2018 - Events
Thank you to all those who attended our 4th mini seminar of the year.
Gold Coast Family History Society is organising a series of talks by well renowned experts to help you with your research in 2018. All are open to both GCFHS members and the general public for a small fee, bookings will be essential as numbers will be limited. Room 1, Bicentennial Community Centre, Nerang-Southport Road.
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The Ryerson Index Learn How to Search - An Interactive Presentation
& Australian Free Settlements in the 1820's Guest Speaker: John Graham
John Graham
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The Ryerson Index
Learn How to Search for a recent death notice or obituary in Australian Newspapers up to 2019. The Ryerson Index is a free index to death notices in Australian newspapers from 1803 to the present, including funeral notices, and some probate notices and obituaries. In this interactive talk John will demonstrate the features of the website. Australian Free Settlements in the 1820’s. Free settlements founded in Australia in the 1820s, a decade of expansion in Australia, were in Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria. John’s talk will mainly focus on those settlements that failed – Melville Island (1824), Westernport, Vic (1826) and Raffles Bay, NT (1827). |
Day: Saturday
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This Event is open to both GCFHS members and the general public, bookings are essential as numbers will be limited..
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Just What Did Cause Their Death
& They Are Dead, But where Are They Buried Guest Speaker: Helen Smith
Helen Smith
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Just What Did Cause Their Death ?
Death certificates, while fantastic documents providing essential information, were never designed for family historians. The actual cause may not be trustworthy going back in time Establishing the cause of death is important not only for completion of our research but also for establishing a medical history They Are Dead, But Where Are They Buried ? In Australia we are spoilt as death certificates give the place of burial In England no place of burial is given on the death certificate This presentation will discuss ways of determining where a person may be buried Learn about the probability of being buried in a parish churchyard Learn about Deceased Online, Billion Graves, Find A Grave, as ways of finding where someone is buried |
Day: Saturday
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Archives You May Not Know But Should
& Skeletons in the Family: Convicts, Prisons & Asylums Guest Speaker: Shauna Hicks
Shauna Hicks
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Archives You May Not Know But Should
This talk highlights a variety of archives that researchers may not be aware of for genealogy research. It seeks to make researchers more aware of archival resources that may or may not be online. Skeletons in the Family: Convicts, Prisons & Asylums Records
This talk looks at records useful for finding ‘skeletons’ in the family by briefly reviewing available resources. |
Day: Saturday
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Australia "Immigration" & UK "Parish Records" Guest Speaker: Kerry Farmer
Kerry Farmer
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Australia "Immigration"
Did your ancestor swim to Australia? Need help finding their immigration records? UK "Parish Records"
How do I find the records in England prior to civil registration 1837? Learn what else the parish registers hold. |
Day: Saturday
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Details of talks will be posted here as they are confirmed. Don't miss out.