Thursday, November 30, 2023

Coming soon to a ZOOM Session near you!!

 Proud to announce a new course that has been developed, together with new Flowcharts, titled

Discovering the HLRV

(Historical Land Records Viewer)

for members of the Society of Australian Genealogists scheduled to be presented on Tuesday 6 February 2024 at 7.30pm.

This is a completely new presentation and will demonstrate to members how the HLRV works and the records that it contains which can provide benefits to family research.



Friday, November 24, 2023

Obscure Place Names and Parish Maps

 Presenting this course on Thursday 30 November for the Society of Australian Genealogists. many already registered with course notes available on the DOWNLOADS page.

Thursday, August 24, 2023

State Conference of NSW and ACT Family History Societies

 Presenting at this years Conference being held at Toukley on the Central Coast. My presentation is titled

 LOCATION, LOCATION!!

Using Using Maps and Historical Land Records for Family Research.


Hope you can join us for the Conference being organised by Wyong and District Family History Group.

Thursday, February 09, 2023

Face to Face courses are back at Society of Australian Genealogists

 I am pleased to advise that I will be providing a series of presentations on NSW Historical Land Records to members of the Society of Australian Genealogists at their

Library 2/379 Kent St, Sydney NSW 2000

on the following dates:

14 April - Introduction to NSW Land Records and Parish Maps

28 April - Old System and Torrens Title

12 May - Primary Applications and Conditional Purchases

26 May - Workshop on Historical Land Records Viewer (HLRV)


These will be Face to Face presentations and places will be limited. Their will be a number of exercises for participants to undertake on the day to gain further experience.


Click here to Register



NSW Historical Land Records and Family History Research - 18 April 2023

 New presentation on using NSW Historical Land Records to add to your Family Research being presented to members of Botany Bay Family History Society on Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at the Research Centre in Gannons Road, Caringbah.

Click here to register

Saturday, January 21, 2023

Mapping Workshop at Wyong, 20 January 2023

 Had a great time at Wyong Family History Society in their rooms presenting to a group of enthusiastic family historians wanting to learn how they can map their ancestors.

We first gave a presentation on mapping principles and where to source maps from the internet and local libraries. Then followed a "How to use Google Maps" workshop where everyone delved into the many ways in which they can present their family in a very graphic manner, using both text and images.

A very successful day!