Family history webcasts

National Archives of Australia: shipping records

Greg Cope is the Assistant Director of National Archives of Australia’s Brisbane office.  Greg points out that, despite the Commonwealth being formed in 1901, some pre-1901 immigration records are held at the NAA.  In this presentation he discusses the shipping arrivals and other immigration records that are available at the National Archives.

June 2012

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Queensland State Archives: shipping records

Niles Elvery is the Manager of Public Access at Queensland State Archives, which has the largest and most significant collection of Queensland government records.  Niles discusses how to get access to those records which relate to shipping and immigration.

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Shipping records for family historians

Stephanie Ryan, State Library’s most experienced family history researcher, demonstrates a range of techniques to find immigrant arrivals, and talks about the scope of immigration and shipping records held at State Library

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GSQ records

Margaret Coleman, Vice-President of the Genealogical Society of Queensland (GSG), discusses and demonstrates some of the unique material held by that organisation. Examples include the Queensland Muster Roll, funeral directors’ records and Catholic Parish records

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QFHS records

Sue Reid, President of the QFHS Inc, demonstrates how she used the resources held by the Queensland Family History Society to delve into the story of one of her relatives.  Resources include a photographic record of over 48,000 cemetery headstones.
June 2012

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Family history at SLQ

Stephanie Ryan, Senior Librarian at SLQ talks about how the State Library can help you search for your family’s history by accessing its resources either onsite  or online.  Resources include scrapbooks compiled by family members, and other original materials such as letters, diaries, photographs and oral histories.

June 2012

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Life and death in newspapers Pt 1

SLQ holds the one of the largest publicly available collections of Queensland newspapers as well as major Australian and overseas titles in various formats. Find out about the sometimes elusive fund of information available for your family history research, and learn some strategies to use it effectively.

Speakers include SLQ’s Senior Family History Librarian, Stephanie Ryan, and John Graham from the Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers.

When: Fri 5 Jul 2013, 10:00 am - 12:15 pm
Venue: slq Auditorium 2, level 2

Also available via the SLQ streaming server

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Life and death in newspapers Pt 2

State Library of Queensland holds the one of the largest publicly available collections of Queensland newspapers as well as major Australian and overseas titles in various formats. Find out about the sometimes elusive fund of information available for your family history research, and learn some strategies to use it effectively.

Speakers include SLQ’s Senior Family History Librarian, Stephanie Ryan, and John Graham from the Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers. 

When: Friday 5 July 2013
Venue: slq Auditorium 2

Also available via the SLQ streaming server

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Birth, death and marriage records for family historians Pt 1

Records of major life events form the building blocks of family history research. Collections of indexes and sources, as well as ease of access have increased substantially over the past few years.

Discover SLQ’s many and varied birth, death and marriage sources for Australia and overseas, and learn the skills to use them productively. Staff from the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages and SLQ will demonstrate what is available.

When: Fri 2 Aug 2013, 10:00 am - 12:15 pm
Venue:slq Auditorium 2, level 2

Also available via the SLQ streaming server

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