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...
Week 25 Immigration Records in 52 Weeks of Genealogical Records in 2014
This blog challenge is to stimulate my own genealogy blogging efforts in 2014 by focusing on a different kind of genealogical record each week. I wanted a challenge that reflected my own archival background as well as my own genealogy interests and there are probably...
Angling for Ancestors Seminar Report Oct 2014
Angling for Ancestors was a two day seminar organised by the Gold Coast Family History Society and held at the Bicentennial Community Centre at Nerang. Day one was talks and displays while day two was visits to local museums and heritage centers. Over a hundred people...
Speaker with two talks - Mining ancestors in Australia and Researching at the National Archives of Australia.