Coming Genealogy & History Events

What's on? To keep you up-to-date with what's coming up, we've compiled a list of the (mostly) Australian events, both in person, and online that are coming up. As you can see there, is plenty on, so if you wish to keep on learning, and boost your genealogical and historical knowledge, you can do so - with many being available from the comfort of your own home.  

 

 

July 2022

 

9 July 2022
Understanding the Genealogical Proof Standard (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

12 July 2022
Newsworthy (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

14 July 2022
Finding families (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

16 July 2022
Researching the Tail End of England: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset & Dorset (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

19 July 2022
Genealogy Club: Employment Records (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

20 July 2022
MyHeritage with Daniel Horowitz (members only) (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

21 July 2022
Genealogy Gems: What to do with your DNA test results and understanding your matches (South Australia)
Organised by: Genealogy SA & State Libray of SA

23 July 2022
The Huguenots: the almost-forgotten people (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

25 July-1 August 2022
History in Paradise AFFHO 2022 Conference (Norfolk Island) [deferred from 2021]
Organised by: Norfolk Island Museum

26 July 2022
Making the Presentation Medium Work for You (Online)
Organised by: Family History Academy

26 July 2022
Introduction to the Library (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

27 July 2022
Surf Coast resources for family history research (Online & Victoria)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

28 July 2022
Hidden philosophies: women's publishing in 18th-century Britain (Victoria)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

 

August 2022

2 August 2022
Genealogy Club: Newspapers (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

3 August 2022
Finding Mob: Researching Indigenous Australian Family History (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

3 August 2022
Lesley Potter - Connections & Interconnections in Sydney Society in the 1830s (Online)
Organised by: Botany Bay Family History Society

4 August 2022
Finding families (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

9 August 2022
Newsworthy (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

11 August 2022
Getting Started with your Family History (Online & Western Australia)
Organised by: FamilyHistoryWA 

11 August 2022
Welfare records for family history (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

11 August 2022
Family History Month: Your family History is in your DNA (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

12 August 2022
Immigration and shipping records revisited (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

12 August 2022
Organise your family history using Excel: getting started (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

12-14 August 2022
Auckland Family History Expo (New Zealand)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

13 August 2022
Pictorial Power: finding and using images (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland 

16 August 2022
Genealogy Club: Sport Records (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

16 August 2022
Window on Collections: women in science at the Library (Victoria)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

18 August 2022
Researching your home (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

23 August 2022
Handouts: Useful and Memorable (Online)
Organised by: Family History Academy

23 August 2022
Records of Daily Life in Ireland (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

24 August 2022
National Australian Archives resources for family history research (Online & Victoria)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

25 August 2022
Our heritage collections: artist books (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

25 August 2022
Family History Month: Let's Get Started (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

26 August 2022
Live Q&A: Conditional purchase records (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

27 August 2022
80th Anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay (Queensland)
Organised by: Milne Bay Memorial Library & Research Centre

27 August 2022
Michael Bollen - Wakefield Press (South Australia)
Organised by: Adelaide Northern District FH Group 

30 August 2022
Introduction to the Library (Online)
Organised by: State Library Victoria

31 August 2022
DNA Clinic (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

 

September 2022

3 September 2022
Scottish Indexes Conference XVII (Online)
Organised by: Scottish Indexes

3-11 September 2022
New South Wales History Week: Hands-on

6 September 2022
Genealogy Club: Parish Records (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

6-27 September 2022 (4 weeks)
Family History Fundamentals – 4 Sessions (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

7 September 2022
A Tale of Two Translators: A Personal glimpse of Chinese-Australian History (New South Wales)
Organised by: Botany Bay Family History Society

7 September 2022
Shackles, shekels and shrapnel: the exodus to the Southern seas (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

8 September 2022
Getting Started with your Family History (Online & Western Australia)
Organised by: FamilyHistoryWA 

15 September 2022
Where do I start? Discover  your  State Library online  (Online)
Organised by: State Library NSW

16 September 2022
Live Q&A: What's now digitised on the website? (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

16-18 September 2022
Riding the Waves of History: NSW & ACT Annual State Conference (Online)
Organised by: Newcastle Family History Society Inc. with Maitland & Beyond Family History Inc.

20 September 2022
Genealogy Club: Facebook and Genealogy (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

24 September 2022
The Red Devil and Captain Harry Butler - Samantha Battams (South Australia)
Organised by: Adelaide Northern Districts FH Group

27 September 2022
In-person or Virtual? Tips and Techniques for Presenters (Online)
Organised by: Family History Academy

 

October 2022 

4 October 2022
Genealogy Club: Spring Clean your Genealogy (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

5 October 2022
Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place: Ten Steps to a One Place Study with Janet Few (Online)
Organised by: Botany Bay Family History Society

5 October 2022
Encounters – Our Immigrant Ancestors (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

14 October 2022
Private hospital records (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

17-20 October 2022
2022 ASA Conference: Here We Are (Online & ACT)
Organised by: Australian Society of Archivists

18 October 2022
Genealogy Club: Naturalisation Records (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

21-23 October 2022
Sands of Time: 4th Queensland State Conference (Queensland)
Organised by: History Queensland

25 October 2022
Marketing Yourself as a Speaker and other Business Aspects (Online)
Organised by: Family History Academy

26 October 2022
Australian War memorial resources for family history research (Online & Victoria)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

 

 

November 2022 

1 November 2022
Genealogy Club: Calendars (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

2 November 2022
Tips & Tricks for Researching in Australian Archives (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

2 November 2022
What's In a Mason's Case? (Online)
Organised by: Botany Bay Family History Society

5-6 November 2022
Sydney Open (New South Wales)
Organised by: Sydney Living Museums

8-11 November 2022
Family History Down Under 2022 (Online & New South Wales)
Organised by: Unlock the Past

9 November 2022
Starting Family History Research (Online)
Organised by: State Library NSW

10 November 2022
Getting Started with your Family History (Online & Western Australia)
Organised by: FamilyHistoryWA 

11-12 November 2022
The Really Useful Family History Show (Online)
Organised by: Family History Federation, England

15 November 2022
Genealogy Club: Heirlooms and Keepsakes (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

18 November 2022
The Built Environment - building records in the State Archives Collection (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

24 November 2022
Where do I start? Discover  your  State Library online  (Online)
Organised by: State Library NSW

22 November 2022
Advancing Your Presentation Skills (Online)
Organised by: Family History Academy

30 November 2022
DNA Clinic (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

 

 

December 2022

3 December 2022
Pre-Separation research: finding your ancestors in Queensland records 1824-1859 (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

6 December 2022
Genealogy Club: Share your best tips (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

9 December 2022
Shipwrecks and coastal records (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

 

 

2023

25 January 2023
Researching Land in Victoria, Part 2: TORRENS Title (Online & Victoria)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

22 March 2023
Family history for starters "do overs", and brick walls: Part 1 (Online & Victoria)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

15-21 May 2023
Kernewek Lowender, Copper Coast Cornish Festival 2022 (South Australia)
Organised by:Kernewek Lowender Inc.