Family History Month @ Auckland LibrariesWhere: Whare Wānanga, L2 Central City Library, Lorne St, Auckland Central City (subject to any Covid19 restrictions)
Also online via Zoom
Cost: Free
Booking: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/family-and-local-history-events.aspxWednesday 3 August
12 noon - 1pm
What did they do? – sources for trades, occupations and professions with Mia Bennett, UKSponsored by Ancestry as part of Family History Month
This talk covers a range of sources for your ancestors’ occupations as well as considerations when researching their occupations.
*Mia is also a speaker at the Family History Expo. 12-14 August
Wednesday 10 August 12 noon - 1pm
Of delinquents and common scolds: Women, children and criminal justice with Judy Russell, US
(aka The Legal Genealogist)Sponsored by Ancestry as part of Family History Month
The crimes only women could commit. The things that landed kids in jail. All creating records for genealogists to use in our family histories.
*Judy is also a speaker at the Family History Expo 12-14 August
Wednesday 17 August
12 noon - 1pm
It’s not all online: Where else can I look? with Shauna Hick, AusSponsored by Ancestry as part of Family History Month
A reminder that not everything is online and that researchers still need to use archives, libraries, historical societies and museums, genealogy and family history societies and so on.
*Shauna is a speaker at the Family History Expo 12-14 August
Wednesday 24 August 12 noon - 1pm
Bookshelf to coffee table - creating a captivating family history with Fiona Brooker, Memories in TimeThe problem with a traditional family history book is that they take a long time to write and then let’s face it they get looked at when they are first received and then put on a bookshelf. We’re going to look at the steps to put together a captivating family history.
- Identify your theme
Keep it short – think browse, not read
Gather your resources
Learn how to use your tools
Publish and share
It's so much better to have the coffee table version of your family history, that is picked up and looked at often.
This event is part of Auckland Council Libraries’ We Read Auckland | Ka Pānui Tātau i Tāmaki Makaurau.
*Fiona is also a speaker at the Family History Expo, 12-14 August
Wednesday 24 August 5pm - 8pm
The hidden women of the Cyclopedia of New Zealand with Fiona Brooker, Memories in TimeThis is an interactive in-person only workshop to uncover those ‘hidden’ women who are never mentioned by name in historical documents.
Outcomes:
- Individual research on women will be added to a central database and available to other family historians
Participants practice research skills and are re-energised with a new (short) project.
Refreshments 4-5pm; presentation 5-6pm; workshop 6-8pm
This event is part of Auckland Council Libraries’ We Read Auckland | Ka Pānui Tātau i Tāmaki Makaurau.
*Fiona is also a speaker at the Family History Expo, 12-14 August
Wednesday 31 August 12 noon - 1pm
Fake news and fearsome truths - what you'll find in newspapers about your family with Margaret Gaffney Sponsored by Ancestry as part of Family History Month
Newspapers provide a rich source of stories about our ancestors and the communities they lived in, and a mention of an ancestor in an article can be a wonderful discovery. But can we trust what we read in print? How fake was the news? And do we want to uncover unpleasant details about our relatives? This talk focuses on where and how to find stories about your family and their community, and how to sift the fact from the fiction, using what you find as a jumping-off point into other records.
*Maggie is also a speaker at the Family History Expo, 12-14 August
Auckland Libraries thanks Ancestry for sponsoring this year’s Family History / HeritageTalks speakersBOOKINGS:
https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/family-and-local-history-events.aspx
