victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳

🍃Geneablogger & podcaster • 🇦🇺 • @justmevictoria_ 👋🏼 #Genealogy

[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🍃 THE CURIOUS GENEABUG 🐛 20•08•2026 🔎

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🐛🍃EPISODE #01🍃🐛
HOW I GOT INTO GENEALOGY

THIS WEEK we are relaunching this podcast, so let me reintroduce myself before we truly get started on this genealogy journey!

🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast platform of choice - new episodes every second Thursday!

[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

📷 day twelve: oldest photo in family

This is my paternal 2x great grandmother, Isabella Dunn, taken around 1870, prior to her marriage to my 2x great grandfather, William Kennedy.

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🤐 day eleven: an uncovered secret

One "secret" that I did manage to come across was that my maternal great grandfather, William Hamson, was a member of the Freemasons!

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🧬 day ten: a dna discovery

I did my DNA test through Ancestry like 10 years ago, but I've not really tapped into the potential of the links DNA can open up.

My ethnicity estimate is pretty interesting through.

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🍃 Join the fun of the #30DaysOfGenealogy Challenge - post something every day or pick & choose the prompts!

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🧑‍🌾 day nine: favourite story you've uncovered

OMG how do I choose just one favourite story - there's SO many of them!. This one actually features in an upcoming podcast episode, so I'll give you the condensed version here!

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🍃 THE CURIOUS GENEABUG 🐛 20•08•2026 🔎

#genealogy #familyhistory #ancestry #familytree

[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🧱 day eight: brick wall success

I have been very fortunate to connect with my great aunt's second child in recent years, and she has shared a lot of information, stories & two books with me, and this has fleshed out a lot.

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

📜 day seven: an interesting record

This is a commemorative booklet, marking the 100th anniversary of a landslide on Mount Rocca, Castellaccio, above the town of Ciappanico in Italy.

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

📜 day six: most surprising discovery

One document I came across while clearing out my grandparent's house a few years ago was something that I didn't even know existed - the front page of my great grandmother's family bible!

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🪦 day five: earliest burial site visited

I've visited a LOT of cemeteries trying to track down ancestors, but I think the earliest burial site is that of my 4x great grandfather, his youngest daughter, and his younger brother.

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

🪖 day four: a soldier in the family

William's story is one that I'll be diving into a little more on the podcast, so do stay tuned for that episode down the track.

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

💻 day three: current research goal

My current research is focuses on my Australian ancestors and fleshing on their stories before I progress further back and overseas.

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

💚 day two: how you got into family history

Well this is a spoiler for the intro episode of the podcast! But I'll condense the story a little for the sake of completing this challenge.

It’s all because of my mum!

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

💚 day one: your favourite ancestor

I always come back to is my maternal 3x great aunt: Winifred Lucy Little, nee Gleeson.

🍃 Join the fun of the #30DaysOfGenealogy Challenge - post something every day or pick & choose the prompts!

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🍃 It’s Family History Month!

This year's theme is 'Ancestors: Mundane to Magnificent', so I thought it would be the perfect time to tackle my own #30DaysOfGenealogy Challenge!

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[victoria | the curious geneabug 🪲🌳 @curiousgeneabug]

There isn't a return date set in stone, but I'm going to spend some time researching, writing and recording episodes so when I finally hit upload, there's a nice bank for regular releases.

So watch this space, and let me know what you'd LOVE to hear about on the pod!

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