31 Activities For Societies During NFHM – the first 15!

My 31 Activities For Societies During National Family History Month August 2013 Here are my reasons for suggesting these first 15 activities: 1 Hold a NFHM event (this could be your regular August meeting renamed or even a library open day) Now that NFHM is a month...

Family History Feast Melbourne Aug 2013

Having left Victoria last year I didn’t really expect to go to another Family History Feast but it was the 10th anniversary of the first Feast, and I was invited down for a photo opportunity with my two co founders of Family History Feast, Anne Piggott and Anne...

National Family History Month Launch 2013

Yesterday was the launch of National Family History Month 2013 and as the voluntary national coordinator I had the pleasure of chairing the launch at the Brisbane Office of the National Archives of Australia. To start with I highlighted all the changes this year and I...

Looking at the Irish & Immigration with GSQ

I’m back home after attending the Genealogical Society of Queensland’s annual seminar in Brisbane. This year the theme was Irish in the morning and Immigration in the afternoon. It was the first genealogy seminar I’ve been to since February (which is...