Speaker Topics

Following is a list of topics submitted by our speakers. Use the 'Sort' option to sort by category or place. This list will increase as:
- some speakers have yet to submit details
- we expect additions relating to new major sponsors services
- there are a number of topics missing from our list which we hope to cover in due course

Further details are still to come - including topic overview, length of presentation and what may be required of a host (internet access data projector etc)

Australia - National

The militarisation of Australia 1908-1914 - Andrew Kilsby
The Sea Queen – reconstructing the history (and plans) of a convict and settler barque - Andrew Kilsby
The terrible first day – how Oakleigh lost five mates at Fromelles. - Andrew Kilsby
An Introduction to the Colonial Secretary's Papers and the Australian Joint Copying Project - Cora Num
Ancestors in Church: Using Church Publications - Shauna Hicks
Ancestry.com: What does it offer? - Rosemary Kopittke
Archives You May Not Know But Should - Shauna Hicks
Arrived by sea: a comprehensive examination of “Free” passenger records - Carol Baxter
Asylum Records: A Place to Look for Missing Ancestors - Shauna Hicks
Australian BDM Records - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Australian Census and Muster Records - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Australian Colonial Contingents to the Queen Victoria Jubilee 1897 - Andrew Kilsby
Australian Convict Records - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Australian Directories - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Australian Electoral Rolls - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Australian Government and Police Gazettes - Carole Riley
Australian Government Gazettes - Vicki Eldridge
Australian Government, Police & Education Gazettes - Rosemary Kopittke
Australian Immigration records(assisted and unassisted) - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Australian Joint Copying Project - a neglected resource - Ann Swain
Australian Naturalization Records - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Australian newspapers - Carol Baxter
Australia’s greatest bank robbery - Carol Baxter
Bail Up! The story of Australia’s most successful bushranger - Carol Baxter
Bankruptcy Records - Andrew Peake
Be a Sport: Archives and published sources to discover your ancestors sporting achievements - Bruce Smith
Bearing arms for the King: tracing British military ancestors - Carol Baxter
Behind Bars: Convicts and Criminals - Shauna Hicks
Big Brother is Watching - Australian Government Archives - Kerry Farmer
Blogs for Family Historians - Carole Riley
Case study: researching the notorious Mary Ann Bugg - Carol Baxter
Charles Ledger - Quinine and Fluffy Camels - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Colonial Christmas Observations - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Colonial crimes and criminals - Carol Baxter
Convict Ancestors: Fascinating and Frustrating to Research - Shauna Hicks
Convicts on the Internet - Cora Num
Convicts: From trial to freedom - Kerry Farmer
Crossing the Water - Immigration to Australia - Kerry Farmer
Directories and almanacs - Rosemary Kopittke
Distressed Weavers Emigration Scheme - Helen Smith
DNA for genealogists - Kerry Farmer
Electoral rolls and directories - Carol Baxter
Family Photo Book - Rosemary Kopittke
Family Photo Book: a Great Way to Present your History - Alan Phillips
Fashion History: British and Australian - Leigh Summers
Finding your Australian Jewish Ancestors - Kim Phillips
Finding your World War 1 ANZACs - Kerry Farmer
Findmypast - the World Collection - Rosemary Kopittke
Findmypast Australasia - Rosemary Kopittke
Free at last! Records of Pardons, Certificates of Freedom and Tickets of Leave. - Carol Baxter
Friendly Societies and family history - Helen Smith
Gold Fever (being developed) - Vicki Eldridge
Harry O and the Irish Connection - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Heritage Tourism - Cathy Dunn
