The University of Tasmania (UTAS) have found a need for short, free, online genealogy related courses. Their beginners course, writing course and convicts course have all proved popular. Now they are introducing two new courses, a new one on writing, with the other being about finding the stories in your family’s treasures. As with all […] Continue reading → 
Congress, the once-every-three-years event is the BIG one for Australian and New Zealand genealogy. Organised by the Australasian Federation of Family History Societies (AFFHO), and the dates for the next one (the 15th) which will be held in Sydney in 2018, have just been in released. The following was an announcement from the Society of […] Continue reading → 
National Family History Month (NFHM) is an initiative of the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations (AFFHO). NFHM has been an annual event in Australia and New Zealand since August 2006, originally organised as National Family History Week, which was held during the first week of August. But due to its ever increasing popularity, NFHM […] Continue reading → 
After a busy schedule of 3 cruises during 2016, Unlock the Past cruises are taking it a little easier in 2017 with just one scheduled. Having been around Australia, to New Zealand, to the Pacific Islands, around the UK and Europe, their 13th cruise is something totally different. This one goes from Brisbane to Papua […] Continue reading → 
Unlock the Past are hosting another History and Genealogy Expo. And this one will be in my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia. Here’s the when and where details so you can add it to your diary: When: Fri 7 October – Sat 8 October 2016, 9am-5pm each day Where: Immanuel College, 32 Morphett Road, Novar […] Continue reading → 
May is just around the corner, and South Australia’s History Festival for 2016 is ready and raring to go for 31 days of history events. Continue reading → 
The “Unlock the Past Cruise” T-shirts are back, but only for a limited time. If you would like your own ‘exclusive’ Unlock the Past cruise t-shirt be sure to get your order in by … Continue reading → 
It was on in 2015, and now it’s back again for 2016! #MuseumWeek is back. This is an opportunity for museums right around the world to show off their collections to the public, through social media. Continue reading → 
It’s that time of year again. Time for Unlock the Past’s next genealogy and history cruise. This one is their 10th and it takes cruisers from the top of New Zealand, down to the bottom of Australia and right over to Perth. A number of our staff (myself included) are heading over to New Zealand […] Continue reading → 
This one is for all of those social media lovers out there. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may remember I’ve written about #AskACurator Day, #AskArchivists Day and #MuseumSelfie Day in the past. All of these social media activities are aimed at making the archives and museums more accessible, and ‘seen’ to […] Continue reading → 
Kiama is a coastal town 120 kilometres south of Sydney with a very active genealogy group who are understandably getting very excited about their event which is just a few months away now. Date: 16 April 2016 Time: 9.30am to 4.00pm Place: Kiama Pavilion, Bong Bong Street, Kiama Cost: Free So if you are into […] Continue reading → 
Webinars are an amazing way to be able to expand your knowledge, and you can learn from some of the world’s best family historians from the comfort of your own home. Now the team at Legacy Family Tree Webinars have announced their schedule of webinars for 2016, and there is an incredible 63 of them! […] Continue reading → 
The Unlock the Past cruises have been known to attract many world renowned guest presenters, and the 10th Unlock the Past cruise which is coming up in February/March 2016 is no different. For this one they are honoured to have Judy G. Russell from the US (also known as The Legal Genealogist), Louis Kessler from […] Continue reading → 