My 100th post! Hurray!

It's taken 2 nearly 3 years to get to my 100th post. Wow.

Here are the most visited pages as stated my statcounter:

Descendants of Mohammed Ali Jinnah
It seems many people wanted to know more about the nation's founder.

How many Pakistanis live in the UK?
This one suprised me a tad as I honestly didn't think this would be popular. So, there is a sense that visitors to this post wanted to know about their roots.

Graves in Karachi
Not much to say about this one, as I was only able to provide a list of cemeteries (not complete). I wonder if any Karachites would be willing to share more information about cemeteries in their city.

I would just like to say, it's not been easy getting to the 100th post certainly because I felt I was a little lost for direction in terms of content. What should I write about? What should I include? All in all, I'm glad to have reached this milestone. It means I've stuck with this blog for some time so I'm pleased. I hope to go on for another 100 posts! So, wish me luck :)

Thanks to all the readers out there (even the quiet ones that don't comment or email).

Remembering our shaheed .. 15

I'm posting more announcements of our shaheed (martyred) who are fighting for our country, our people and our freedom.

Friday December 25th 2010

'Taliban militants attacked five checkpoints in the troubled Mohmand Agency after Thursday midnight, sparking a clash which left 11 paramilitary soldiers and 24 attackers dead.
They said that 11 soldiers of the Frontier Corps had lost their lives and 12 others suffered injuries in the attacks.' (Dawn)

Note: I can only provide you with names if I find them in the news articles I browse. If you think something needs correcting, please do leave me a message. I try my best.

We should all pray for these men and their families and recognise their courage and sacrifice for their country.

Are you related to a soldier? Do you have memories of a loved one dying in a war? Do you have a message for the soldiers fighting? Leave me a comment.

Tombstone Tuesday - Aziz Fatma (1914-1993)

For Tombstone Tuesday, I am posting this photograph I came across of a Muslim tombstone on Flickr. It was taken by CM Fish at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Seattle, Washington so thanks to him/her for letting me share it with you.

'[Arabic script]
AZIZ FATMA
(FROM PAKISTAN)
BORN IN INDIA - 1914
DIED IN SEATTLE - 1993
WIFE OF
ABDUL HAMEED KHAN - LAWYER'

Translation of the Arabic script:
"In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate"
"To God we belong and unto Him is our return"

One year on .. (7)

An unnamed soldier
lost his life in military operations in South Waziristan
on 8th January 2010


Burial: Unknown

Installing Family Tree Builder 5.0

Back in November, MyHeritage announced the release of a brand new version of Family Tree Builder 5.0. I had downloaded the previous version some time ago and after using it a few times had begun to use Legacy as my main genealogy software. The release of the new version got me excited aboout the software again so I decided to upgrade to version 5.0

Here's how I downloaded Family Tree Builder the first time:

• Go to the My Heritage website: http://www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder

• Click on the download link

• Choose custom install

• Wait a few minutes..

• Product registration:

First name, last name, gender, email address, password

• Click next

But it wouldn't let me register since the email address I provided was already being used. Did I have an account with MyHeritage already? I couldn't remember so I checked my email inbox but alas no, I wasn't a member. This meant someone else had already used the same email address as me so instead I used my Yahoo email which was annoying cos I didn't really check emails from that account. How inconvenient!

This stuff was optional:

Birth year, address, city, country, post code, telephone

• Then click finish

Then it asked me if I wanted to upgrade to a premium account I clicked 'no' and then it asked to enable automatic publishing for online backup, I clicked, 'yes.'

So anyone else felt the urge to upgrade or to try out MyHeritage software?

Mohammed Ali Jinnah's 134th Birthday

134 years ago today,
Qaid e Azam -
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
was born in Wazir Mansion, Karachi district, of lower Sindh.

As we celebrate the birth of Jinnah,
I would like to wish all Christians in Pakistan and around the world, a very merry Christmas.

Remembering our shaheed .. 14

I'm posting more announcements of our shaheed (martyred) who are fighting for our country, our people and our freedom.

Thursday November 25th 2010

'Two personnel of Frontier Corps were killed and three others received injuries when their vehicle was targeted with a remote controlled bomb in Bara area of Khyber Agency on Thursday. ' (Dawn)

'A paramilitary soldier was killed and six others were injured when a bomb exploded in Sarmalo Kando area of Orakzai on Thursday. Hangu DCO Adeel Sadiq narrowly escaped the attack.

Official sources said that militants detonated the bomb with remote control when a convoy of 11 vehicles escorting the DCO was in the area.

The deceased was identified as Lance Naik Rahman Wali. One vehicle was destroyed in the attack.' (Dawn)

Note: I can only provide you with names if I find them in the news articles I browse. If you think something needs correcting, please do leave me a message. I try my best.

We should all pray for these men and their families and recognise their courage and sacrifice for their country.

Are you related to a soldier? Do you have memories of a loved one dying in a war? Do you have a message for the soldiers fighting? Leave me a comment.