to help publish the family history of my grandfather’s second cousin (Pink Hats on Gentle Ladies: second edition by Vida and Daniel Clift)
- A geneasurprise I received was photo albums compiled by my great great aunt Rose and my 3rd great grandmother Charlotte de Crespigny nee Dana. In 2023 I look forward to sharing images from these albums. (Photograph albums from great great aunt Rose)
- In 2022 we finally met M., one of my husband’s Cross cousins. I also connected with some other Cross cousins and received copies of photos.
- Locating the parents of Frederick Harold Plowright gave me great joy. (Finding the parents of Frederick Harold Plowright born 1881)
- I looked for relatives in the newly released 1921 English census records (1921 census return for JG Cavenagh-Mainwaring and family)
- I progressed my DNA research by making an effort to understand the Thrulines tool at ancestry.com. (DNA: Exploring AncestryDNA Thrulines)
- An informative journal or newspaper article I found was an interim report into Australia’s productivity performance: 5-year Productivity Inquiry: The Key to Prosperity. (‘You’ve never had it so good’)
- A DNA discovery I made gave insight into the possible forebears of the Sullivan forebears of my husband Greg. I need some more test results to confirm this connection. (Looking for William Sullivan (1839 – ?))
I look forward to doing—and sharing—more family history research in 2023.
Anne's Family History 
As expected you had a wonderfully successful year. Congratulations Anne and thanks for supporting the Accentuate the Positive Challenge.
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Thanks Anne for an interesting read. You have done so much! What a beautiful wedding photo that is.
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You’ve had a very productive and rewarding year! I especially liked your statistical report and reminded me I’d planned to do something similar. I also need to look at Transkribus.
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Congratulations on a very productive year Anne. And thank you for enticing me to look at some of your other posts – Wikitree, Transkribus and the productivity report. I always enjoying reading of your progress and wish you all the best for the New Year. 🙂
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I loved seeing your summary of good things you made happen. My 2022 was a downer, but I’m determined to get back to a
productive level with my research and blog posts this year.
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