Jill Ball aka GeniAus

Added benefit of #rootstech and #notatrootstech tags is that I've found more #genealogy and #familyhistory bods to follow on @bsky.app 👏😁👏

RootsTech is packed with opportunities to learn! Come step inside one of the classrooms with me and see what the in-person sessions are really like. Whether you’re attending onsite or online, there’s something here to help you take your genealogy skills to the next level. #RootsTech2026

Summary of things at MyHeritage. 50 languages; 438 million historical newspapers plus Spanish and Dutch coming; New this week: Country Coding and Scribe AI; In-progress: DNA accuracy and artifacts, Family Infographic, and AI Video features

Some great things coming out today and in the future from @myheritageofficial.bsky.social #RootsTech

Hadn't seen TBV befy but thought people would understand. 😉

"When I was an unhappy little boy, going to the library changed my life. It may even have saved it. Amazing as it sounds, literature can do that for you. Books are your ticket to the whole world. They're a free ticket to the entire earth." Billy Connolly

On World Book Day I’d like simply say that we need more libraries and book swaps. I’d like to see them everywhere. In every community, shopping centre, school, social club. Wherever we go. And they should be stocked with lots of brand new books as well as old ones.

Good luck. 😉

Screen grab of the National Archives Ireland's new webpage celebrating the anniversary of the 1766 Religious Census of Ireland. 'A crucial genealogical resource for 18th century Ireland. https://nationalarchives.ie/help-with-research/research-guides/religious-census-1766/

Screengrab from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland showing the first in the series of rare surviving original 1766 census records held at NAI, where they have been carefully conserved. The screen grab shows how to browse through this collection using the 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons. https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP-1-648

Great new webpage by our wonderful colleagues at National Archives, Ireland, marking the anniversary of the 1766 Religious Census.
nationalarchives.ie/help-with-re... 🤩

See NAI's rare surviving 1766 originals 👇
virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP...
Click through to see the full series 🧐
See ALT text.

Haven't watched anything yet. Compiling a TBV list for later. #notatrootstech

#NotAtRootsTech Still checking out the many discounts offered by #RootsTech exhibitors. Browse the online expo hall to see these money-saving offers! #Genealogy #Discounts www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...

Reading for pleasure - Education Committee YouTube video by UK Parliament

UK inquiry into #reading for pleasure among children and young people, exploring what could help reverse its decline - I hope public #libraries and #teacherlibrarians in schools get a mention!

Was sad to hear that news. Diane was one of the first Genies I connected with via #socialmedia probably 15 years ago. #familyhistory

#familyhidtory #DNA

Welcome to #Bluesky @freeukgen.bsky.social . Thanks for your resources. Genies downunder appreciate your work and #genearosity.
#familyhistory #genealogy

Thanks for recommending. #notatrootstech

THESE ISLES: St Brigid of Kildare is one of Ireland’s three national saints, with Patrick and Columba. She is thought to have been an abbess who founded a 5th century monastic community at Kildare, as well as other convents of nuns. 1/8

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#NotatRootstech.
I've a few busy days ahead. I'll take a pass on watching #Rootsech sessions and catch up on recordings recommended by Genimates over the next few weeks. @janetfew.bsky.social your Timeline session is top of my TBV list. #familyhistory

Has it started?

#findagrave #cemeteries #familyhistory

Leafy Interior #ThursdayBins #London
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors

Away from the trashy tourist traps on #Santorini in #Greece is the amazing archaeological site of #Akrotiri

#familyhistory #cornwall

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors

Inside the #TerraceHouses of #Ephesus #Turkiye

The Libby app from local #publiclibrsries feeds my hunger for #ebooks #reading

Single frame. Karoline Leavitt on the press briefing lectern with a US flag and a large “chocolate wheel” with coloured panels showing: “REGIME CHANGE -YAY!; THEY’RE TERRORISTS!; THEY HAVE NUKES!; THEY DOT HAVE NUKES YET; WE WANT TO REPLACE THE LEADER; WE KILLED THE REPLACEMENTS; ARMAGEDDON!!!; PRE-EMPTIVE SELF-DEFENCE; BIBI IS OUR FRIEND; (SOME SCHOOLGIRLS MAY HAVE DIED); WHAT OIL?!; MID-TERMS - YIKES!” Leavitt says, “Next question?”

Spin.
My @smh cartoon.

Ouch.

A vibrant, colourful illustration with rainbow rays spreading outward from the centre. In the middle sits a black cloud shape with bold white handwritten text that reads: “You don’t need permission to fly, the wings are yours + the sky belongs to no one.” The overall tone is uplifting and empowering, with bright reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues and purples radiating behind the message. Picture by @anxiety.positive.

“What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” Erin Hanson

Sometimes the reminder we need is that we don’t have to wait for permission. Our ideas, our voice, our direction are already ours.
We’re allowed to go further than we once imagined.

🧡

#kindness #belief
Picture by @anxiety.positive

Just changed my topic. Madly filling planning spreadsheet with daily themes.
#AtoZChallenge #blog #blogging #bloghop #blogsky

Delighted to be featured in Irish Roots Magazine #genealogy

Demolished Toowong Cemetery Headstones - Friends of Toowong Cemetery Headstones demolished by the Brisbane City Council as part of their

Where did my family's grave go?

The Brisbane City Council demolished over 1000 graves in Toowong Cemetery in the 1970's.

We've published data about 725 demolished graves in a searchable table.

See a photo of the grave before it was demolished. 📸

www.fotc.au/headstones/d...