How Did They Get Here?: Locating Shipping and Immigration Records - Cora Num
Immigration Records to Australia Post World War II - Andrew Peake
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley
Introduction to World War I
Introduction to World War II
Japanese training ship visits to Australia 1882-1906 - Andrew Kilsby
Land ahoy! Tracing ancestors who arrived by sea - Carol Baxter
Life as an Air Mechanic 2 Sqn AFC 1915-1919 - Andrew Kilsby
Making the Most of Archives: Tips for Using National and State Archives - Shauna Hicks
Marksmen and Commanders – selected Australian contingent commanders to the Boer War - Andrew Kilsby
Milestones in Australian history of relevance to family historians - Carol Baxter
Mining Ancestors: Knowing Where to Look - Shauna Hicks
Native Americans in Australia in 1890’s - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Newspapers for use in family history - Kerry Farmer
Newspapers: A family history treasure chest - Helen Smith
Nicked! Tracing criminals and their crimes in Britain and Australia - Carol Baxter
No Medicare for them: How our ancestors accessed health care - Helen Smith
Occupational Records: Getting Them Working for You - Cora Num
Online newspapers: Finding out what happened in the "dash" - Rosemary Kopittke
Online Newspapers: New Pathway to Discovering Ancestors - Shauna Hicks
Overview of Genealogy Software (in development) - Alan Phillips
Polled! Australian muster and census returns - Carol Baxter
Prisoners of Conscience in Colonial Australia. - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Probationary Convicts - 1838 to 1868. - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Researching Australian ancestors - Shauna Hicks
Researching Convict Ancestors - Vicki Eldridge
Researching in Country Newspapers - John Graham
Researching Land and Buildings - Susie Zada
Researching local district WWI dead and honour rolls - Andrew Kilsby
Retransportation: researching convicts sentenced to secondary penal settlements - Carol Baxter
Ryerson Index - Helen Smith
Scottish Convicts - Ann Swain
Subscription websites and how to get good value - Kerry Farmer
Taking a Lead from Government and Police Gazettes - Vicki Eldridge
Taking Care of Business: Locating and using Australian Business Archives for Family History Research - Bruce Smith
The Black Death (Plague) in Australia - Helen Smith
The Donnithorne Saga - Ray Thorburn, OAM
The findmypast suite - UK, Ireland, Australasia and USA - Rosemary Kopittke
The Great White Fleet – the stupendous visit of the US Fleet to Australia 1908 - Andrew Kilsby
The life and times of Octavious Skinner Burton – cavalryman and police officer - Andrew Kilsby
The life and times of Thomas Joshua Jackson – of Young & Jackson Hotel - Andrew Kilsby
The Master Genealogist (TMG) (Genealogy program by Wholly Genes) - various topics - Kerry Farmer
The murder that kick-started the communication revolution - Carol Baxter
The rifle club movement in Australia 1850-1920 - Andrew Kilsby
The Ryerson Index - John Graham
The Thunderbolt conspiracy - Carol Baxter
TheGenealogist.co.uk: What's the difference? - Rosemary Kopittke
Thomas Wells - Convict and Author - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Tour of Australian Repositories for Family Historians - Graham Jaunay
Tracing Your Criminal Ancestors - Carol Baxter
Transported beyond the seas: a comprehensive examination of convict transportation records - Carol Baxter
Travelling Showmen (with special reference to circus) - Mark St Leon
TROVE & Other NLA Treasures - Shauna Hicks
Unlock the Past: For Societies, Libraries and all Researchers - Alan Phillips
Unlocking Government and Police Gazettes - Alan Phillips
Using "Find My Past" - Kerry Farmer
Using "Scotland's People" - Kerry Farmer
Where? What? Still? Researching Your Ancestor’s Home - Susie Zada
Which Genealogy Program? - Kerry Farmer
Working Lives - A genealogist’s guide to working through Trade Union archives to discover more about our ancestor’s working lives - Bruce Smith

