Genealogical Society of Queensland in Wishart | Non-profit organisation

Genealogical Society of Queensland

Locality: Wishart

Phone: +61 7 3349 6072

Address: 25 Stackpole Street, Wishart, QLD 4122 4122 Wishart, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.gsq.org.au/

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25.01.2022 The Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG) has an extensive list of webinars. Non-member fees apply if not a member. https://www.sag.org.au/events

25.01.2022 Thanks to Narre Warren & District Family History Group for sharing this.

25.01.2022 From Chris Paton's Scottish GENES blog: More good news from Ireland - death records from 1871-1877 are now online. This leaves just 1864-1870 to go! Read on below: https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com//irish-death-records-18

23.01.2022 Announcement from MyHeritage this week: Three historical record collections from Wales https://tinyurl.com/yxzgtchs

23.01.2022 Announcement from FHDU2021 FHDU 2021 has sold out, but if the Queensland government eases rules on venue numbers, as expected, we will re-open bookings. In the meantime join the waitlist to be given priority if/when bookings reopen. Date: 22-26 March 2021 Venue: Maroochy RSL, Maroochydore Qld WAITLIST LINK:... https://www.familyhistorydownunder.com/2021/home See more

22.01.2022 MyHeritage has announced another new collection - the Norway Church Records 1815-1938. https://tinyurl.com/y2c6etnz

20.01.2022 Don't miss out! We're now in the last days to book our fabulous Exploring Irish Ancestry full day seminar as bookings will close at midnight Thursday 22 October 2020. Bookings on https://www.gsq.org.au/event/annual-seminar-irish-ancestry/

20.01.2022 Thankyou Queensland Family History Society for advising of this library service at Carindale Library.

20.01.2022 Googling your Ancestors - an FHDU online presentation by Helen Smith

19.01.2022 Diving into English Records: An Essential Guide for Tracing English Ancestry https://www.legacytree.com/blog/english-records

18.01.2022 Thanks to Old Brisbane Album for sharing this post by Harold Peacock from his page History Out There. Interesting story about a convict and also William Hendon, who amongst other roles was the first registrar of BDM in Ipswich, run from his general store.

17.01.2022 Thanks to New Farm and Districts Historical Society for sharing these links. This picture is from Queensland Historical Atlas, whose content has the Copyright Queensland Historical Atlas, 2021. These photos of the Brisbane flood of 1893 are from the Freyer Collection held at UQ. There is so much material of interest to family historians on Qld Historical Atlas. Have a look.

15.01.2022 Just a reminder that, if you missed it live, our Family History For Beginners webinar is now available for budding genealogists to watch at your leisure. Link via our YouTube: https://bit.ly/35LvO4F

15.01.2022 GSQ Blogger this week is Shauna Hicks writing on 'Twitter for Family History - Let's look at #ANZAncestryTime' https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/twitter-for-family-history-let/

13.01.2022 Interested in convict research? Have we got something for you! A free, downloadable guide all about Convicts. Now out of print, the "Convicts and Convict Administration Guide" remains a vital resource for researching your convict history: http://ow.ly/5v4P50CoIRO

12.01.2022 What a great job by the conservation team.

07.01.2022 Next month we're on a virtual tour of New South Wales with ARCHIVES IN YOUR TOWN! We'll be showing you archives about the people & buildings of your town. Join... us online to see the archives & remember some of the places & people that make up your town. BOOKINGS: http://ow.ly/FtuT50E7UN2

07.01.2022 Thanks to QFHS for a link to Elephind.com covering over 4,000 newspaper titles: https://elephind.com/

07.01.2022 Another GSQ event coming up shortly is our very popular Brick Wall Workshop. This is a hands-on workshop at GSQ's rooms at Wishart and will be presented by Cathie Sherwood, Christine Meehan and Janice Wellard on 14 November 2020 from 9am - 12pm. Bookings will be limited and places go fast so to ensure you don't miss out book via our GSQ website page: https://www.gsq.org.au/event/brick-wall-workshop-2/

07.01.2022 Geneology's Star has published an interesting post The Brick Wall Conundrum: Is there or is there not a "Brick Wall?" https://genealogysstar.blogspot.com//the-brick-wall-conund

05.01.2022 FindMyPast Friday blogs of new releases, it's always an exciting list: https://www.findmypast.com.au/bl/new/unique-wartime-records

05.01.2022 The National Archives of Australia is holding a free presentation titled Quarantined in Queensland on Tuesday 27 Oct 2020 at 10am OR at 3pm. This means you have a choice of which session suits you best with each running for an hour. *** Please note the GSQ mail-outs on 16 Oct 2020 incorrectly list Cathie Sherwood, Christine Meehan and Janice Wellard as the presenters, this is not the case *** Places must be booked via their weblink on https://www.naa.gov.au//events-and-/quarantined-queensland

04.01.2022 Bookings are still open for our Exploring Irish Ancestry seminar on Saturday 24 October next. This is a full day learning event with some fabulous speakers. Bookings must be made through our Events calendar: https://www.gsq.org.au/event/annual-seminar-irish-ancestry/

04.01.2022 From the Australian National Libriary a free webinar at noon (Q'ld time) this Wednesday 14 October 2020 to explain more about the Australian Joint Copying Project. Attendees must register beforehand. https://www.nla.gov.au//introduction-to-ajcp-mini-learning

03.01.2022 Thanks ScottishGENES

01.01.2022 From Ancestry - their recent releases: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections

01.01.2022 GSQ blog this week is by Bobbie Edes, continuing her Irvine family story. https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/mary-ann-irvine-and-her-parkin/