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Report on Australian Historical Association conference Brisbane July 2014
Well I spent last week attending the Australian Historical Association (AHA) conference at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. The University has changed a lot since my time there. It was five days of history, catching up with friends, networking, social events...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 21 Obituaries
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
Update on National Family History Month August 2014
National Family History Month is is an initiative of AFFHO, the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations and started as a week in 2006 and extended to a month from 2013. It is held annually in August in Australia and New Zealand and there are just over...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 20 Mining Records
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 19 Family Bibles
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focussing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 18 Almanacs
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focussing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 17 Court Records
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
Report on GSQ annual genealogy seminar day 26 May 2014
This is an annual event hosted by the Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSQ) that I have had the privilege of speaking at over the years, much easier now that I am living closer to Brisbane. Even if I was not speaking, I would still attend as the speakers are...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 16 Naturalization & Citizenship Records
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014 – Week 15 Civil Registration and Certificates
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focussing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.