Registrations are now open for the Waves in Time Family & Local History Conference & Fair, which will be one of Australia’s biggest genealogy events in 2019, The conference will be held over three days from 24 to 26 May 2019 …
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Did your ancestors emigrate from England or Ireland to Queensland in the 1860s or 1870s? If your answer was yes, you’ll be interested in the “They Came Direct” series.
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Queensland genealogy group, the Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society are looking for...
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If you think that because Congress is over, there’s no other genie events to go to in...
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The Aldine histories are an essential reference work if your are researching in Queensland, New South Wales or South Australia. Authoritative, not only in the narrative history, but containing many thousands of biographies of early personalities and noted identities for each region – including those in regional areas. They also include beautiful photographs and sketches of scenes and buildings illustrating life and places as they were in the past.
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Well-known Queensland professional genealogist, author, and speaker Judy Webster has been adding indexes and records to her website to make it a valuable resource for those particularly with Queensland connections. Now she’s totally revamped (and actually moved) her website, so be sure to bookmark it.
Read MoreFor this highlight, let me introduce you to a new book that has recently been published. Tales from Bush Graves recounts the stories of 218 people who met their death in the Queensland bush, with most of these were caused by fever, accidents, suicide, and murders. The stories have been reconstructed from the actual inquests, with many including newspaper accounts of the day.
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