Australian Genealogy and History Snippets – June 2023 (& some extras)
From time to time I come across all sorts of interesting history and/or genealogy related tidbits that I want to share with you, so I’ve collected them together to make up another Snippets post. These aren’t meant to be comprehensive, but rather they are just bits that I’ve found and wanted to share. They are mostly Australian-related news, but I have tacked on some overseas tid-bits and details of some new books that you might find interesting too. ———————-...
Are You Listening? 25 Australian History and Genealogy Podcasts
Podcasts are a brilliant way to pass the time. Here’s just a few of the great Australian history and genealogy related podcasts
Good Reads #1
Want some good reading of interesting, inspiring and educational genealogy related articles … well here you go. Sit back and enjoy this collection of great reading.
Join SLQ’s New Transcription Project
Original records are fabulous, but unless you have the days (or weeks) to sit onsite and view these records in the archive or library going through them page by page, they remain unknown to most of the world. So to make them more accessible they need to be indexed, or even better, transcribed. And that’s exactly what the State Library of Queensland is doing with their latest project. They write … Are you something of an expert at deciphering handwriting? Or are you interested in improving...Traces Magazine – Issue 22 (April 2023)
If you have a love of Australian history and genealogy, this is just what you need. Issue 22 of Traces is out now, so what great articles are in this issue?
The 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon is on Next Week
The 4th annual 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon is coming, and it’s on NEXT WEEK, for those in the northern hemisphere is on 13-14 April, for us down south, it’s on 14-15 April! Pop in for a session or two, or stick around for the full 24 hours – it’s completely up to you. And thanks to MyHeritage and Legacy Family Tree Webinars, the entire event is free.
It begins on Thursday, 13 April, at 5pm EST (US time), which translates to Friday, 14 April, 7am (Sydney time), and runs for 24 hours.
Over that period there are 25 presentations from so many well-known genie presenters, including some Aussies and New Zealanders, and the talks cover a wide range of topics.
To make life easy for you, I’ve put the whole schedule below, with both the US time, and the Australian (Sydney) time. But if you’re in a different timezone, use a timezone converter tool, such as Time and Date, or others similar.
Legacy Family Tree Webinars writes …
Just like every year, the entire event is completely free and open to all. You can attend just a few of the webinars that interest you most, or challenge yourself to attend all 25 lectures back to back! Live Q&As will take place during the lectures and there will be door prizes available as well.
Can’t make it in real time? No worries: all sessions will be recorded and made available for free during the week after the event. Beyond that, you can always find them and view them anytime when you purchase a membership to Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
| Eastern Time (US) | Sydney Time (Aus) | Speaker | Title |
| Thu, 5.00pm | Fri, 7.00am | Michelle Leonard | Solving Unknown Parentage Mysteries with MyHeritage DNA |
| Thu, 6.00pm | Fri, 8.00am | Daniel Horowitz | Spanish & Latin American Records on MyHeritage |
| Thu, 7.00pm | Fri, 9.00am | Paul Milner | Liverpool: The Central Hub for Northern Europe’s 19th and 20th Century Emigration |
| Thu, 8.00pm | Fri, 10.00am | Janice Nickerson | The Secret to Finding Your Ancestors’ Stories |
| Thu, 9.00pm | Fri, 11.00am | Mevin J. Collier | The FAN Club Methodology, DNA, and Genealogy Lead Back to Lunatic’s Plantation |
| Thu, 10.00pm | Fri, 12.00pm | Thomas MacEntee | Genealogy A to Z: A Trivia Adventure |
| Thu, 11.00pm | Fri, 1.00pm | Gena Philibert-Ortega | Ancestral Ink: The Social History Behind a Tattoo |
| Fri, 12.00am | Fri, 2.00pm | Michelle Patient | We Remember: Researching, Remembering and Commemorating Those Who Served |
| Fri, 1.00am | Fri, 3.00pm | Fiona Brooker | Slow Down – Planning Your Research |
| Fri, 2.00am | Fri, 4.00pm | Kinga Urbanksa | Polish cemeteries online |
| Fri, 3.00am | Fri, 5.00pm | Fran Kitto | There is more at MyHeritage than family trees and photos |
| Fri, 4.00am | Fri, 6.00pm | Helen V. Smith | To Have but No Longer to Hold: Divorce in Australia |
| Fri, 5.00am | Fri, 7.00pm | Shauna Hicks | Australian indexes online for family history research you might not know |
| Fri, 6.00am | Fri, 8.00pm | Andrea Bentschneider | Different calendars in German genealogy |
| Fri, 7.00am | Fri, 9.00pm | Zbigniew Stettner | Using MyHeritage to research Polish family history and to find living relatives in Poland |
| Fri, 8.00am | Fri, 10.00pm | Natalie Bodle | Unearthing the Treasures in the Irish Registry of Deeds |
| Fri, 9.00am | Fri, 11.00pm | Judy G. Russell | When Enough is Enough |
| Fri, 10.00am | Sat, 12.00am | Nicka Smith | Giving Them Their Glory: First Kansas/US Colored Troops 79th Regiment |
| Fri, 11.00am | Sat, 1.00am | Lisa A. Alzo | Tell Better Family Stories with MyHeritage |
| Fri, 12.00pm | Sat, 2.00am | Jill Morelli | Scandinavian Moveable Feast Days Explained |
| Fri, 1.00pm | Sat, 3.00am | Ugo Perego | An Introduction to Investigative Genetic Genealogy |
| Fri, 2.00pm | Sat, 4.00am | Michael D. Lacopo | The “Forgotten” Immigrants: The Swiss to America |
| Fri, 3.00pm | Sat, 5.00am | J. Mark Lowe | Finding the Original Record When the Index is Unclear |
| Fri, 4.00pm | Sat, 6.00am | Cyndi Ingle | Off the Shelf: The Unexplored Potential for eBooks in Genealogy |
| Fri, 5.00pm | Sat, 7.00am | Elizabeth Shown Mills | Elusive Ancestors: Never Too Poor to Trace |
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So what are you waiting for? Head to the 24-Hour Genealogy Marathon page on Legacy Family Tree Webinars, and click on the talks you’re interested in and ‘register’. Remember it’s free, and if you don’t get a chance to watch them live, you still have 1 week afterwards to watch it free. Alternatively take out a Legacy Family Tree Webinars membership (it’s only US$49.95/year), and you’ll get to watch all of these whenever you choose, along with over 1900 others.