Australian Capital Territory

Heritage Tourism - Cathy Dunn
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley

British Isles

19th Century British Records (General Register Office and Census) - Jeremy Palmer
19th Century British Records (General Register Office, Census and Parish Registers) - Jeremy Palmer
Ancestry.com: What does it offer? - Rosemary Kopittke
Bearing arms for the King: tracing British military ancestors - Carol Baxter
Beyond the Census - Pre 1841 British Census Substitutes - Jeremy Palmer
British First World War Records - Jeremy Palmer
British Guild Records - Jeremy Palmer
British Military Records - Jeremy Palmer
British Research - specific eras and places (Norwich: 1570 Census of the Poor, 16th and 17th century research, Gaelic Scotland, UK genealogy on the internet) - Lesley Silvester
British Research - specific eras and places (Norwich: 1570 Census of the Poor, 16th and 17th century research, Gaelic Scotland, UK genealogy on the internet) - Mike Murray
Checking the Big 5 - creating your check list for UK research - Jan Gow
Civil Registrations of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland - Allan Murrin
England and Wales Family History - Neil Chippendale
Fashion History: British and Australian - Leigh Summers
Findmypast - the World Collection - Rosemary Kopittke
Friendly Societies and family history - Helen Smith
Isles of St Kilda - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Newspapers for use in family history - Kerry Farmer
Newspapers: A family history treasure chest - Helen Smith
Nicked! Tracing criminals and their crimes in Britain and Australia - Carol Baxter
Online newspapers: Finding out what happened in the "dash" - Rosemary Kopittke
Pauper Migration from Britain - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Researching in Kent - Helen Smith
Researching in UK archives from Abroad - Helen Smith
Robbie Burns’ Universality (Burns’ Night Toast) - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Robbie Burn’s Humanity (Burns’ Night Toast) - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Sir John Elley - Soldier of the King - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Something from nothing: reading between the lines of military records - Carol Baxter
Subscription websites and how to get good value - Kerry Farmer
Tagged: Surnames in the making - Carol Baxter
The British Parish Chest - Jeremy Palmer
The Dreadnought Migration Scheme from the UK - Ray Thorburn, OAM
The Pentrich Revolution - Ray Thorburn, OAM
UK Census - Allan Murrin
UK Census records - Michelle Nichols

England

Before Rose – Local History in Family Research - Sylvia Murphy
Directories and almanacs - Rosemary Kopittke
Distressed Weavers Emigration Scheme - Helen Smith
Dodgy claims: the Landed Gentry Drews of Ireland and Devonshire - Carol Baxter
England and Wales Family History - Neil Chippendale
English and Welsh Probate Records - Jeremy Palmer
English Apprenticeship Records - Helen Smith
English parish records: Hatch, match and despatch - Helen Smith
English parish records: More than hatch, match and despatch - Helen Smith
English Probate Records: Wills and Where to Find Them - Helen Smith
Finding Your Way around the English and Welsh Censuses 1841-1901 - Graham Jaunay
Findmypast.co.uk - Rosemary Kopittke
In the Workhouse - Helen Smith
London: specific focused presentations for family historians (Growth in London, Railways, Guilds and apprenticeship records, The London Blitz) - Lesley Silvester
London: specific focused presentations for family historians (Growth in London, Railways, Guilds and apprenticeship records, The London Blitz) - Mike Murray
London: the Tyranny of Cost and Distance - Neil Chippendale
Lost in London: Introduction to London genealogy including unique problems and what to do about them - Lesley Silvester
Lost in London: Introduction to London genealogy including unique problems and what to do about them - Mike Murray
More than Criminals – The Old Bailey On-Line - Sylvia Murphy
Parish chest records - Helen Smith
Research in Kent - Jeremy Palmer
Researching criminals in England - Helen Smith
Researching in England Prior to Civil Registration - Graham Jaunay
Researching in Oxfordshire - Helen Smith
The 1911 census: What's all the fuss? - Rosemary Kopittke
The findmypast suite - UK, Ireland, Australasia and USA - Rosemary Kopittke
TheGenealogist.co.uk: What's the difference? - Rosemary Kopittke
They are dead but where are they buried? - Helen Smith
Tracing English ancestors - Kerry Farmer
Tracing your ancestors in England - Rosemary Kopittke
Tracing your English Ancestors from Afar - Graham Jaunay

Germany

Church Archives and Records for German Research - Eric Kopittke
Civil Records in Germany - Eric Kopittke
Early Germans in Brisbane - Eric Kopittke
Emigrant Lists for European Ancestors - Eric Kopittke
German family history in the "Information Age" - Eric Kopittke
Locating Your Ancestor’s Place of Origin in Germany - Eric Kopittke
Maps and Gazetteers for German Research - Eric Kopittke
Migration from the German States - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Reading German Handwriting - Eric Kopittke
The German Church in the 1930s (Catholic and Protestant) (in development) - Aimée Engler

India

Census and Census Substitutes in Colonial India - Sylvia Murphy
First Steps in British India - Sylvia Murphy
Lachlan in Love in India - Sylvia Murphy
Maps and Gazetteers for India - Sylvia Murphy
Probate and Estate Records of British in India - Sylvia Murphy
Researching Ancestors in the Days of the East India Company - Sylvia Murphy
Researching Ancestors in the Days of the Raj - Sylvia Murphy
Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs: the British & Europeans in India 1600-1947 - Sylvia Murphy
The Long Journey to India - Sylvia Murphy
Using Newspapers and Journals in Family Research - Sylvia Murphy
Which Army, What Rank? - Sylvia Murphy

