Coming Genealogy & History Events

So to keep you up-to-date with what's coming up, we've compiled a list of the (mostly) 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.  

 

 

October 2021

1-31 October 2021
Victoria's History Month (Online & Victoria)
Organised by: Royal Historical Society of Victoria

13 October 2021
Same Ships: 'Cleveland' 1839 (South Australia)
Organised by: Pioneers Association of South Australia

13 October 2021
The Fickle Fortunes of a Mount Morgan Miner and His Family (Queensland)
Organised by: Royal Historical Society of Queensland

13 October 2021
From Flour to Towers - Josiah Clifton Firth (New Zealand & Online)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

13 October 2021
History of the Greentree family (Online)
Organised by: Hawkesbury Family History Group

14 October 2021
Beachmere - then and now (Queensland)
Organised by: Moreton Bay Regional Libraries

14 October 2021
The Pioneer Register (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Victoria & RHSV

14-17 October 2021
2021 OHA Biennial Conference: Oral History in Troubling Times (Tasmania)
Organised by: Oral History Australia and Oral History Tasmania

15 October 2021
Glenorchy's History through Photographs (Tasmania)
Organised by: Glenorchy Library

16 October 2021
Family history fundamentals - Part 1 Getting started (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

16 October 2021
Evernote - Beyond Fundamentals (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

16 October-11 December 2021 (3 sessions)
Family history fundamentals - FULL COURSE (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

17 October 2021
Narrative mapping on Kotuku Peninsula (Online & New Zealand) 
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

19 October 2021
Genealogy Club: Smart Phones & Genealogy (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

19 October 2021
Digitising your family photos and documents (South Australia)
Organised by: Onkaparinga Libraries

19 October 2021
Talking History Online: Telling the Stories of the Holocaust (Online)
Organised by: History Trust of South Australia

19 October 2021
Ship ahoy: tales from shore and riverbank (South Australia)
Organised by: State Library of South Australia

23 October 2021
Finding Family in England & Wales Records (half-day conference) (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

20 October 2021
Analysing your DNA results using Chromosome Analysis - Module 3 (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

20 October 2021
But is there more? Researching our colonial history in the Hawkesbury area (Online)
Organised by: Royal Australian Historical Society

23 October 2021
Beginners Introduction to DNA (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

23 October 2021
Finding Family in England and Wales Records (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

23 October 2021
What can a Y DNA test do for me? (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

24 October 2021
Visit to Police Historical Museum (South Australia)
Organised by: Pioneers Association of South Australia

27 October 2021
Some surprises from the Greater Geelong Thematic History (Victoria & Online)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

27 October 2021
Visit to Police Historical Museum (South Australia)
Organised by: Pioneers Association of South Australia

28 October 2021
Research Planning (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

29 October 2021
Teachers' rolls and Teacher career cards (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

30 October 2021
Building Your Family Tree from Scratch (South Australia)
Organised by: WEA SA

30 October 2021
Orientation to FHWA and the FHWA Website (Western Australia)
Organised by: FamilyHistoryWA

 

November 2021

2 November 2021
Genealogy Club: Places to Learn More (South Australia)
Organised by: Playford Library Service

2 November 2021
Finding Your Ancestors: Researching Aboriginal Family History in NSW (Session #8) (Online)
Organised by: Royal Australian Historical Society

3 November 2021
Uncovering the lives of your London (England) ancestors (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars 

3 November 2021
Two artists and their architects (Online & New Zealand)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

3 November 2021
RAHS Day Lecture – The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Experiment (Online)
Organised by: Royal Australian Historical Society

5 November 2021
Family History for beginners: Where to start? (South Australia)
Organised by: Adelaide Hills Council

6 November 2021
A Deeper Dive into English Research (half-day) (Online)
Organised by: Talking Family History

6 November 2021
Exciting New World: Australian Life in the 1920s and 1930s (Online)
Organised by: Royal Australian Historical Society

9 November 2021
Discover our First Nations Elder Stories (Queensland)
Organised by: Moreton Bay Regional Libraries

10 November 2021
Starting Family History Research  (Online)
Organised by: State Library of NSW

10 November 2021
Orientation to FHWA and the FHWA Website (Western Australia)
Organised by: FamilyHistoryWA

10 November 2021
Same Ships: Small Ships (South Australia)
Organised by: Pioneers Association of South Australia

11 November 2021
Getting Started with your Family History (Online)
Organised by: FamilyHistoryWA

11 November 2021
The Soldier Settler Scheme in Victoria post WW1 (Online)
Organised by: The Genealogical Society of Victoria

12 November 2021
A History of Calendars for the Genealogist (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

12 November 2021
Honouring our ANZACs (Queensland)
Organised by: Moreton Bay Regional Libraries

12 November 2021
A History of Calendars for the Genealogist (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

13 November 2021
3rd Annual VGS Conference (Online)
Organised by: Virtual Genealogiccal Association

13 November 2021
A Presentation by Oral History Queensland (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

17 November 2021
Auckland's Heritage Counts 2021 (Online & New Zealand)
Organised by: Auckland Libraries

17 November 2021
Early Dentists & Dentistry in South Australia (South Australia)
Organised by: Pioneers Association of South Australia

17 November 2021
Researching Soldiers in Your Local Community (Online)
Organised by: Royal Australian Historical Society

19 November 2021
Top-numbering explained (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

20 November 2021
Google Earth Pro and Map Overlays (Online)
Organised by: Genealogical Society of Queensland

24 November 2021
Analysing your DNA results using Chromosome Analysis - Module 4 (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

25 November 2021
Where do I start? Discover your State Library online  (Online)
Organised by: State Library of NSW 

27 November 2021
Family history fundamentals - Part 2 Analysing the evidence (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

 

December 2021

1 December 2021
Using Australian historical maps in your research (Online)
Organised by: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

6 December 2021
Retrospective 1841, 180 years on (South Australia)
Organised by: Pioneers Association of South Australia

8 December 202
Show & Tell (Online)
Organised by: Hawkesbury Family History Group

10 December 2021
Top-numbering explained (Online)
Organised by: NSW State Archives & Records

10 December 2021 
Australian biographic sources you should know about (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

11 December 2021
Family history fundamentals - Part 3 Documenting and Presenting (Online)
Organised by: Society of Australian Genealogists

28 December 2021
The People in Charles Hill’s Painting, 1870, of Proclamation Day, Glenelg, 1836 (South Australia)
Organised by: Pioneers Association of South Australia

 

January 2022

19 January 2022
Researching Land in Victoria, Part 1 – OLD Title (Victoria & Online)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

 

February 2022

11 February 2022
Getting the most out of the Tasmanian Names Index (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

14 February - 21 March 2022 (6 weeks)
Finding your family: a beginners course in research (online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

18 February 2022
Furthering your family history studies (Online)
Organised by: Queensland Family History Society

23 February 2022
Strength & Grace: strong women who shaped Geelong (Victoria & Online)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

 

March 2022

23 March 2022
Researching Land in Victoria, Part 2 – TORRENS Title (Online)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group

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.

 

May 2022

25 May 2022
TROVE – it’s not just newspapers (Victoria)
Organised by: Geelong Family History Group Inc

 

July 2022

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

 

 

March 202