In response to a thread on the General forum suggesting an "On this Day" thread, we have put together some ideas of how members could use blogs to record events in their family history.
Click here to view thread.

The tables below can be copied and pasted into a member's blog and be used for such things as
  • transcription of journals/diaries,
  • timeline of events either from your research as a whole or a timeline relating to a particular individual, surname line or event.
  • recording the military records of an ancestor, e.g. enlistment, postings, promotions

- or other similar records in your possession.


EXAMPLES:

Transcription of diary entries - written by Mollie Crawford (my grandmother)

DATE DIARY TRANSCRIPTION
1st January 1891 type text here
10th January 1891 type text here
row height will expand as you enter text
rows can easily be inserted or deleted


Timeline of events in my Family History

DATE NAME EVENT
1st January 1845 James Wareham Entry in the Criminal Registers (source Ancestry) show that James ... .. ........ ..... ..... .... ... .......... ..................................... ............. ...................... ............... ....... ................ .............. ....................... ............. ...................... ............... ....... ................ ..................................... ............. .... (text will wrap in the row)
10th January 1865 George Wareham George, his wife Mollie, and three children Mary, John and James, emigrated to Australia. Shown on the passenger lists travelling on SS Cumberland, sailing from Southampton on 10 January, arriving Australia ..................... ................. etc

4 column table ...

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NOTE: column widths can be reset to suit content




For those that prefer not to work with tables, then by simply using the "indent" option on the advanced editor tool, the following effect could be achieved.

1st January 1845
James Wareham
Entry in the Criminal Registers (source Ancestry) show that James ... .. ........ ..... ..... .... ... .......... ..................................... ............. ...................... ................................. ............. ...................... ............... ....... ................ ................................... .... (text will wrap in the row)


10th January 1865
George Wareham
George, his wife Mollie, and three children Mary, John and James, emmigrated to Australia. Shown on the passenger lists (source Ancestry) travelling on SS Cumberland, sailing from Southampton on 10 January, arriving Australia ..................... ................. etc.