Ireland

Dodgy claims: the Landed Gentry Drews of Ireland and Devonshire - Carol Baxter
Fenianism and Colonial Society - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Irish Research in the Electronic Age - Cora Num
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors from Afar - Graham Jaunay
Tracing Your Irish Ancestry - Jeremy Palmer

New South Wales

19th Century Migration from the South Coast to the Richmond River - John Graham
Aboriginal Family History – Research & Resources - Cathy Dunn
Australian Government and Police Gazettes - Carole Riley
Case study: researching the notorious Captain Thunderbolt - Carol Baxter
Deaths 1788-1810, NSW and Norfolk Island - Cathy Dunn
Early Australian Colonial Education - Cathy Dunn
Early Settlers of the Southern Illawarra and Northern Shoalhaven - John Graham
Finding your World War 1 ANZACs - Kerry Farmer
findmypast.com.au - Vicki Eldridge
Getting the Best from New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages - Allan Murrin
Heritage Tourism - Cathy Dunn
How to Effectively use the New South Wales BDM Indexes - John Graham
Internal Migration in NSW and Robertson Land Act - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley
Mary Ann Bugg: Lieutenant and lover - Carol Baxter
NSW church registers: a comprehensive examination - Carol Baxter
NSW Education/Teachers/School History and Records - Vicki Eldridge
Old Sydney Burial Ground 1792 – 1820 - Cathy Dunn
Records relating to NSW, Norfolk Island and Tasmania found in Colonial Office microfilms - Carol Baxter
Researching NSW Land - Carole Riley
Scandal and skulduggery in early Sydney - Carol Baxter
Something from nothing: reading between the lines of military records - Carol Baxter
Temptation - Carol Baxter
The Kiama Family History Centre and its Work - Ray Thorburn, OAM
The War Memorials in New South Wales Project: Hornsby Shire - Neil Chippendale
Tracing your ancestors in colonial New South Wales - Carol Baxter
Tracing your ancestors in the Mitchell and State Libraries of New South Wales - Carol Baxter
Tracing your ancestors through New South Wales land records: Old System, Torrens Title, Pastoral and Conditional Purchase - Carol Baxter
Tracing Your Ancestors through the Land and Property Management Authority (aka Land Titles Office) - Carol Baxter
Tracing your ancestors through the State Records of New South Wales - Carol Baxter
Women Convicts in NSW: 1788 - 1805 - Cathy Dunn

New Zealand

Findmypast - the World Collection - Rosemary Kopittke
Industrial School records - Lyn Whelan
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley
Newspapers: A family history treasure chest - Helen Smith
The findmypast suite - UK, Ireland, Australasia and USA - Rosemary Kopittke
Tracing your New Zealand ancestors - Kerry Farmer

Northern Territory

Biographical Sources for the Family Historian in South Australia and the Northern Territory - Andrew Peake
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley

Other countries

Cruising with Legacy (the cruise to Mexico & Jamaica in 2004) - Jan Gow
Tracing your Canadian ancestors - Kerry Farmer

Other Europe

Emigrant Lists for European Ancestors - Eric Kopittke
Overview of History of Poland - Eric Kopittke
Tracing your Norwegian ancestors - Kerry Farmer

Pacific Islands

Findmypast - the World Collection - Rosemary Kopittke
Norfolk Island 1st Settlement 1788 - 1814 - Cathy Dunn
Norfolk Island: the first settlement, 1788-1814 - Carol Baxter
Records relating to NSW, Norfolk Island and Tasmania found in Colonial Office microfilms - Carol Baxter

Queensland

Australian Government and Police Gazettes - Carole Riley
Connecting with family lines online - Rosemary Kopittke
Early Germans in Brisbane - Eric Kopittke
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley
Online Sources for Queensland Family History - Shauna Hicks
Pre Separation Queensland History - Ann Swain
Queensland Family History Research - Ann Swain
Researching in Queensland - Helen Smith
William Busby: Stone mason of Toowong, Queensland - Helen Smith

Scandinavia

Danish Census and Emigration - Eric Kopittke
Emigrant Lists for European Ancestors - Eric Kopittke

