Coming Genealogy & History Events

So to keep you up-to-date with what's coming up, we've compiled a list of the (Australian) online webinars along with other events that are coming up. So during this time of keep safe. and staying home, you can keep learning and enjoy talks from the comfort of your own home.

 

January 2021

 

20 January-6 May 2021 (16 weeks)
Analysing Your Ancestry DNA Results (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

21 January 2021 
Researching Your Family Home (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

22 January 2021
Family History Library Help @ Rosny Library (Tasmania)
Organised by: Rosny Library

28 January 2021 
Universities and post war recovery 1943-57: a biographical project (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

28 January 2021
Writing Intriguing Family Histories (Online)
Organised by: Unlock the Past

30 January 2021
Scottish Indexes Conference VIII (Online)
Organised by: Scottish Indexes

 

 

February 2021

2 February 2021
Genealogy Club: Adoption Records (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

2 February 2021
Untangling Your Family Tree (Western Australia)
Organised by: City of Swan Libraries

3 February 2021
Nurturing Your Family Trees: Online or On Your Device (or Both?) (South Australia)
Organised by: Family Tree Webinars

3 February 2021
Louise Coakley - After the Test: What else can you do with your DNA? (Online)
Organised by: Botany Bay Family History Society

3 February 2021
Tamihana Te Rauparaha’s life of Te Rauparaha (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

3 February 2021
Putting your ancestors in their place: ten steps to a one place study (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

3 February 2021
On Foot in Australia: Walking as a Path to Knowledge (Online)
Organised by: Royal Australian Historical Society

3 February 2021
Ancestry Tips (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

4 February 2021
Dating of Paintings (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

4 February 2021
Internet for Genealogy (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

4 February 2021
Family History Online (Queensland)
Organised by: Mackay Regional Council Libraries

5 February 2021
Family History Library Help @ Rosny Library (Tasmania)
Organised by: Rosny Library

5 February 2021
Crown Plans (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives

8 February 2021
Findmypast, The Genealogist (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

9 February 2021
Ancestry Workshop with David Haimes (Online)
Organised by: FamilyHistory WA

9 February 2021
Borland Genetics - Tools and Workflows (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

11 February 2021 
NSW Records Prior to 1850 (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

11 February 2021
National and State Archives in Australia (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

11 February 2021
Getting Started with your Family History (Online)
Organised by: FamilyHistory WA

11 February 2021
New to Genealogy (New South Wales)
Organised by: Hawkesbury Central Library

12 February 2021
Findmypast Library Edition: available records and how best to search them (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

13 February 2021
New to Genealogy (New South Wales)
Organised by: Hawkesbury Central Library

15 February 2021
Research Reveals: Queensland's ice cream history and the Peters ice cream factory  (Online)
Organised by: State Library of Queensland

15 February-22 March 2021 (6 week course)
Finding your family: a beginners course in research (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

16 February 2021
The National Archives (UK) online (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

16 February 2021
Research Planning, Timelines and Source Citations: Problem solving using mind mapping and timelines (part 2 of 3) (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

16 February 2021
Genealogy Club: Access to Archives (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service 

17 February 2021
Australian Births, Deaths and Marriages Online (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

17 February 2021
The Street Where They Lived: Every Street Has A Story To Tell (Online)
Organised by: Royal Australian Historical Society

17 February 2021
Starting Family History Research (Online)
Organised by: State Library of NSW

17 February 2021
A Port Centre Heritage Battles Walk (South Australia)
Organised by: Port Adelaide Historical Society

18 February 2021
Suburban and Railway Development in Melbourne, 19th to mid 20th Centuries (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

18 February 2021
War brides in Australia (Queensland)
Organised by: Moreton Bay Regional Libraries

18 February 2021
Using Ancestry Library (Victoria)
Organised by: Latrobe City Libraries

19 February 2021
The Good Oil: share their tips and tricks (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

20 February 2021
Writing an article for a family history magazine (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

23 February 2021
FamilySearch Workshop with Ian Simon (Online)
Organised by: FamilyHistory WA

24 February 2021
Moana currents: Early Pacific migrants (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

25 February 2021
Scottish Research Assistance - Online (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

25-27 February 2021
RootsTech Connect (Online)
Organised by: FamilySearch

26 February 2021
Researching convict ancestors: Delving into NSW and Tasmanian records (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

26 February 2021
Port Macquarie Small Debts Register (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives

27 February 2021 
Symonds Street Cemetery Walk (New Zealand)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

 

March 2021

2 March 2021
Landscaping Eastern Australia through the Colonial Survey (New South Wales)
Organised by: State Library of NSW

2 March 2021
Untangling Your Family Tree (Western Australia)
Organised by: City of Swan Libraries

3 March 2021
British Genealogy Online: The Top English & Welsh Family History Websites (Online)
Organised by: Family Tree Webinars

3 March 2021
Ancestry Tips (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

4 March 2021
Holdings of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria

9 March 2021
The 1939 Register: why is it invaluable? (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

10 March 2021 
Migrant women we love with Dr Edwina Pio (New Zealand)
Organised by: Auckland Council Libraries

10 March 2021
Researching Australian & Pacific History: the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP)  (Online)
Organised by: State Library of NSW

