The Mason family...

How's this for amazing...  I was tidying up my Hotmail account when I came across an email whcih was sent over a month ago asking if I (we) have a Daniel Mason in the tree.  I replied saying "no, please provide further names."  I had a response immediately mentioning names such as George Mason and William Mason (born bef. October 1806), anyway it turns out the names were a direct match, after a number of emails backwards and forwards the thread turns to "June" mentioning she moved from Sandbach, Cheshire to Queensland in 1973 to just north of Brisbane, with me replying that we live just north of Brisbane; at which point we're freaking out; anyway it turns out my forth cousin once removed (June) lives in Morayfield (just north of Brisbane).  The plan is to catch up and share stories and research.  Genealogy is part research and mostly luck!  Amazing don't you think?!

Well there are big celebrations here in the Mason household as I have just found out that I have passed my course, and actually got a distinction on my last assignment! The last year has been phenomenal - making the transition from full time Mum, to part time student, to now nearly registered nurse has been challenging to say the least, and I want to say a big thank you to all of you who have supported me in one way or another during it. I am looking forward to having a bit of free time now (that is until I start work!) but hopefully will be updating the blog regularly now that I don't have to go straight to my assignments whenever I turn it on. I'll get Tricky to show me how to download photos as well, and we can join the blog circuit well and truly. I'm off now to go and help Ange prepare for Liams birthday party tomorrow!