Five locations available in the inner west, and it's free!
Attendees will be able to develop skills to research their family history and genealogy enable them to;
- Determine & validate if family stories about their ancestors are true
- Determine genealogical proof of a family connection, find and reconnect with living relatives
- Tracing family photos
- Learning about parent, grandparent or sibling after their death
- Preserve knowledge of ancestors who contributed to family traditions, such as a family recipe book, allow families that have migrated to another country the opportunity to preserve some of the culture of their old country
- Resolving family trees
Workshop. 1. Introduction to family History
Introduces you to what family history is, before you can familiarise yourself with ways to start searching, what is required of you, how to source information and which records to look for. This session will guide you through the general research process for eliciting your own family history. You will follow step-by step processes of how and what to research, gain knowledge and understandings about the availability of various family history resources and online programs. How to use various cheat sheets, pedigree charts and other forms to record dates, events and research findings to start building your family history.Prerequisite: Participants need to have a moderate level of skills with using computers, the internet and the web.
Workshop.2: Introduction to Ancestry
Learn how to navigate your way in searching your family history by using www.ancestry.com. It is the most comprehensive database of family history information available online, containing billions of records across thousands of local, state, federal and international record collections. It includes records from the census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more. These collections are continuously expanding, with new content added every business day.Prerequisite: Participants need to have a moderate level of skills with using computers, the internet and the web and have completed Workshop 1 - Introduction to Family History
Important Note: You are required to bring the completed cheat sheets and other forms (from Workshop 1 - Introduction to Family History) with facts, dates & events to progress in this second session.
Workshop.3: Introduction to Trove for Family History
Learn how to use Trove for your family history research. Trove provides a wealth of resources across more than 90 million items in one go. Digitised newspapers and gazettes form the largest of Trove’s collections, with access provided to over 18.5 million pages from more than 1000 Australian newspapers. This free search engine allows family history searches across major Australian collections, with one click of a button. Come along and discover how Trove can assist with your family history.Prerequisite: Participants need to have a moderate level of skills with using computers, the internet and the web and have completed Workshop 1 - Introduction to Family History & Workshop 2 - Introduction to Ancestry.
Important Note: You are required to bring the completed cheat sheets and other forms (from the Workshop 1 - Introduction to Family History) with updated facts, dates & events and results from your search via Ancestry (from Workshop 2 - Introduction to Ancestry) to progress in this third and final session.
Locations
This is a three part workshop, please only book if you are able to attend all three workshops.Marrickville Town Hall meeting room
Monday 5, 19 March and 9 April, 10am-12noon book here
Leichhardt Library
Saturday 10, 24 March and 14 April, 10am-12noon book here
Ashfield Library
Monday 16, 30 April and 21 May, 10am-12noon book here
Balmain Library
Monday 4, 18 June and 2 July, 10am-12noon book here
Haberfield Library
Wednesday 13, 27 June and 11 June, 2pm-4pm book here
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