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Family History Feast 2011 review
This year's Family History Feast was better than ever for a number of reasons. The day is organised by State Library Victoria (SLV), Public Record Office Victoria (PROV), National Archives of Australia (NAA), Victoria Office and BDMs Victoria and is a free event each...
SA & Victorian Border Genealogy Expo review
Well I have arrived back home after attending the Unlock the Past SA & Victorian Border history and genealogy expo at Mount Gambier. As usual I have a notebook bulging with new ideas and a list of things I want to follow up. There were over 40 exhibitors and the...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 28 Summer
I'm participating in the weekly blogging theme 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History and this week’s topic is all about Summer and what it was like when I was growing up. This is very much related to last week's topic on Vacations as we always had our annual...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 27 Vacations
Participating in the weekly blogging theme 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History is always a trip down memory lane and this week's topic of Vacations is no different. When we were really little our parents used to take us to Maroochydore to holiday with friends...
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History Week 26 Songs
Due to all my travelling around over the last month or so, I have missed a few weeks of the blogging theme 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History. It is an excellent theme to generate personal memories and to then capture them into a regular blog. This week's...
The 2011 Shoalhaven Family, Local and Cultural History Fair
Given that we live in Melbourne, readers may be wondering why we would drive all the way up to Nowra for this event. Well as the organisers know, we have relatives in Ulladulla (just down the road) and in previous years we have made the trip to coincide with a visit...
NSW History & Genealogy Expo, Coffs Harbour Day 2
Day 2 of the Unlock the Past Northern NSW history and genealogy at Coffs Harbour expo was another great day. One of the reasons I have particularly enjoyed this expo is the great venue (the C-ex Coffs Services Club) - there was a bar area near both theatres selling...
NSW History & Genealogy Expo, Coffs Harbour Day 1
The doors opened at 9.00am on 3 June for the first day of the Unlock the Past history and genealogy expo in beautiful Coffs Harbour. I can't believe it is so warm here for winter. We have been checking it out as a possible retirement spot next year. It's in our top 5...
Researching & Writing History
I attended the Unlock the Past Researching & Writing History Seminar in Adelaide on 13-14 May 2011. I'm starting to wonder if I attend too many genealogy seminars - why? At this seminar I caught up with people I met at the Genealogical Society of Victoria's...
Local Studies Centres in Australia & New Zealand: Unknown and Under-appreciated?
This week I attended the Sense of Place local studies conference in Sydney. It was a very stimulating three days which started with a half day sites bus tour. Places visited included: The Whitlam Branch Library - Fairfield City Libraries Fairfield City Museum and...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.