Scotland

Basic Scottish Research - Ann Swain
Directories and almanacs - Rosemary Kopittke
Early Scottish Ancestry and History - Ann Swain
ScotlandsPeople: The place to launch your Scottish research - Rosemary Kopittke
Scottish Convicts - Ann Swain
The Mobile Scot - Ann Swain
Tracing your ancestors in Scotland - Rosemary Kopittke
Tracing your Scottish ancestors - Kerry Farmer
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors from Afar - Graham Jaunay

South Australia

Australian Government and Police Gazettes - Carole Riley
Biographical Sources for the Family Historian in South Australia and the Northern Territory - Andrew Peake
Bound for South Australia - Graham Jaunay
Employment Records as a Source of Biographical History: South Australia and the Northern Territory - Andrew Peake
Experiences of SA German-Australians in the early 1900s (in development) - Aimée Engler
Finding South Australian Families in Newspapers - Graham Jaunay
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley
Life as a South Australian Mounted Policeman 1875-1918 - Andrew Kilsby
Masons and Militia in South Australia- Boer War to WWI - Andrew Kilsby
Records Relating to Institutional Care in South Australia - Andrew Peake
South Australian Germans in the 1st AIF - Andrew Kilsby
South Australian Lutherans in the 19th century (in development) - Aimée Engler
South Australian Lutherans in the early 20th Century (in development) - Aimée Engler
South Australian Lutherans: Were they National Socialists? - Aimée Engler
South Australian Military Ancestors - Graham Jaunay
South Australian Shipping Records - Andrew Peake
South Australia’s German influence in the militia before WWI - Andrew Kilsby
The South Australian Government Gazette with particular reference to … (Port Adelaide, Copper Triangle etc) - Andrew Peake
Using South Australian BDM Indexes Effectively - Graham Jaunay
Using South Australian Resources in Family History - Graham Jaunay
With the water cart - the First South Australian Contingent to the Boer War - Andrew Kilsby

Tasmania

Australian Government and Police Gazettes - Carole Riley
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley
Records relating to NSW, Norfolk Island and Tasmania found in Colonial Office microfilms - Carol Baxter
The Tasmanian interlude of Captain Francis Rawdon Chesney 1862-1867 – a Victorian Engineer - Andrew Kilsby

US and Canada

Findmypast - the World Collection - Rosemary Kopittke
Salt Lake City! (preparation and participation in a Hooked on Genealogy Tour) - Jan Gow
The findmypast suite - UK, Ireland, Australasia and USA - Rosemary Kopittke
What do we do in Salt Lake City? (yes, there is a life when the Family History Library is closed!) - Jan Gow

Victoria

Australian Government and Police Gazettes - Carole Riley
From Royal Park to Camp Pell – Melbourne’s key camp through three wars. - Andrew Kilsby
Hawkesbury – peep at the past through images - Michelle Nichols
History of the Hawkesbury from 1794 - Michelle Nichols
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley
Old Victorian Pubs - and researching hotels in general - Susie Zada
Point Henry: an amazing place - Susie Zada
Researching Hawkesbury families - Michelle Nichols
Scots in Geelong & district to 1860 - Susie Zada
The Victorian Mounted Rifles – How they began - Andrew Kilsby
The Victorian Rangers – How they began - Andrew Kilsby
Tracing your ancestors in the Victorian goldfields - Kerry Farmer
Victorian Resources for Family History Research - Shauna Hicks

Wales

England and Wales Family History - Neil Chippendale
English and Welsh Probate Records - Jeremy Palmer
Finding Your Way around the English and Welsh Censuses 1841-1901 - Graham Jaunay
The 1911 census: What's all the fuss? - Rosemary Kopittke
The findmypast suite - UK, Ireland, Australasia and USA - Rosemary Kopittke
Tracing Your Welsh ancestors from Afar - Graham Jaunay

Western Australia

Australian Government and Police Gazettes - Carole Riley
Finding Rhoda: a case study - a personal story about finding a lost cousin who came to Fremantle in 1923 - Mike Murray
Finding Rhoda: a case study - a personal story about finding a lost cousin who came to Fremantle in 1923 - Lesley Silvester
From Outpost to Federation, tracing your family history in Western Australia - Kerry Farmer
Introduction to Australian and New Zealand Land Records - Carole Riley
Strangers on the Shore: Maritime history of WA in story and song - Mike Murray
Western Australian Research: Overview of WA history, WA records, Strangers on the Shore: maritime history of WA in story and song - Lesley Silvester

