Family History ACT

Practical Procedures in the Library – Education Session. Making best use of the HAGSOC Library with Jeanette Hahn. These sessions are not just for those new to the Library but for anyone wishing to improve their knowledge and make the most of our own really fabulous resource. Bookings are required. Four places available per session as we will be using the computers in each room. Register at HAGSOC Library- 6251 7004 in the designated folder.

Morning Tea Chats … at Pauline’s Parlour: Having a problem with your research, or not sure where to start? Come along to our round table chats, over a cup of tea, to discuss your problem. You may also just like to come along and join in the discussions on various topics. We meet on the last Tuesday of each month. No bookings required. Contact Pauline paulineramage@netspace.net.au

DNA Drop In Clinic No bookings required. Have you had a DNA Test and don't know what it means or how to use the results in family research?? Join in this round table group to discuss your specific questions/problems on DNA. Contact: dna.sig@familyhistoryact.org.au

London Special Interest Group (convenor Jeanette Hahn) meets on the fourth Thursday of each even-numbered month, except December in the Education Room.  For future presentations, check out our Events page at http://familyhistoryact.org.au or contact Jeanette on 6288 8126.

Trish Downes is completing a PhD in early Australian history.  She will present part of her research: "The other military explorers: military convicts on Australian expeditions".  She will also talk briefly about her thesis as a whole, titled "Redcoats transported: British soldiers transported to the Australian colonies 1788-1868".




















 

Irish Special Interest Group (convenor Barbara Moore). “How can you help me with my Irish brick wall?” There are six meetings per year, held on the first Saturday of February, then the second Saturday of March, May, July, September and November. Contact Barbara bmoore123@iinet.net.au

DNA Special Interest Group (convenors are Elizabeth Hannan and Marilyn Woodward) meets on the second Saturday of every odd month except for January at 12.30pm to 2pm in the Education Room. The session with be Q&A and "Making sense of Genesis GEDmatch". This group will meet after the Irish SIG following a lunch break, so bring lunch if also attending the Irish SIG. Elizabeth and Marilyn can be contacted at dna.sig@familyhistoryact.org.au

South of England Special Interest Group (convenor Dick Stevens). meets on the second Wednesday of every odd month (except January).

Writers Special Interest Group (convenor Gina Tooke) meets on the third Saturday of every month except January and December in the Education Room.  All members welcome.  For room set up purposes please email Gina if you are attending

New Members Course - Education Session: Where do I Start - beginning your family history with Brian Buckley and The HAGSOC Library with Barb Toohey.  Venue is the HAGSOC Education Room for this members-only education event. There is no cost and afternoon tea is provided. Check the Courses page for details and registration.

Graeme Mackenzie is Chairman of the Association of Highland Clans & Societies (of Scotland) and Seanachaidh (historian & genealogist) for Clans MacKenzie and MacMillan. He is a professional genealogist specialising in the Highland clans and families of Scotland for the last 25 years. He’s a member of the Scottish Ancestral Tourism Group [SATG] & the Scottish Clans & Families Forum [SCFF], bodies convened by the Scottish Government to help the descendants of emigrant Scots find out about their ancestors and to visit Scotland. 

The day consists of two sessions:

1) Genealogy of the Highlands and 2) History and culture of the Highlands. The cost is $25 per seminar for members of HAGSoC and $30 per seminar for non-members.  An option of catered light lunch is $10.

The venue is the Griffith Neighbourhood Centre, Stuart St Griffith.

For any enquiries please contact registration@familyhistoryact.org.au

Legacy Users Group (convenor Julie Hesse) meets on the third Thursday of each month in the Education room. Contact Julie (bnjhesse@grapevine.com.au)

Seminar: Contrasting Cousins: Cathy is from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health and a passionate family historian who uses family history techniques in her academic work. In this seminar, Cathy will discuss skin colour, what causes variation within families and between groups of people and what the consequence can be for people whose appearance is different from the average for their family or their community. She will follow the life trajectories of two cousins descended from ‘white’ and ‘brown’ sides of the same family: Sir John Dring, a colonial administrator in India and Africa, and Prime Minister of a small country; and Joyce Wilding, an activist for Aboriginal rights in Brisbane in the 1950s and 1960s. Cathy will discuss family history techniques, including unusual sources in the British Library; travelling to the backblocks of India, Pakistan, England and the US; using newspapers for family history research; and the delights of meeting new cousins. 

Early Australia Special Interest Group (convenor Pauline Ramage) meets on the fourth Sunday of every odd month in the Education Room.

Practical Procedures in the Library – Education Session. Making best use of the HAGSOC Library with Jeanette Hahn. These sessions are not just for those new to the Library but for anyone wishing to improve their knowledge and make the most of our own really fabulous resource. Bookings are required. Four places available per session as we will be using the computers in each room. Register at HAGSOC Library- 6251 7004 in the designated folder.

Morning Tea Chats … at Pauline’s Parlour: Having a problem with your research, or not sure where to start? Come along to our round table chats, over a cup of tea, to discuss your problem. You may also just like to come along and join in the discussions on various topics. We meet on the last Tuesday of each month. No bookings required. Contact Pauline paulineramage@netspace.net.au

DNA Drop In Clinic No bookings required. Have you had a DNA Test and don't know what it means or how to use the results in family research?? Join in this round table group to discuss your specific questions/problems on DNA. Contact: dna.sig@familyhistoryact.org.au

Monthly Meeting. Peter Lacey is a historian of the Bega region. He has recently written a book on the region’s contribution to WW1 and is working on a project to identify and then compile libraries of information about 101 objects that epitomise the Bega Shire's history and heritage.

The Master Genealogist (TMG) User Group (convenor Allyson Luders) meets on the first Wednesday of each even month. Contact Allyson at allysonluders@gmail.com