The new version of www.FamilySearch.org, which launched in Australia today, makes family history research more interactive with a pedigree chart into which new data can be added and easily manipulated. It is also conveniently collaborative, with added social media, photo and story elements that create a more personal family history experience for each user. Each...
From time to time, we’ll be talking to great Australian authors about their local history and what inspired them to start researching and writing their stories. This week we talk to Mark Tedeschi, author of Eugenia. Apart from being Senior Crown Prosecutor and a barrister for 35 years, Mark Tedeschi is an avid exhibiting photographer,...
This fantastic book by editors John Crowley, William J Smith and Mike Murphy looks at the famine in incredible detail. If your ancestor was impacted by the famine in Ireland, then this book will be a boon for your research as well as your understanding of life in Ireland at the time. Cork University Press is giving 10 copies...
In our Issue 13, we talked with Ross Coulthart of Channel 7 and the Australian War Memorial about the amazing collection of glass plate negatives that make up the Thuillier collection and show us the Lost Diggers of Vignacourt. For much of WWI, Vignacourt was a staging point, casualty clearing station and rest area for troops moving up to...
For our Expert Q&A on Thursday, April 4 we had Dianne, Kerry, Eleni and Gary from the Australian War Memorial Military Heraldry and Technology team to answer questions about what your Anzac wore, fired, souvenired, flew or drove. Thanks again to Dianne, Kerry, Eleni and Gary for giving us all the benefit of their time and expertise....
For our Expert Q&A on Thursday, April 25 we had Neil Smith from Mostly Unsung, Emma Kelly from findmypast.com.au Aust & NZ and Paul Nixon from findmypast UK to answer your questions about using findmypast military records for family history. Thanks again to Paul, Neil and and Emma for giving us all the benefit of their time and expertise....
Explore all 21 Lifelines and immerse yourself in Mugsheets where you can find records for 69,669 Tasmanian convicts – and for many of them, using identity records – create a realistic face using our Facemaker Identikit tool. Founders and Survivors Storylines tells an extraordinary story about the making of modern Australia based on the world...
The Inside History Expert Q&A is a great opportunity for people affected by forced adoption to touch base with us and share their experiences. However, the Archives’ responses will be limited to garnering those experiences and discussing them in general terms, rather than providing individual advice to those joining the Q&A. The National Archives of...
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