Report on Family History Down Under November 2022
It was good to finally attend FHDU 2022 a four-day event in person after the delays of Covid. Getting to Castle Hill in Sydney and staying at the Hills Lodge was not cheap but worth it. Most of the speakers were staying there and quite a few of the attendees who I...
Review of Sands of Time Conference Redcliffe October 2022
Despite the very unkind weather over the weekend, the Sands of Time genealogy conference was a big success. Three days of genealogy at the Dolphins Leagues Club at Redcliffe, Queensland. Just down the road from where I live if you don’t factor in the highway traffic....
RootsTech Connect 2022: My experience
Well RootsTech is all over again for another year. My only disappointment was that it was not in person. I have been promising myself this trip for the last few years but something has always prevented me from attending. Maybe 2023 will be the year. While virtual, it...
Review of Christchurch Family History Virtual Expo 15 August 2020
August is National Family History Month in Australia and New Zealand. Over the last decade, I have had the opportunity a number of times to visit New Zealand for their annual family history expo in Auckland. This year due to COVID 19, attending was not an option so I...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.