World wide

Aladdin's Cave (can Aladdin's Cave be even better? Can Pandora's Box be even worse?) - Jan Gow
An A to Z for Tracing Missing Ancestors - Cora Num
Analysing your Family History Research - Michelle Nichols
Anointed: Given names in history - Carol Baxter
Archaic medical terms - Helen Smith
Are you building a leaky house? - beginning your family history research by laying good foundation - Jan Gow
Aunt Ruby Remembers.......1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, etc . - Annie Payne
Back to basics in family history - Michelle Nichols
BackUps (should you? When?) - Jan Gow
Beginning and ending of the internet - using search engines to find our families - Jan Gow
Beginning your family history (in the beginning ... first catch your hare!) - Jan Gow
Beginning your family history research - for silver citz! (for those in a retirement village) - Jan Gow
Beginning your family history research - for silver citz! (for those in a retirement village) - Jan Gow
Between the Lines – Using Newspapers in Family History - Cathy Dunn
Beyond the IGI - Allan Murrin
Blazonry - Heraldry for Family Historians - Jeremy Palmer
Blessed! The tricks and traps of church register research - Carol Baxter
Blogging for family history - Helen Smith
Bridal history, ritual and fashion - Leigh Summers
Brief Introduction to Family History Research - Shauna Hicks
Business Continuity Planning for Local Societies - John Graham
Caring For Your Family Archives - Shauna Hicks
Causes of death: Fact or fiction? - Helen Smith
Census and directories - Michelle Nichols
Checking it once, checking it twice (comparing genealogy programs) - Jan Gow
Choose Legacy!! (Using Legacy) - Jan Gow
Choosing a family history program - Helen Smith
Choosing and using a genealogy program (comparing genleaogy programs) - Jan Gow
Church records and civil registration (looking at the multitude of paper records created by the churches) - Jan Gow
Climbing Your Family Tree: an Introduction - Jeremy Palmer
Coming to Grips with FamilySearch on the Web - Graham Jaunay
Computers in Genealogy - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Convict Transportation - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Cops, Crooks and Victims 1840s style - Graham Jaunay
Corsetry and its use in constructing 19th century femininity - Leigh Summers
Costumes as an Aid to dating 19th Century Photos - Graham Jaunay
Create your own website - Carole Riley
Dead ends can be fun (what preparations have you rmade for your funeral??) - Jan Gow
Demolishing Brick Walls: Tips & Tricks - Shauna Hicks
Diaries and Letters: Fleshing out the Family History - Shauna Hicks
Digging up your past in the 21st century (using modern technology to assist with your digging) - Jan Gow
Digital Data: The Delivery, the Dynamics and New Developments - Cora Num
Digitising and organising your family history - Helen Smith
Digitising your family history archives - Michelle Nichols
Displaying your wares (charting, reports, books, why should we do this?) - Jan Gow
DNA (what is really new in gnealogy - what does this mean for you?) - Jan Gow
DNA for the Genealogist: What can DNA testing tell us as genealogists? - Lesley Silvester
DNA for the Genealogist: What can DNA testing tell us as genealogists? - Mike Murray
Dodgy research: the Douglass controversy - Carol Baxter
Dodgy research: the immortality of bushranger Frederick Ward aka Captain Thunderbolt - Carol Baxter
Don’t assume! Dealing with errors in original records - Carol Baxter
Facebook for Family Historians - Carole Riley
Facebook Start-up - Carole Riley
Family History - Jeremy Palmer
Family History in School Education - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Family History in the Digital Age: How to Cope - Cora Num
Family History on the Cheap: Tips and Tricks - Shauna Hicks
Family history on the internet (how to use this tool) - Jan Gow
Family stories: truth, myth or a bit of both? - Carol Baxter
Finding a family in 48 hours (looking at Scotland's People and FamilySearch) - Jan Gow
Finding footprints for a fabulous family history (writing your family history) - Jan Gow
Finding Laurence Ryland … or not! - Susie Zada
Finding Pictorial Sources Online - Shauna Hicks
Finding places and parishes (using maps and other geographical aids) - Jan Gow
Findmypast.co.uk - Rosemary Kopittke
From paper chaos to computer simplicity (how to use a computer to cope with piles of paper) - Jan Gow
Genealogical education - Helen Smith
