Interview With Richard Reid: keynote speaker AFFHO Congress 2015
As one of the official AFFHO Congress 2015 bloggers, it is my pleasure to interview speakers and learn more about them prior to the Congress in Canberra in March 2015. Organised by AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations), Congress is only held...
Frederick Trevaskis – Remembrance Day Tribute
Each ANZAC and Remembrance Day I like to do a tribute to one of my military ancestors. Frederick Trevaskis was a distant cousin (my great grandmother Dorcas Trevaskis was his aunt) and in the centenary year of World War One it is fitting to dedicate this blog to him....
Norfolk Island History & Genealogy Conference 29-31 Oct 2014
This was an Unlock The Past event held on the historic and picturesque Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the Pacific. Australians with convict ancestry may have had an ancestor or two who were sent to either the First Settlement 1788-1814 or the Second...
Eastern Australia Unlock the Past cruise 23-26 Oct 2014 report
This was a different type of cruise to what I had been on previously. As a three night cruise on the Celebrity Solstice with no port stops it was described as a sampler cruise for those who might be considering a longer cruise but not sure if they would like being at...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.