Exploring family & local history - Perth 2018
Event Information
When
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8 Jun 2018 9:00am - 9 Jun 2018 5:00pm
Where
- State Library of WA, 25 Francis Street, Perth Cultural Centre
- Perth
- Western Australia
Other Information
- Cost: $87 for both days, $57 for one day
Contact
- alan@gould.com.au
- 08 8263 2055
- website
A two-day Exploring family & local history seminar with
- Shauna Hicks (Qld)
- Kerry Farmer (NSW)
4 top reasons to be there
- LEARN - over two days to learn from leading Australian genealogists
- DNA - find out why the interest in this emerging technology, what it can do for you - and what it can't
- NETWORK - two days to interact with exhibitors and others with similar interests
- SAVE - with seminar specials and hundreds of $$$ worth of prizes
WHEN: Friday - Saturday 8-9 June 2018
WHERE: State Library of WA
25 Francis Street
Perth Cultural Centre
Perth WA
Presenters - further details to come
Shauna Hicks (Qld) - click here for full biography
Shauna has been tracing her own family history since 1977 and worked in government for over 35 years in libraries and archives in Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. Since retiring, she has written a number of family history guides and is a regular speaker at genealogy cruises, conferences and seminars. She now operates a small part time research and consultancy business Shauna Hicks History Enterprises at www.shaunahicks.com.au and is the author of the blog, Diary of an Australian Genealogist.
Shauna has a number of tertiary qualifications from Queensland universities including a Master of Arts in Australian Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Library Science and a Diploma in Family Historical Studies from the Society of Australian Genealogists. She is a Fellow of the Queensland Family History Society; a recipient of the Australian Society of Archivists Distinguished Achievement Award and the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations’ Services to Family History Award.
Kerry Farmer (NSW) - click here for full biography
Kerry is the Director Australian Studies, developing the Australian Records certificate for the internationally recognised National Institute for Genealogical Studies. Kerry is the author of DNA for genealogists and Arrivals in Australia from 1788. Together with Rosemary Kopittke, Kerry also wrote Which genealogy program? and a number of handy guides - all published by Unlock the Past.
Kerry has served on the Education Committee of the Society of Australian Genealogists, and presents seminars and classes there as well as at other conferences and forums and undertakes commissioned family history research assignments for others.
Kerry has researched her own family history for over 30 years, researching ancestors predominantly from Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. She has also tackled the family branches in Canada, United States, South Africa, India, Germany, Poland, Norway and Russia. Kerry graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Pure Mathematics), and also with a Bachelor of Arts (Literature).
Kerry is a frequent speaker for Unlock the Past (genealogy cruises and land events) and many other events.
Booking
COST
PRE-BOOKED (by Wed 6 Jun 2018) $87 for both days, $57 for one day
(pre-book to be in the prize draw for several hundred $$$ in prizes)
ON THE DAY $90 for both days, $60 for one day
CLICK HERE or the icon below to go to the booking page
Program - subject to change
Friday 8 June 2018
9.00am | registration and exhibition |
9.25am | welcome and seminar introduction |
9.30am | Online newspapers: new pathways to finding ancestors (Australian & overseas newspapers) - S. Hicks |
10.20am | topic and speaker TBA |
11.00am | break and exhibition |
11.30am | UK RECORDS - K. Farmer - English & Scottish BMD - UK census records & valuation records |
12.30pm | lunch break and exhibition |
1.50pm | Why use a computer program for genealogy? - D. Elms |
2.15pm | Why join a society? - WAGS |
2.30pm | School days: education records for family history - S. Hicks |
3.20pm | break and exhibition |
4.00pm | Immigration to Australia - K. Farmer |
4.50pm | close |
Saturday 9 June 2018
10.00am | registration and exhibition |
10.25am | welcome and seminar introduction |
10.30am | Family history on the cheap: tips and tricks - S. Hicks |
11.20am | break and exhibition |
11.50am | DNA: I’ve done my test, what’s next? - K. Farmer |
12.40pm | prize draw |
12.50pm | lunch break and exhibition |
2.00pm | Oral history for family and local historians - provisional - to be confirmed |
2.40pm | Mining ancestors: knowing where to look - S. Hicks |
3.30pm | break and exhibition |
3.50pm | Using local history to help family history - K. Farmer |
4.40pm | close |
Other information
Exhibition - an exhibition with information and sales tables will be open in all breaks and before the first presentations each day.
Food - this is not included in the seminar cost. Options are
- Aroma Cafe - which offers light refreshments (limited capacity to serve large numbers)
- other cafes are available in the courtyard outside or nearby
- bring your own - to eat in the courtyard
Parking - available on site
Sponsors and exhibitors
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