10 March 2021
Introduction to Wikitree (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

12 March 2021 
Building research trees at Ancestry (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

16 March 2021
Untangling Your Family Tree (Western Australia)
Organised by: City of Swan Libraries

17 March 2021 
More Tales from a Commodious Harbour (South Australia)
Organised by: Port Adelaide Historical Society 

19 March 2021
Inquests 1940-1963 (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives

22-26 March 2021 
Family History Down Under 2021 (Online)
Organised by: Unlock The Past

23 March 2021
Loveday Finn: An archives family history case study (Queensland)
Organised by: Moreton Bay Regional Libraries

24 March 2021 
1840s NZ, and Australian convict records (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

30 March 2021
Research Planning, Timelines and Source Citations: Cite Your Sources (part 3 of 3) (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

30 March 2021
Untangling Your Family Tree (Western Australia)
Organised by: City of Swan Libraries

31 March 2021 
Talking family history (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

 

April 2021

6 April 2021
Researching Queensland Archives (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

7 April 2021 
From picks to Pietas (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

7 April 2021
Four More Sources for New Zealand Family History (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

7 April 2021
Ancestry Tips (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

8 April 2021
Getting Started with your Family History (Online)
Organised by: FamilyHistory WA

10 April 2021 
FHF Really Useful Virtual Family History Show (Online)
Organised by: Family History Federation, England

13 April 2021
MyHeritage: Collections and Website (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

13 April 2021
Untangling Your Family Tree (Western Australia)
Organised by: City of Swan Libraries

15 April 2021
Kirk session records (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

16 April 2021
New Zealand sources (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

21 April 2021 
Remembering the military nurses (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

21 April 2021
Torrens Island Quarantine Station (South Australia)
Organised by: Port Adelaide Historical Society

22 April 2021
Proving your family history (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

23 April 2021
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area files (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives

27 April 2021
Finding British ancestors in India (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

30 April 2021 
Convicts at Moreton Bay: Beyond the Chronological Register of Prisoners (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

 

May 2021

5 May 2021
Comparing Australian Content on the Giant Genealogy Websites (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

5 May 2021
100 years of curtain calls (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

5 May 2021
Ancestry Tips (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

12 May 2021
Jean Wishart: Publishing icon (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

14 May 2021
Parramatta Female Factory (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives

15 May 2021
2021 VAFHO Expo (Victoria)
Organised by: Victorian Association of Family History Organisations

18 May 2021
Make the most of DNA matches - Burpengary (Queensland)
Organised by: Moreton Bay Regional Libraries

19 May 2021
Make the most of DNA matches - Redcliffe (Queensland)
Organised by: Moreton Bay Regional Libraries

19 May 2021
Cinemagoing in South Australia (South Australia)
Organised by: Port Adelaide Historical Society

19 May 2021
Lieutenant Cooper's summer holidays (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

19-22 May 2021
National Genealogical Society 2021 Family History Conference (United States)
Organised by: National Genealogical Society

21-23 May 2021
Kernewek Lowender: Copper Coast Cornish Festival (South Australia)
Organised by: Copper Coast City Council

 

June 2021

2 June 2021
Revitalising Pacific connections with Big Y (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

2 June 2021
The stories we tell... (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

6 June 2021
Discovering what's new with FamilySearch (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

9-16 June 2021
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (Ireland)
Organised by: Ulster Historical Foundation

18 June 2021
A festival of film (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives

19 June 2021
The Family History Show: York (England)
Organised by: Discover Your Ancestors Magazine

25-26 June 2021
THE Genealogy Show 2021 (England)
Organised by: THE Genealogy Show

30 June 2021
Art cities off the beaten track (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

 

July 2021

7 July 2021
Death is not the end - litigation remains: Exploring Australian wills and probate (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

10-23 July 2021
Canadian Genealogical Virtual Research Institute (Online)
Organised by: Kathryn Lake Hogan & Christine Woodcock

25 July-1 August 2021
History in Paradise AFFHO 2021 Conference (Norfolk Island)
Organised by: Norfolk Island Museum

 

August 2021

4 August 2021
Burying the Body in England (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

11 August 2021
What's in the State Archives Collection? (New South Wales)
Organised by: NSW State Archives

 

September 2021

1 September 2021
Tech with Thomas (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

25 September 2021
The Family History Show: London (England)
Organised by: Discover Your Ancestors Magazine

 

 

 

October 2021

 

6 October 2021
A Cargo of Criminals: Transportation to Australia (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

 

 

March 2022

March/April 2022 ** PROPOSED EVENT**
Family History Down Under 2022 (Queensland)
Organised by: Unlock The Past

NO OFFICIAL DATE IN 2022 YET
Riding the Waves of History: NSW & ACT Annual State Conference (New South Wales)
Organised by: Newcastle Family History Society Inc. with Maitland & Beyond Family History Inc.