This Week In History
It is interesting to reflect on events that may have impacted on our ancestors lives. On 12 Oct 1838 the first Lutherans arrived in South Australia, led by Augustus Kavel having left Prussia because of religious repression. On 13 Oct 1933 the first traffic lights...Why is there a crimp on Cornish pasties?
At the weekend I went to the Central Highlands Family History Expo in Ballarat and the Cornish Association of Victoria, Ballarat Branch had a really interesting display and lots of useful books and other finding aids to help people with Cornish ancestors. My...Graeme Davison 2007 talk on podcast
Graeme Davison’s talk on speed relating and the internet revolution in genealogical research in 2007 is available as a podcast on the State Library of Victoria website. It is the last talk and listed under the Don Grant lecture. Listening to this may be an...Family History Online
The August 2009 issue of History Australia has a fascinating article by Graeme Davison on Speed-Relating: Family History in a Digital Age. Professor Davison talked on this topic when he gave the annual Don Grant lecture for the Victorian Association of Family History...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.