by shaunahicks | Aug 20, 2013 | Blog
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...
by shaunahicks | Aug 15, 2013 | Blog
My 31 Activities For Researchers During National Family History Month August 2013 Here are the first 15 activities: 1 Visit your local library and explore the genealogy and local history sections My local library is the Bribie Island branch of the Moreton Bay...
by shaunahicks | Aug 7, 2013 | Blog
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...
by shaunahicks | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog
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...
by shaunahicks | Jul 1, 2013 | Blog
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...
by shaunahicks | Apr 24, 2013 | Blog
As usual I am participating in Kintalk’s (Auckland City Libraries) annual Trans Tasman ANZAC day blog challenge. This year I am featuring my father’s three great uncles Robert, John and Denis Patrick Finn who enlisted in World War One. Although all three...