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Waves in Time Family & Local History Conference, Queensland – Part 2
This is the second blog post on my attendance at the Waves in Time Conference on the Sunshine Coast in May 2019. Read Part 1 here. Part 2 looks at the Conference over Saturday and Sunday. With the exception of the Keynotes, there was a dual program on both days. This...
Waves in Time 2019 Family & Local History Conference – Queensland Part 1
After two years of waiting and planning, the 3rd biannual History Queensland family and local history conference is over. Waves in Time was a wonderful conference thanks to the extensive planning by Caloundra Family History Research and History Queensland. The venue...
Waves in Time – Meet the Speakers – Barb Toohey
I am a proud ambassador for the upcoming Waves in Time conference on the Sunshine Coast. Ambassadors are doing a series of blog posts on speakers and sponsors to help promote the conference and get the excitement going. My sixth and final speaker interview is with...
Waves in Time – Meet the Speakers – Cara Downes, National Archives of Australia
I am a proud ambassador for the upcoming Waves in Time conference on the Sunshine Coast. Ambassadors are doing a series of blog posts on speakers and sponsors to help promote the conference and get the excitement going. My fifth speaker interview is with Cara Downes...
Waves in Time – Meet the Speakers – Michelle Patient, The Patient Genie
I am a proud ambassador for the upcoming Waves in Time conference on the Sunshine Coast. Ambassadors are doing a series of blog posts on speakers and sponsors to help promote the conference and get the excitement going. My fourth speaker interview is with Michelle...
Waves in Time – Meet the Speakers – Dan Kelly, Boolarong Press
I am a proud ambassador for the upcoming Waves in Time conference on the Sunshine Coast. Ambassadors are doing a series of blog posts on speakers and sponsors to help promote the conference and get the excitement going. My third interview is with Dan Kelly from...
Waves in Time – Meet the Speakers – Jason Reeve, Ancestry
I am a proud ambassador for the upcoming Waves in Time conference on the Sunshine Coast. Ambassadors are doing a series of blog posts on speakers and sponsors to help promote the conference and get the excitement going. My second speaker interview is with Jason Reeve...
Finding Female Ancestors – International Women’s Month
March is International Women's Month and previous years I have blogged about my own female ancestors. Time flies as I thought I wrote about My Four Great Grandmothers last year, but it was back in 2016. This year I decided to write about some of my favourite resources...
Waves in Time 2019 – Meet the Speakers – Niles Elvery, Queensland State Archives
I am a proud ambassador for the upcoming Waves in Time conference on the Sunshine Coast. Ambassadors are doing a series of blog posts on speakers and sponsors to help promote the conference and get the excitement going. My first speaker interview is with Niles Elvery...
Trove Tuesday – Karisma Estate, Toorbul & the Carnegie Family
My great great great grandparents John and Helen Carnegie are buried in the only surviving grave in the old Toorbul cemetery, now a historic reserve. I have found all types of records about the family and their oyster leases in Pumicestone Passage after they settled...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.