Genealogical software programs (demonstration and how to use them) - Lesley Silvester
Genealogical software programs (demonstration and how to use them) - Mike Murray
Genealogy in 2020 - a fun look at what might be to come - Jan Gow
Genealogy on the Web - Graham Jaunay
Genes Reunited: Family trees and historic records - Rosemary Kopittke
Genetics and Family History - Ann Swain
Genetics in Genealogy - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Getting the most from findmypast.co.uk - how to search, hints and tips - Jan Gow
Getting the most out of Google - Rosemary Kopittke
Google Your Family Tree: Tips & Tricks - Shauna Hicks
Grab your spade - let's dig for the roots of your fmaily tree (an overall look at researching your family history) - Jan Gow
Great-Uncle Charlie had TB - Helen Smith
Hatches, matches, despatches (let's find these on the internet) - Jan Gow
Have computer - will travel (planning and preparations for trips to repositories) - Jan Gow
Help! My ancestors are lost! - Helen Smith
Heraldry - Colours, Charges, Metals and Furs! - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Heritage Collector - Allan Murrin
Heritage in Cemeteries - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Heritage Tourism - Cathy Dunn
History of sexuality - Leigh Summers
How I use my computer for family history: Other favourite programs I use - Helen Smith
How to become a skilled historical detective - Carol Baxter
How to Gather, Organise and Preserve Your Family Stories - Annie Payne
How to get the best out of genealogical websites: what’s there, how to use them, specific search tips and demonstrations - Mike Murray
How to get the best out of genealogical websites: what’s there, how to use them, specific search tips and demonstrations - Lesley Silvester
How to Read Old Handwriting - Graham Jaunay
Identifying and Dating 19th Century Family Photographs - Graham Jaunay
Illustrating your family history - Michelle Nichols
Indexing for Genealogists and Local Historians - John Graham
Introducing Family Photo Book - Aimée Engler
Introduction to family history - the roots and fruits (internet = great digging, great picking) - Jan Gow
Introduction to Family History Research - Graham Jaunay
Introduction to local history - Michelle Nichols
Introduction to researching family history (from the beginning - when and where) - Jan Gow
It’s Not All Online: Where Else Can I Look? - Shauna Hicks
Jan's Year (a look at what can happen in genealogy in one year) - Jan Gow
Just what did cause their death? - Helen Smith
LDS Catalogue on FamilySearch: an overlooked resource - Allan Murrin
Let's climb TreePad (create your own reference library and catalogue to have at your fingertips) - Jan Gow
Life Events that Create Records - Andrew Peake
Linking Local History and Genealogy Research - John Graham
Making the Most of Family Search and the Family History Library Catalogue - Sylvia Murphy
Mapping your ancestors - Helen Smith
Mei Quong Tart and Chinese Emigration - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Memory Triggers and How to Use Them to Unlock Your Memories - Annie Payne
Military Ancestors: Discover Their Stories - Shauna Hicks
Missing an Ancestor: Try Looking Behind Bars! (prison records) - Shauna Hicks
Moments, Monuments and Mortality: Family History and the Local Community - Cora Num
Mourning history, ritual and fashion - Leigh Summers
MyHeritage - Rosemary Kopittke
Names and their Problems for Researchers - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Never Judge a Book by its Cover or its Title - Susie Zada
New FamilySearch (all about FamilySearch Indexing) - Jan Gow
Newspapers for use in family history - Kerry Farmer
Newspapers in family history research - Michelle Nichols
Not the NBG website again!! - Searching in the world's largest library when all the books are on the floor - Jan Gow
One Name Studies: What can you get from them? - Helen Smith
One Place Studies: What can you get from them? - Helen Smith
Online Trends in Family History - Shauna Hicks
Organising your family history - Helen Smith
Organising Your Family History - Susie Zada
Organising, Recording and Preserving Your Family History - Graham Jaunay
Palaeography - Jeremy Palmer
Parishes - where? What near? When? (Using ParLoc) - Jan Gow
Pitfalls in Family History Research - Graham Jaunay
Practical Extensions of Family History - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Preserving your family history (filing, sharing, backups, etc.) - Jan Gow
