Roads, Bridges and Tracks Living in Kashmir: A Year of People, Places and Memories Roads Roads are the lifeblood of towns, cities and mountain communities and in 1979...

R for some remarkable roads, bridges and tracks #AtoZChallenge #familyhistory #personalmemories earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/road...

Quirky Tales Living in Kashmir: A Year of People, Places and Memories We were but two of the Australian contingent in Kashmir that year. So far, my stori...

Q in the #AtoZChallenge is for Quirky Tales, one very scary one. earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/quir...

Papier Mâché and People Living in Kashmir: A Year of People, Places and Memories Papier Mâché In Kashmir, papier mâché was not merely a souvenir industry. It occupi...

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The OK tickets Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories Are you OK? We landed back in Karachi after our Kenyan adventures, stepping...

O for the OK tickets post in the #AtoZChallenge #familyhistory #personalmemories earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

The OK tickets Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories Are you OK? We landed back in Karachi after our Kenyan adventures, stepping...

Are you OK? they asked. #AtoZChallenge earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

A Near Miss Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories After several months of challenging postings on field stations, observers w...

A Near miss in Nairobi earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-ne... #AtoZChallenge #familyhistory #personalmemories

Managing Medical Matters Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories Before our departure for the sub-continent, we were both subjected to a ran...

Managing Medical Matters in our year in Kashmir. Today’s post in the #AtoZChallenge earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/mana... #personalmemoories #familyhistory

Lakes and Lambrettas Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories Life on the Lakes The tourist in us, enjoyed the tranquility offered by ric...

My post in the #AtoZChallenge today earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/lake... #familyhistory #personalmemories

A Kitchen and the Khyber Pass Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories A Kitchen The central role that kitchens play in one’s life has me looking ...

Today we are up to letter K in the #AtoZChallenge A Kitchen, the Khyber Pass #familyhistory #personalmemories earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-ki...

Thank you, the audience thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. Most are overwhelmed with things they need to consider following your guidance. 👏👏👏

I is for Inkerman "Battle of Inkermann - Arrival of Bosquet's division" by Adolphe Bayot (1855)From Wikimedia Commons The Victorian gold rushes, which began in 1851, coincided with the Crimean War (1853–1856). With patriotic fervour miners and settlers named new townships, gold leads, and geographical features after the battlefields and heroes of the war.  Newspapers reported the conflict with enthusiasm. For example:

I is for Inkerman

"Battle of Inkermann - Arrival of Bosquet's division" by Adolphe Bayot (1855)From Wikimedia Commons The Victorian gold rushes, which began in 1851, coincided with the Crimean War (1853–1856). With patriotic fervour miners and settlers named new townships, gold leads, and…

Blogging from A to Z 2026 - I is for Iona and Isabela As I travel the world I take many photos that pique my interest. During the year April 2025 to March 2026 our travels included visits to man...

My Island Hopping today for the @atozchallenge.bsky.social #blogging challenge takes me to Iona and Isabela. #Travel
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A to Z Challenge — The Living Archive: Notes to My 94-Year-Old Self Labeling the Primary Sources of My Own History—featuring annotations and reflections from the community of readers joining the search.

Another series of inspiring posts in the #AtoZChallenge where Lauren writes notes to her future 94 yr old self lulumackenzieofthearchives.substack.com/p/a-to-z-cha...

Article I – The Measday Boys: The Apprentice Who Wanted to Go Back to the Industrial School This post is part of the Blogging from  A to Z Challenge  (#AtoZChallenge), ...

Sandra digs deep into what’s behind each of the news articles in her posts for the #AtoZChallenge revealing a depth of research #genealogy ancestralresearchjournal.blogspot.com/2026/04/arti...

Srinagar house in winter 1980

A spectacular parade in India, January 1980 and a Srinagar house in winter. Today’s #AtoZChallenge #familyhistory #personalmemories Letter I earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/ingl...

Houseboats on the Lakes Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories Houseboats The British colonials were ever resourceful in escaping the fier...

H for Houseboats on the Lakes #AtoZChallenge #familyhistory #personalmemories earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/hous...

Golf at Gulmarg and Goats Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories Gulmarg Gulmarg sits high in the mountains at an altitude of 2,650 metres, ...

#AtoZChallenge Golf at Gulmarg and Goats earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/golf... #familyhistory #personalmemories

The Fish Market, Fear and Friendship Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories The Fish Market in Rawalpindi The fish market in Rawalpindi was a unique ex...

Today I recall a scene in the fish market in Rawalpindi and friendships too. #AtoZChallenge #familyhistory #personalmemories earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Embroidery and an Elephant Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories Embroidered goods Among the many crafts displayed in bazaars of Kashmir, th...

An Elephant in the yard #AtoZChallenge #personalMemories #familyhistory earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/embr...

Very appropriate timing.😀

The Bates Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 7 Happy Caturday From the Editor-in-Chief

The case of the Easter Bunny substack.com/home/post/p-...

Dak bungalows and Darra Living in Kashmir 1979-80 : A Year of People, Places and Memories Dak Bungalows The dak bungalow, as far as I am able to ascertain, was a pe...

Today’s contribution to the April #AtoZChallenge Dak bungalows and Darra, in the series Living in #Kashmir 1979-80. earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/dak-...

Thanks Jill.

Carpets, Chilli Chicken and Crossing the Line Living in Kashmir 1979-80 : A Year of People, Places and Memories Carpets Kashmiri carpets ranged from the exquisite silk weaves in jewel-li...

Today’s letter C in the #AtoZChallenge is about Carpets, Chilli Chicken and Crossing the Line. earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/carp...

Bazaars, Banks and Baramulla Living in Kashmir 1979-80: A Year of People, Places and Memories Bazaars Bazaars of all sorts were fascinating to browse. From beautifully c...

Todays post in the #AtoZChallenge Bazaars, Banks & Baramulla earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/baza...

Picture of overloaded camel against a background of Kashmiri mountains

First post in the annual April blogging #A2ZChallenge earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/04/arri...

I find most of these things via Ancestry DNA ridiculously wrong. Likely to wiggle your ears,👂 likely to be a high jumper!!!!

Whose family stories get to exist? When using AI is called cheating, the real question is who gets shut out of the historical record.

An excellent defence of those who use AI to help them get family stories written open.substack.com/pub/denyseal...

Its looking good. Hats off to you!

April A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal This is a month long challenge held in April with bloggers posting each day except Sundays using the twenty six letters of the alphabet. Peo...

It’s time to reveal themes for the April A-Z blogging challenge. Mine is right here earlieryears.blogspot.com/2026/03/apri...