Professional’s Diary: A few anecdotes from the diary of a professional researcher - Lesley Silvester
Professional’s Diary: A few anecdotes from the diary of a professional researcher - Mike Murray
Reconstructing true records – how detective work can solve history mysteries (two case studies) - Andrew Kilsby
Researching at home in your pyjamas - Helen Smith
Researching scandals, crime and corruption - Michelle Nichols
Researching the Maternal Line - Graham Jaunay
School Days: Education Records for Family History - Shauna Hicks
Sharing Photos on the Web - Carole Riley
Shipping records in family history - Michelle Nichols
Skeletons in the Closet! - Susie Zada
Skeletons in the Family: Looking at Convicts, Prisons and Asylum Records - Shauna Hicks
So You Want to Publish Your Family History - Graham Jaunay
Social media for family historians - Helen Smith
Social Media for Family Historians - Carole Riley
St Serendipity on duty (a case study using UK records - doing in 30 minutes what could have taken 30 years) - Jan Gow
Stepping Stones to the Past: Awareness building - how to get started with your family history - Mike Murray
Stepping Stones to the Past: Awareness building - how to get started with your family history - Lesley Silvester
Subscription websites and how to get good value - Kerry Farmer
Surfing and paddling the internet (a quick thrill or a slow and steady?) - Jan Gow
Tartan - The Worldwide Scottish Fabric - Ray Thorburn, OAM
Telling Your Story in Print: Producing a book - Mike Murray
Telling Your Story in Print: Producing a book - Lesley Silvester
Telling Your Story: a video documentary - Mike Murray
Telling Your Story: a video documentary - Lesley Silvester
Ten ways to research your family history - with and without a computer (comparing old ways and new) - Jan Gow
That travel diary (making the most of your time online) - Jan Gow
The crinoline - Leigh Summers
The Future with FamilySearch Pilot - Allan Murrin
The Holden Brothers Circus & Family - Susie Zada
The IGI (The IGI has been round a long time - how did it start? What does it achieve?) - Jan Gow
The Marquis de Ray Land Scam - Ray Thorburn, OAM
The Vagaries of the Web - Graham Jaunay
Tracing Your Past: Practical Skills in Genealogy and Family History - a structured course - Mike Murray
Tracing Your Past: Practical Skills in Genealogy and Family History - a structured course - Lesley Silvester
Transcribing cemeteries - Michelle Nichols
TreePad - the wonder tool (make life easier and more efficient with TreePad) - Jan Gow
Using free and pay resources on the net - Helen Smith
Using Scotland's People - you have Scottish research? Then discover this wonderful tool! - Jan Gow
Using the 1911 census (Findmypast and the 1911 census, with official videos, etc.) - Jan Gow
Using the internet effectively - Helen Smith
Using The Master Genealogist - Helen Smith
Using the New Zealand's Birth Death & Marriage Records Online - hints and tips and unique features - Jan Gow
Warning Warning: Tips and Tricks to Avoid Common Family History Mistakes - Shauna Hicks
Web Wizardry: Changing the way we research - Cora Num
What a wonderful view - should you put money in the telescope? (To use or not to use pay2view sites) - Jan Gow
What is a Personal Historian and Why Do You Need One? - Annie Payne
What is gedcom? (what is it and what use is it?) - Jan Gow
What Was the Voyage Really Like? - Shauna Hicks
Where to start in family history - Helen Smith
Which family did my ancestor come from? - Carol Baxter
Which is the best genealogy program - comparing genealogy programs - Jan Gow
Why tell your story? - Michelle Nichols
Why Use a Professional: Engaging a professional - why bother and what to expect - Mike Murray
Why Use a Professional: Engaging a professional - why bother and what to expect - Lesley Silvester
Writing a non-fiction book in 15 easy steps - Carol Baxter
Writing and self-publishing a “how to” book - Carol Baxter
Writing INTERESTING Family Histories - Carol Baxter
Writing narrative non-fiction - Carol Baxter
Writing Your Legacy Letter - Annie Payne
Writing: structuring a family history - Carol Baxter
Your Ancestors: where they lived, worked, played or went to school! - Susie Zada
Your Ancestors: where they played! - Susie Zada
Your family tree in 5 minutes (researching on the internet) - Jan Gow
Your family tree in 5 minutes (researching on the internet) - Jan Gow
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